As a Galician that she is, it is not surprising that Yolanda Díaz quoted Rosalía de Castro in the most important speech of her life. Of course, there is so much to choose from that it is inevitable that knowing what she chose is very important. It was a phrase from the poet that led her to say this: “We belong to no one. Women belong to nobody. And I, woman, am not anyone’s either. An affirmation of independence addressed to Podemos and also to all the parties that have decided to support it. Although Díaz likes to say that she began the “listening” process in July 2022, her path to the top of her began when Pablo Iglesias appointed her a candidate for the presidency of the Government. But that is already history that there are days that sounds very far away.
