MADRID Nine months ago, Pablo Iglesias is up to a podium and cried: “The sky is not taken by consensus It is taken by assault.”. More than 110,000 people had just Secretary General can choose: the striking movement of the “indignant” became a political party, leading in the polls and promised an “end of regime” in Spain
When does. few weeks, we won the primary to run for the presidency, Churches avoided any triumphal act. They are not hours of euphoria. This time only 40,000 members were mobilized to vote on his leadership unleashed bitter divisions on the left and polls show more and more utopian dream of ruling the country.
Four consultants in recent days published studies that place We can to third, far from the Popular Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE). The downturn is sustained since early this year, but had the most profound step in July, after the disappointment of Syriza in Greece.
Churches had supported without hesitation the rebellion of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras against policies European austerity. The pact that ultimately prevented the exit of Greece from the euro, supported by swingeing welfare cuts, we left.
The PP and PSOE Churches linked to the Greek failure, which included banking corralito weeks a claudication referendum challenging and at the last moment before the orthodox rigor of Germany.
“Politics is abject replies the Churches, 36 university professor, when asked about the” surrender “of Tsipras-. He had no other way out. It was death and death. “
But internally, we digested the setback. Iglesias believes that his party must escape the radicalism and ideological rigidity to fish among centrist voters who are fed up with traditional politics, corruption and inequality.
He insists that ” Spain is not Greece “and softens its proposal to restructure the Spanish abultadísima debt.
In this logic largely refuses to accept an alliance of left like that joined his party in the recent municipal elections, which these fronts “popular unity” with the government rose in cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza and La Coruna.
The sector of Churches closed any options to compete in presidential with another brand that does not it can. They do not want intruders from getting into your strategy.
The slam then led to the formation of Common Now, a platform for leftist movements aspiring to dispute the angry vote.
United Left (IU) imposed pressure for a deal. “With a bid unit can win, if not impossible,” said Alberto Garzón, their leader. A similar appeal came in a manifesto signed by 120 artists, led by Pedro Almodovar.
drop in the polls
Surveys stoke the fire. According to the latest survey by TNS-Demoscopia, we can fell to third place, with 17.6%; PP behind, with 26.8%, and the PSOE, with 23%. The negative image of churches climbed to 59.7%, second only to President Mariano Rajoy, with 68.5%
Metroscopia placed third, we, with 18.1%. 10 points less than their best time in January. In the last month, when the focus was on Greece and the tensions internas- down 3 points. Instead, IU and Garzón get 5% implying his first rally in a long time.
The sociologist Jose Juan Toharia, Metroscopia director, notes that the “rough and class” discourse that characterizes does not seem to help churches get cross braces: “Studies indicate that the main public demand becomes a renewed spirit of harmony”
The fear of a crisis such as Greece lives drives that feeling.. In a recent market report, financial consultancy Eurasia stressed that the agreement with the European Union Tsipras “harms the electoral prospects can”, as the drama experienced by the Greeks causes “left voters with risk aversion” seek alternatives less uncertain change.
Among the factors that can weaken, is also ambiguous position on the independence conflict in Catalonia. The party supports the right of the Catalans to decide their relationship with Spain, a position not covered by the Constitution and aroused almost unanimous rejection in the rest of the country.
Churches insists that play to win. It offers a fact that seems irrefutable. We already changed the Spanish policy and will continue
His influence was decisive to destroy the network of regional power PP and strain into the campaign all rivals proposals before had been branded as populist, as the payment of a universal basic income to combat poverty.
A leader who loses rebellion
Pablo Iglesias
Candidate can
Iglesias believes that Tsipras had no choice but to give in to the EU. And believes that his party must escape the radicalism and ideological rigidity .
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