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Spanish PM's hard-left ally says she won't run in next national election
Spain's hard-left Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz said on Wednesday she would not contest the next parliamentary election, expected in 2027, in a blow to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez who will need the support of left-wing parties to secure a majority.
Madrid. Yolanda Díaz, second vice president of the Spanish government and leader of the Sumar coalition, announced that she will not run for the general elections of 2027 and will not continue to be the visible head of what is called the “confederate left” of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE). This political space, which could account for up to 20 percent of the electorate, is now in one of its worst moments, with voting rates below 10 …
It was almost a year ago that Yolanda Díaz Pérez, 54 years old, decided that she would not again lead a new leftist candidacy in a general election. According to LA RAZÓN, from sources aware of the internal movements in Sumar, the second vice president of the government and Minister of Labor made the decision "strictly for herself before summer." And yesterday she announced it in a letter she shared on the social network BlueSky: "It is a very t…
The third vice president and Minister of Labour announces that she will not be a candidate for the re-foundation of Sumar, but in the meantime she will remain in government.
Diario de Cádiz
Díaz was the head of the Sumar coalition cartel in the last general elections of 2023, which won more than three million votes in those elections.
Yolanda Díaz puts an end to the soap opera about her future and has announced that she will not stand as a candidate for the upcoming general elections through a letter [read...
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