 In the 2014 European Parliament elections on 25 May 2014, Podemos received 7.98% of the national vote, with 1,200,000 votes cast, electing five Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).Iglesias chose Dina Bousselham to lead his cabinet of advisors as an MEP.Regarding the election, Pablo Iglesias was described as pessimistic by "El País"