The illiberal party can negotiate with several formations left Catalonia to form a coalition to oust the right-independence President Artur Mas in the September elections, raised as a plebiscite on independence.
As part of these negotiations, the leader of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, met Friday in Barcelona with the leaders of the Catalan ecolocomunista party ICV, with those who have already teamed up to make the activist Ada Colau for mayor of Barcelona.
“I see a viable political agreement (…) What is politically important to build a spirit of change that is necessary in Catalonia and Spain ,” Iglesias said at the end of the meeting, that it is several days visiting this rich northeastern Spain .
“We have not closed any agreement but have made progress in a very interesting line,” he added. According to a regional source of Podemos, the deal could be announced next week.
The left axis could embarrass the victory of the conservative Independence Artur Mas, who promised to implement a plan to achieve secession of Catalonia in 18 months if the nationalists obtained an absolute majority after the elections on September 27.
According to a survey published Thursday by the Catalan newspaper The Journal , this coalition would be second in the elections with 30 to 31 seats for 33-35 list Mas.
“In these elections in Catalonia, the axis of ‘Yes, you can’ (motto of the new Spanish left) can give us victory against Mas “, held on Thursday Iglesias at a rally in Badalona, third largest city in the region ruled by an investee can candidacy.
In the middle of the independence debate in this region where a significant social sector demands a referendum, Iglesias proposed to draft a new constitution for Spain which can include the right to self-determination of Catalonia.
On Saturday, Mas said the rise of the new left, born in the heat of the movement of the “indignant”, can overshadow the debate on independence.
“There has appeared a new axis in Catalan politics that puts the emphasis on class struggle but is accompanied by the absolute uncertainty about the sovereignty issue, “calling for greater unity among the separatists, to be presented in three separate applications.
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