Sumar (electoral platform): Difference between revisions

Sumar is described as [[left-wing]]{{refn|<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="Reuters, October 2023"/><ref name="Euractiv, October 2023"/><ref name="BBC News, July 2023"/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/45911-2023-spanish-general-election-final-call-right-win |title= 2023 Spanish general election final call: right-wing majority on a knife-edge |last= English |first= Patrick |date= 17 July 2023 |website= YouGov |access-date= 8 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 20 July 2023 |title= From left wing to far right, four candidates facing off in Spain’s snap election |url= https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230720-from-left-wing-to-far-right-four-candidates-facing-off-in-spain-s-snap-election |work= France 24 |access-date= 8 November 2023}}</ref>}} to [[Far-left politics|far-left]].{{refn|<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Spain 2023 Elections |url=https://www.csis.org/programs/europe-russia-and-eurasia-program/projects/european-election-watch/2023-elections/spain |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=www.csis.org |language=en}}</ref>}} It is also described as [[Progressivism|progressive]], supportive of [[climate action]] and [[pro-Europeanism|pro-europeanist]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Sumar europeísmo |url=https://elpais.com/opinion/2022-05-28/sumar-europeismo.html |agency=El País |publisher=ANDREA RIZZI |date=2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Spain 2023 Elections |url=https://www.csis.org/programs/europe-russia-and-eurasia-program/projects/european-election-watch/2023-elections/spain |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=www.csis.org |language=en}}</ref> despite repeatedly clashing with the [[European Central Bank]] and other european fiscal institutions on economic matters, to the point that Díaz questioned the ECB during a speech in the [[United Nations General Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yolanda Díaz arremete contra el BCE y las empresas en una intervención sorprendente en la ONU |url=https://www.eldebate.com/economia/20230418/yolanda-diaz-arremete-contra-bce-empresas-intervencion-sorprendente-onu_108848.html |access-date=2023-04-18 |newspaper=El Debate |language=es}}</ref> On the other hand it does not mention [[NATO]] in its electoral program, but some of its members question increases in military spending to meet NATO commitments and have stated they prefer to negotiate peace in [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Ukraine]] rather than send military aid.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spain 2023 Elections |url=https://www.csis.org/programs/europe-russia-and-eurasia-program/projects/european-election-watch/2023-elections/spain |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=www.csis.org |language=en}}</ref> Just before the [[2023 Spanish general election]], Sumar MEPs voted against two resolutions calling for the end of human rights violations, free elections and the release of political prisoners in [[Human rights in Cuba|Cuba]] and [[Human rights in Venezuela|Venezuela]], respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the state of the EU-Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2023-0321_EN.html |date=2023-07-05 |website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political disqualifications in Venezuela |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/RC-9-2023-0331_EN.html |date=2023-07-12 |website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Los eurodiputados de Sumar votan en contra de dos resoluciones en condena de los regímenes de Venezuela y Cuba |url=https://gaceta.es/espana/los-eurodiputados-de-sumar-votan-en-contra-de-dos-resoluciones-en-condena-de-los-regimenes-de-venezuela-y-cuba-20230718-1130 |date=2023-07-18 |newspaper=La Gaceta |language=es}}</ref>