- Sumer’s lack of structure and roots
- Tensions and alliances between Podemos and Izquierda Unida
- Difficulties in the presence of the Sumar brand in major regions
- Separation between Podemos and Yolanda Diaz
- The upcoming elections and Podemos’ attempt to exploit Soumare’s weakness
- Election results and the internal crisis in Sumer
- Current situation and short-term outlook
We can go to use Electoral circle Which comes into the autonomy to finish a project Yolanda Diaz He explains Lack of roots And support in the regions. As announced by Confidencial Digital, Somar sources admit that, as in 2023, they again reach the regional elections with Unconstructed match: There is no organic or physical structure.
Sumer’s lack of structure and roots
Purple ones, you know Withdraw what they have In communities after 11 years of working to build the party from its foundations, they will marginalize Díaz in all candidates where there are alliance negotiations with the rest of the usual partners, such as United Left. In the Extremaduran elections, Soumar practically decided Don’t show up After the Podemos agreement with the IU, the two formations with the largest pull became to the left of the Socialist Workers’ Party.
National leadership of the Pink Party A vote will be asked This coalition despite not being part of it, although they have not decided whether they will participate in any election event – an idea that has not yet come to fruition in Podemos. “It turned out to be so Addition failed“, say senior Podemos officials. The party leadership wants to prove this by attacking the party Main weakness From the space created by the second vice president, the absolute lack of structure.
Tensions and alliances between Podemos and Izquierda Unida
nothing militants or members Add enough to be featured in many independent communities. Hence their need to ally with the parties they already have Roots in the regionsuch as the user interface, and Physical structureas headquarters. In regions such as Madrid, the Valencian Community or Catalonia, although they have support in the general elections, they depend on Más Madrid, Compromís or En Comú Podem to achieve a good result in the regional elections.
Podemos is fully aware of this reality, which has led IU to prioritize Agreement with Podemos Despite advocating for a space that works for “everyone.” What’s more, purple people forced their exes to make a choice: “Either Sumer or us“But not together,” Podemos leadership at IU exploded.
Difficulties in the presence of the Sumar brand in major regions
The reality is that there won’t be The pink mark In Extremadura, it seems very complicated Castile and Leonthe community to which Pablo Fernández, the national spokesman and one of the main bannermen of the party, belongs. Negotiations are still ongoing but Somare has never appeared in the region – it was an alliance of IU and Podemos that did so in 2022 – and there is a high probability that Somare will not be able to appear if an agreement is not reached.
The purple ones have been around for a long time Confront DiazThey do not forgive that he excluded Irene Montero from the 23-J lists, and they consider that he betrayed the space that made her a candidate. the The separation has been completed A few months after the general elections, when they left the parliamentary group to go to the mixed group. From then on there was no relationship, and Podemos continued to grow in the opinion polls until it reached its peak Less than two points By Sumer.
The upcoming elections and Podemos’ attempt to exploit Soumare’s weakness
Early elections in Extremadura and elections in Castile and León at the beginning of 2026 will serve to show Podemos Leadership that Sommer does not have In both areas, and Purple is trying in vain to push this Maximum vulnerability To bring back the stage Electoral failures Sumer in the elections. In the European elections, the last held in Spain, the result was so disastrous that Podemos equalized Somar and Díaz resigned from all his membership responsibilities, although he continued to lead the party de facto.
Election results and the internal crisis in Sumer
Lack of foresight also caused a Electoral purge in Galiciathe land of Díaz and where he won not one, but one seat in the Basque Country, and En Comú Podem saved Somar’s face in the Catalans’ electoral advance. In the 2023 regional elections, the lack of preparation was so great that Díaz did not even campaign because of Somar Not established Nor as a legal party.
he Hit all games On the left of the Socialist Workers’ Party, it caused the right, the Popular Party and Vox, to take control of the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, Extremadura, AragonLa Rioja, Canary Islands…
Current situation and short-term prospects
And the situation seems far from there Improved in two yearsjust one month after starting Electoral circle This would take Extremadura’s citizens to the polls in December, in Castile and León in February, in Andalusia and June, and most likely in Aragon.
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