Podemos Euskadi


Podemos Euskadi-Ahal Dugu Euskadi is a left-wing to far-left political party in the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain. It is the Basque federation of the Spanish state-level political party Podemos.
The political party Podemos Euskadi has a present in the Basque Parliament, in the legislatures of Biscay, Gipuzkoa and Álava and in different municipalities of the Basque Autonomous Community, including the three Basque capitals. It also had a presence in the Congress of Deputies and in the Senate of Spain.
The current general coordinator is Richar Vaquero since 2024.
The political party is settled and rooted in Euskadi, with a Basqueist and pro-Basque position. The party has positioned itself and is publicly positioning itself in favor of the right to decide and of a self-determination referendum, agreed with the State, following the models of Scotland or Quebec. In the words of Miren Gorrotxategi, "we defend the referendum as a democratic instrument".
On the other hand, Podemos Euskadi has also been pro-Basque language, supporting the educational immersion model in Basque, in favor of making totally free the learning of the Basque or in favor of initiatives to boost the Basque.
This party is usually called "Confederal Left", due to its defense of the right to decide, the self-determination referendum, the sovereignty of the Basque Country or the "national character" of the Basque Country.
Podemos Euskadi is a member of The Left in the [European Parliament – GUE/NGL].

History

The organization of the party arises from the documents approved in the third State Citizen Assembly of Podemos, also known as Vistalegre III, in 2020.1 It consists of:
  • Autonomous Citizen Assembly.
  • Autonomous Citizen Council.
  • Autonomous Coordination.
  • Autonomous Coordination Council.
  • Autonomous Democratic Guarantees Commission.
Furthermore, the representativeness of the circles occurs through the council of circles, the network of circles or their presence in the Autonomous Citizen Council.

General Secretary

Roberto Uriarte was the first general secretary of Podemos Euskadi. He was later succeeded by Nagua Alba. In 2017, Lander Martínez assumed the general secretary of Podemos Euskadi.
In 2020, Pilar Garrido became the general secretary of Podemos Euskadi, succeeding Lander Martínez. Martínez, close to Iñigo Errejón and the so-called "errejonista" sector, resigned after losing the party primaries along with his team's candidate Rosa Martínez, against the so-called "sector" pablista" headed by Miren Gorrotxategi and Pilar Garrido. Finally Rosa Martínez left the party, and Lander Martínez ended up in the political party Movimiento Sumar and being part of the hard core of Yolanda Díaz and Iñigo Errejón.
General secretary of Podemos Euskadi:

Spokespersons in parliaments

The leaders and spokespersons of the parliamentary groups in the different institutions in which the party has institutional representation are

Electoral alliances

Podemos Euskadi is a member of the following electoral coalitions :