Podemos have
started to change the Spanish political environment. Statistics are giving them
a 20% of the votes for the next elections and still growing. In the past
European Elections and with only one month of life they won 1.2 million votes consolidating
as the third political party in a country full of corruption and a distrust
atmosphere.
The idea
behind the party is simple: It's citizens doing politics and getting involved
in decisions. Pablo Iglesias is the leader of this party, created from the
Indignados movement, when millions of Spaniards protested in the streets
against the current situation in Spain and their rejection to the present
governors.
Prodemos’ promises
include doing away with tax havens, establishing a guaranteed minimum income
and lowering the retirement age to 60. The party ran its European elections
campaign on a shoestring budget, using crowdfunding and Iglesias' presence as a
talking head on Spanish television to build momentum.
Online presence
Currently
they have created a different way of organization giving full presence to the
online meetings. At the moment more than a hundred thousand people are deciding
via internet the party’s development and there are hundreds of different
Podemos’ circles from different sectors in various parts of the world.
This new
party is also sending international delegates to explain to the thousands of
immigrants in the world the new situation in Spain and they are convinced that
they will win the next elections.
Almost all
the mass media in Spain are against Podemos, but Pablo Iglesias’ strategy is
easy, let the conservatives and labours make decisions, they are doing
everything wrong and the citizens are getting just fed up. As a very important
data, the 17% of the Podemos voters were previously conservatives.
Eduardo
Maura is the UK and Ireland representative for Podemos and has been doing talks
in both countries; here are some of the keys of this political party.
