Podemos (Spanish political party)
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| General Secretary | Pablo Iglesias |
| Political Secretary | Íñigo Errejón |
| Founded | 16 January 2014 |
| Headquarters | C/ Zurita 21, 28012 Madrid, Spain |
| Think tank | Instituto 25M |
| Membership (2017) |
 480.812 |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Social democracy Direct democracy Left-wing populism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Unidos Podemos |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | European United Left–Nordic Green Left |
| Colours | Purple |
| Slogan |
Sí se puede (Yes, we can) |
| Congress of Deputies |
59 / 350
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| Senate |
20 / 265
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| European Parliament |
5 / 54
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| Regional Parliaments |
139 / 1,248
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Podemos (Spanish: [po̞ˈðe̞mo̞s̺], translated in English as "We can") is a left-wing political party in Spain.
The party was founded in March 2014 in the aftermath of the 15-M Movement protests against inequality and corruption by political scientist Pablo Iglesias. Podemos is a left wing populist party, which seeks to address the problems of inequality, unemployment and economic malaise that followed in the wake of the European debt crisis. Podemos has called for a renegotiation of austerity measures and seeks to curtail the Treaty of Lisbon. The term "populist" is sometimes used by political opponents to refer to the party in a pejorative way.
Podemos is the second largest political party in Spain by number of members after the People's Party (PP); it became the third largest party within the first 20 days it allowed membership, with 100,000 signing up in that period, and its membership grew to more than 389,000.
In the 2014 European Parliament elections on 25 May 2014, Podemos received 7.98% of the national vote, with 1,200,000 votes cast, electing five Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). At the elections for the national parliament on December 20, 2015, Podemos received 21% of the vote and became the third largest party in the parliament, with 69 out of 350 seats. On 9 May 2016, Podemos formed the electoral alliance Unidos Podemos with United Left, Equo and minor left-wing parties.
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