United Left (Spain)

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Izquierda Unida
Leader Gaspar Llamazares
Founded April 1986
Headquarters C/Olimpo 35, Madrid
Official ideology/
political position		 Eurocommunism, Communism, Democratic socialism, Marxism, Green politics (minority)
International affiliation Party of the European Left
European Parliament Group European United Left–Nordic Green Left
Official colour(s) Green, Red
Website www.izquierda-unida.es

United Left (Izquierda Unida) is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 during the mobilizations in Spain against NATO. It was formed by several groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was always dominated by the Communist Party of Spain (PCE). The Carlist and Humanist Party were also founding members of the coalition but they parted ways in 1987.

After the electoral fall of the PCE in 1982 (from 10% to 3%), IU slowly improved its results reaching 9% in 1993 (1,800,000 votes) and nearly 11% in 1996 (2,600,000 votes). From 1999 it went into decline, with its support slipping to 5% in 2000. In that election it signed a pact with the Socialist Party (PSOE).

From 1986 to 2001, its leader was the general secretary of the PCE, Julio Anguita. From 2001 on it has been Gaspar Llamazares. IU has an important support base in Andalusia, Madrid and Asturias, following the communist base of the PCE.

Following the tradition of the Spanish left since the formation of PSUC in 1936 (as communists and socialists joined forces in Catalunya), IU doesn't have any organization of its own in Catalonia. Until 1998 the referent of IU in Catalonia was Iniciativa per Catalunya (now known as IC-V). But IC moved towards the centre[citation needed], and broke relations with IU. A split in PSUC followed and a new Catalonian alliance, Esquerra Unida i Alternativa (EUiA) was formed as the new Catalonian referent of IU.

In the last election, held on March 14, 2004, IU contested in coalition with IC-V. The coalition got 1,359,190 votes (5.3) and 5 MPs.

IU officially has around 70,000 activists and more than 2,500 councillors.

  • Andalusia: Izquierda Unida Los Verdes - Convocatoría por Andalucía (Green / United Left - Assembly for Andalusia)
  • Aragon: Izquierda Unida Aragón (United Left of Aragon)
  • Asturias: Izquierda Xunida d'Asturies (United Left of Asturias)
  • Balearic Islands: Esquerra Unida de les Illes Balears (United Left of Balearic Islands)
  • Canary Islands: Izquierda Unida de Canarias (United Left of the Canary Islands)
  • Cantabria: Izquierda Unida de Cantabria (Cantabrian United Left)
  • Castilla-La Mancha: Izquierda Unida - Izquierda de Castilla-La Mancha (United Left - Castilla-La Mancha Left)
  • Castilla y León: Izquierda Unida de Castilla y León (United Left of Castilla-León)
  • Ceuta: Izquierda Unida de Ceuta (United Left of Ceuta)
  • Euskadi: Ezker Batua - Berdeak (Basque United Left)
  • Extremadura: Izquierda Unida - Federación de Extremadura (United Left - Extremadura Federation)
  • Galicia: Esquerda Unida-Izquierda Unida (United Left of Galicia)
  • La Rioja: Izquierda Unida - La Rioja (United Left-La Rioja)
  • Madrid: Izquierda Unida de la Comunidad de Madrid (United Left of the Community of Madrid)
  • Melilla: Izquierda Unida - Federación de Melilla (United Left - Melilla Federation)
  • Murcia: Izquierda Unida - Región de Murcia (United Left - Region of Murcia)
  • Navarra: Izquierda Unida de Navarra - Nafarroako Ezker Batua (United Left of Navarra)
  • Valencian Country: Esquerra Unida del País Valencià (United Left of the Valencian Country)

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Political parties in Spain Flag of Spain
National parties in the Cortes Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE, PSC, PSE, PSPV) - People's Party (PP, UPN) - United Left (PCE, EUiA, EB)
Regional parties in the Cortes Convergence and Union (CDC, UDC), Initiative for Catalonia Greens, Basque Nationalist Party, Eusko Alkartasuna, Galician Nationalist Bloc, Republican Left of Catalonia, Chunta Aragonesista, Canarian Coalition
Other parties in regional
parliaments		 Andalusian Party - Aralar - Communist Party of the Basque Homelands - Majorca Socialist Party - Majorcan Union - Citizens – Party of the Citizenry - Regionalist Party of Cantabria - Valencian Nationalist Bloc
Coalitions Nafarroa Bai - Bloc per Mallorca - Eivissa pel Canvi
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