Spain's bloc of leftist parties that keeps Pedro Sánchez in power is beginning to crumble. The candidacy of Yolanda Díaz and her newly formed Sumar platform in the upcoming parliamentary elections is taking votes from the Socialist Sánchez and Podemos, which is increasingly becoming a residual party.
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The CDU and Ursula von der Leyen have never been a love affair. The politician is too strict and self-confident, and many in her party find her too brisk and independent. That has not changed under Friedrich Merz. And yet it is clear that even the CDU under Merz would not be against it if von der Leyen would run again in the 2024 European elections.
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