Yolanda Díaz and Spain’s new ‘new left’

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. ...

‘The Technician’ goes on trial

How José Manuel Villarejo’s deep-status apparatus shook the establishment October 12th, 2021. Published by POLITICO. MADRID — For the past half-decade, José Manuel Villarejo has been the most mysterious and vilified person in Spain. Now he is due to have his day in...

A tale of 2 candidates in Madrid

May 5th, 2021. Published by POLITICO. MADRID — They were born in the same city, Madrid, on the same day in 1978. But 42 years later, the fortunes of Isabel Díaz Ayuso and Pablo Iglesias have diverged dramatically. Díaz Ayuso, the conservative president of Madrid,...

Ciudadanos in crisis

Published by POLITICO. MADRID — Ciudadanos was the future of Spanish politics … until it wasn’t. Now, just three years after it seemed on the verge of a major national breakthrough, the party faces a crunch election in Madrid that could decide its future...