Key Positions(51 issues covered)
HEALTHCARE
Podemos seeks a European Integral Mental Health Law that integrates public resources and focuses on gender and human rights.
“Ley europea Integral de Salud Mental.”
p. 34
Podemos advocates for the reinforcement of public healthcare systems, ensuring free and universal access to quality healthcare services, and promoting a concept of health as overall well-being.
“Refuerzo de la educación pública de gestión directa, gratuita, universal y de calidad”
p. 32
The program advocates for ending healthcare privatization, ensuring access to mental health services, and guaranteeing public dental, vision, and hearing care.
“Fin de la privatización de la sanidad.”
p. 33
Podemos advocates for a concept of health that implies well-being and autonomy over one's body, ensuring access to safe abortion, dignified death, and quality mental health care.
“Una salud concebida como bienestar y autonomía sobre el propio cuerpo.”
p. 33
The program emphasizes increasing public health funding, pushing for 7.5% of the GDP to be allocated to healthcare, and opposing the privatization of health services.
“Inversión social, [...] un 7,5%, a sanidad.”
p. 26
The party promotes a minimum of 7.5% of GDP investment in healthcare for all EU countries, advocating for increased funding for primary care systems.
“un 7,5%, a sanidad.”
p. 26
Podemos proposes a public European pharmaceutical company to control prices.
“Farmacia pública europea y transparencia total.”
p. 33
ECONOMY
Podemos supports the reduction of the working day to 30 hours a week and wants a European guarantee of wage growth.
“Jornada laboral de 30 horas semanales”
p. 39
Podemos supports a common fiscal policy that allows a fair redistribution of wealth and opportunities.
“Impulsaremos una política fiscal común que permita la redistribución justa de la riqueza”
p. 7
Podemos criticizes neoliberal policies and austerity measures, advocating for a new, fair, and inclusive development model that prioritizes social well-being and economic justice.
“Ahora es más necesario que nunca un nuevo modelo de desarrollo justo e inclusivo.”
p. 53
Podemos wants the EU economic policies to create well-being and economic justice.
“Hay que poner la economía al servicio de los intereses de la ciudadanía y el medioambiente”
p. 53
The program seeks a common fiscal policy that allows fair redistribution of wealth, strengthens public services and develops policies to ensure a true care system across Europe.
“Impulsaremos una política fiscal común que permita la redistribución justa de la riqueza”
p. 7
IMMIGRATION
The program proposes a new migration and asylum system rooted in human rights, aiming to abolish the current pact and establish safe and legal pathways to Europe.
“Aboliremos el actual pacto y crearemos un Sistema Común de Migraciones.”
p. 48
Podemos advocates for a new, rights-based migration and asylum system that ensures safe and legal routes to Europe, prioritizes the protection of vulnerable groups, and abolishes the current EU pact.
“Un nuevo sistema de asilo y migraciones común, coherente y basado en derechos.”
p. 48
Podemos seeks a new asylum system based on human rights, aiming to abolish the current pact and create a common migration system.
“Un nuevo sistema de asilo y migraciones común, coherente y basado en derechos.”
p. 48
The program focuses on establishing a humane immigration policy, advocating for safe and legal migration routes, closing detention centers, and ensuring dignified conditions for refugees.
“Vías legales y seguras para garantizar la vida.”
p. 49
Podemos wants to abolish the current asylum pact to prioritize a process that assesses the applicant's state of choice and increases the number of resettlement places.
“crearemos un Sistema Común de Migraciones. Ambos serán efectivos y estarán basados en los derechos humanos”
p. 48
CULTURE
Podemos seeks to limit media control from banks and investment funds and to increase support for democracy in the media.
“Los bancos y fondos buitre solo podrán alcanzar el 10% de la propiedad de medios de comunicación.”
p. 43
The party is promoting a European Pact for Culture based on independence, accessibility, sustainability and expansion of the sector.
“Impulso de un Pacto Europeo por la Cultura basado en la independencia, accesibilidad”
p. 44
Podemos is committed to a more democratic and egalitarian sport that takes care of its professionals.
“Promoción de un deporte más democrático e igualitario que cuide a sus profesionales.”
p. 48
Podemos is working on an independent, accessible, sustainable, and expanded European cultural sector, working to ensure a budget.
“Impulso de un Pacto Europeo por la Cultura basado en la independencia, accesibilidad, sostenibilidad”
p. 44
SOCIAL
Podemos emphasizes the importance of incorporating a gender perspective into all European policies, ensuring budgetary allocations for equality policies and promoting gender parity in decision-making roles.
“Incorporación de la perspectiva de género a todas las políticas europeas.”
p. 20
Podemos wants to introduce guaranteed social rights to protect the basic rights of European citizens.
“Estableceremos la obligatoriedad de estos 20 principios que protegen los derechos básicos”
p. 26
The program advocates for a European framework that ensures social rights are enforceable and prioritizes social investment, aiming for a minimum of 20% of GDP allocated to social programs.
“Garantizar la efectividad de los derechos sociales [...] al menos un 20% de su PIB a inversión social”
p. 26
The party aims to guarantee the effectiveness of social rights, obligating member states to allocate at least 20% of their GDP to social investment, with specific minimum percentages for education and healthcare.
“obligue a los Estados a destinar al menos un 20% de su PIB a inversión social”
p. 26
Podemos supports measures to guarantee adequate and updated pensions, ensuring a decent standard of living for all, with particular emphasis on raising the lowest pensions and reducing the gender pension gap.
“Pensiones dignas.”
p. 42
Podemos advocates for the guarantee of LGBTIQ+ rights throughout the EU, including the prohibition of conversion therapies and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
“Garantía de los derechos LGBTIQ+ en toda la Unión Europea.”
p. 23
Podemos seeks to protect European housing from vulture funds and to regulate mechanisms to control the prices of rental housing.
“Defender la vivienda europea frente a los fondos buitre.”
p. 37
The party advocates for regulating housing prices to ensure affordability, prohibiting vulture funds from owning housing, and increasing the availability of public housing.
“Regule y fije mecanismos de control sobre los precios de la vivienda en alquiler”
p. 37
Podemos seeks to regulate housing prices to ensure rent does not exceed 30% of household income and aims to suppress fiscal privileges to SOCIMI and similar entities to counter speculation.
“regular y fije mecanismos de control sobre los precios de la vivienda en alquiler”
p. 37
Podemos champions the strengthening of social rights and the establishment of a guaranteed minimum income across Europe, with a focus on combating poverty and ensuring access to essential services.
“Una verdadera renta garantizada para acabar con la pobreza.”
p. 27
Podemos is committed to guaranteeing the rights of people with disabilities, promoting their inclusion in the labor market, and ensuring universal accessibility in transportation and public spaces.
“Una Europa que garantice los derechos de las personas con diversidad funcional.”
p. 35
EDUCATION
The program champions reinforcing public education, ensuring free education from birth through university, and preventing economic segregation in educational systems.
“Refuerzo de la educación pública de gestión directa, gratuita, universal y de calidad”
p. 32
Podemos's goal is to enhance public education and increase the minimum education investment to 5%.
“inversión educativa mínima del 5% para todos los países de la UE”
p. 32
Podemos seeks free higher education in public universities.
“Impulsaremos la gratuidad en los estudios del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior”
p. 32
Podemos supports free and universal public education.
“educación pública de gestión directa, gratuita, universal y de calidad”
p. 32
FOREIGN_POLICY
The party aims to end the EU's dependence on the US for strategic resources, advocating for the EU to become an independent global actor promoting peaceful international relations.
“La UE debe ser un polo democrático y autónomo”
p. 8
The program supports an independent foreign policy for the EU, advocating for peaceful international relations and disarmament.
“Una política exterior independiente, multilateral y democrática”
p. 110
Podemos believes the EU must end its dependence on the US for the supply of strategic resources, as well as in the diplomatic and security fields.
“la UE debe terminar con la relación de dependencia de EEUU para el abastecimiento de recursos estratégicos”
p. 7
Podemos advocates for a fundamental reform of the EU, aiming to democratize its institutions and prioritize social and environmental justice over neoliberal policies.
“refundación del proyecto europeo de abajo a arriba”
p. 8
Podemos pushes against the EU relationship with the US in regards to strategic resources and security, wanting a democratic and autonomous pole in Europe.
“Seguiremos defendiendo la necesidad de que la UE se convierta en un actor global independiente”
p. 7
HOUSING
The program aims to protect European housing from vulture funds, promote public housing, and limit tourist accommodations to prevent speculation.
“Defender la vivienda europea frente a los fondos buitre.”
p. 37
INFRASTRUCTURE
Podemos wants to create European-level measures that incorporate digital infrastructure into the system.
“Implementaremos medidas para que puedan compartirse en plataformas de alcance europeo”
p. 45
The program aims to guarantee accessibility and interoperability of railway transport across the EU, and modifies aerial transport norms for people with reduced mobility
“garantizar, asimismo, la accesibilidad y la interoperabilidad del transporte ferroviario”
p. 35
The document mentions modifying air transport regulations for people with reduced mobility to travel with necessary orthopedic material.
“se modificará la normativa de transporte aéreo”
p. 35
INSTITUTIONAL
The program proposes deep democratization of the EU, including overcoming the Lisbon Treaty and providing full legislative capacity to the European Parliament.
“Superar el Tratado de Lisboa y refundar la Unión Europea.”
p. 12
Podemos wants a social, feminist, green project with strategic autonomy to reconstruct the European project.
“construcción de un proyecto social, feminista, verde y con autonomía estratégica.”
p. 8
Podemos proposes stricter regulations on lobbying activities and stronger measures against corruption within EU institutions and member states, including a specialized police force and whistleblower protection.
“Plan Europeo contra la Corrupción.”
p. 16
Podemos seeks to enhance democratic participation in the EU by granting full legislative power to the European Parliament and democratically electing the European Commission.
“Dotar de capacidad legislativa plena al Parlamento Europeo.”
p. 12
The party aims to establish greater transparency in EU decision-making processes, particularly concerning the Council of Europe, the Eurogroup, and trilogues between the Commission and Parliament.
“Transparencia radical en la toma de decisiones.”
p. 14
SECURITY
The program promotes a rights-based approach to security, supporting police cooperation against terrorism and organized crime, while opposing hate speech and organizations.
“Una Europa segura desde un enfoque de derechos.”
p. 18
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