Podemos
Spanish left-wing party and junior partner in the PSOE-led governing coalition.
The estranged coalition partner blocking Spain's housing decree since 8 July 2026 over landlord tax breaks for Junts, a standoff that pushed the decree's expected 28 July date to September.
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What is Podemos vetoing in Spain's housing decree fight?
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Nomads & CommunitiesObjected to the landlord tax-deduction concession
Nomads & Communities: Sumar yields landlord break to Juntsrejected landlord IRPF tax deductions
Nomads & Communities: Spain rent decree stalls on party splitBackground
Podemos was founded in January 2014 by Pablo Iglesias out of the 15-M anti-austerity protests, building a Left-wing populist platform that peaked with its 2015 breakthrough into national politics. It ran on a joint ticket with Sumar in the 2023 election before breaking away on 5 December that year, its MPs moving into Parliament's mixed group.
That rupture Left Podemos outside the formal governing Coalition it once anchored, under secretary-general Ione Belarra since June 2021, free to withhold support from government legislation without bringing the Coalition down. On 8 July 2026 it used that position to block Spain's housing decree over landlord tax breaks, a veto it maintained even after Sumar conceded the same break to Junts.
Podemos blocks Spain's rent decree
Podemos said on 8 July it will not back Spain's housing decree if it grants landlords IRPF tax deductions for cutting rents, the price Junts wants for its seven votes; secretary-general Ione Belarra ruled out supporting the trade-off "actively or passively".
By 14 July, Sumar had conceded the landlord break to Junts anyway. The decree, due 28 July, slipped again to September, with Podemos's votes still withheld.