The Dilemma of European Social Democracy: Spanish Edition

... center-left support base. Additionally, it is clear that “Podemos” and PSOE, in spite of a possible union, will make an effort to discredit each other. After all, Pablo Iglesias, leader of “Podemos”, does not hide his ambition to make his party Spain’s main leftist force. PSOE is facing a critical moment in its 150-year history. Spaniards’ opinions are polarized: some think that Sanchez, after two electoral losses, will not do any good. They see his victory as an expression of the dissatisfied populace’s emotions winning ...