Syriza victory in Greece rallies left-wing Podemos in Spain
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[quote]A wave of anti-austerity fervour continues to sweep through southern Europe, as tens of thousands of people marched through Madrid on Saturday in a show of strength by the new left-wing Spanish party Podemos.
The fledgling radical leftist party hopes to emulate the success of Greece's Syriza party in the Spanish general election later this year. Podemos supporters from across Spain converged onto Cibeles fountain Saturday before packing the avenue leading to Puerta del Sol square.
State broadcaster TVE said that hundreds of thousands were at the march, but no official attendance figures were provided. Podemos ("We Can") aims to shatter the country's predominantly two-party system and the "March for Change" gathered crowds in the same place where sit-in protests against political and financial corruption laid the party's foundations in 2011.
"We want change," Iglesias told the crowd. "I know that governing is difficult but those who have serious dreams can change things."[/quote]
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I consider myself quite left wing but the way this is going is and the circumstances around it make it kinda distressing.
The rise of Podemos is seriously impressive if you actually look at their polling over the course of the last year. However I bet that the EU will do all it can to block Greece's bids to renegotiate so that anti-austerity economics aren't legitimised within the EU.
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