The creation of a popular front in France with all the progressive forces has reopened in Spain the cyclical debate on the unity of the left. Although the Europeans have altered the board of the confederal space, both the parties that make up Sumar and Podemos will avoid that horizon for the moment. With a calendar without elections in sight for the first time in a long time, the former will now focus on reorganizing themselves and the latter on reinforcing their identity.
The 9J drew some conclusions Worrying for the left. Sumar, a coalition of five large parties, failed to exceed 5% of the votes and obtained just over 800,000 supports. Podemos surpassed half a million votes and was left with 3.26%. The leader of IU, Antonio Maíllo, summed it up a day later in an interview in the Chain Being: “No one is here to celebrate soap and bubbles. We add 8% together. In 2014, Podemos and Izquierda Unida added up to 18%. “We haven’t done something right.”
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