As number two, Montero’s appointment is viewed as an attempt by Sanchez to surround himself with loyalists where his coalition with Sumar does not give them an overall majority in Congress.

Source: https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2023/12/29/spains-new-economy-minister-is-named-by-pedro-sanchez-and-gets-sworn-in-by-king-felipe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spains-new-economy-minister-is-named-by-pedro-sanchez-and-gets-sworn-in-b

However, the PSOE and its partners in the leftwing Sumar alliance have been able to muster the necessary backing by promising the amnesty to the two main Catalan pro-independence parties in return for their support.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/12/protests-spain-amnesty-deal-catalan-separatists-independence

Podemos finally agreed to join Sumar last month, but the deal was fraught, not least because Díaz’s group refused to countenance the candidacy of Podemos’s Irene Montero.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/08/can-new-spain-leftwing-party-sumar-win-power

That means that Podemos would join 14 other small leftist groups in the Sumar alliance.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-leftist-alliance-and-podemos-set-to-join-forces-ahead-of-spains-snap-elections/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

What’s more, high-profile politicians from the new leftist Sumar party have also announced that they will not be attending.

Source: https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2023/10/29/spains-princess-leonor-will-swear-allegiance-to-the-constitution-on-tuesday-but-several-key-figures-will-be-missing-from-the-ceremony/