Spain's politicians distance themselves from euro crisis: 'This isn't Greece'

Leftwing Podemos praises Greek Syriza party but talks up differences between the two eurozone countries to calm voters' fears of economic contagion

For the past year, they have positioned themselves as allied agents of a change sweeping across southern Europe.

On the face of it, Spain's leftwing anti-austerity Podemos party should have been crowing at the landslide victory of the no vote in Sunday's Greek referendum. But while Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias was quick to praise Syriza and Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, his overriding message was a simple one - Spain is not Greece.

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