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Yolanda Díaz and Spain’s new ‘new left’

Dec 23, 2021
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Profile of the labour minister who is making waves

December 23rd, 2021. Published by POLITICO.

MADRID — A little more than half a decade after Podemos caused a political earthquake in Spain, a new left-wing phenomenon has arrived in the shape of Yolanda Díaz. 

Yolanda Díaz: the new star of the Spanish left.

The labor minister’s stock has soared as she has cultivated a personal brand away from existing political parties, making her a hotly tipped contender to become the country’s first female prime minister.

Polls show Díaz, who also holds one of three deputy prime ministerial posts, has the best approval ratings of any national political leader, marginally ahead of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.(See article)

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