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Plural Left (Spain, 2014)

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Abbreviation
  
IP

Founded
  
2014 (2014)

Leader
  
Willy Meyer

Merger of
  
United LeftConfederation of the GreensSocialist AlternativeICVEUiAEls Verds-Opció VerdaAnova-Nationalist BrotherhoodEspazo Ecosocialista GalegoGira Madrid-Los VerdesBatzarreIratzarri

Ideology
  
SocialismAnti-capitalismFeminismEcologism

European affiliation
  
European United Left–Nordic Green LeftThe Greens–European Free Alliance

Plural Left (Spanish: La Izquierda Plural, IP) is a Spanish electoral coalition in the European Parliament election in 2014 made up from both national and regional left wing parties.

Member parties

  • United Left (Izquierda Unida), communist/socialist coalition.
  • Confederation of the Greens (Confederación de Los Verdes), green party.
  • Building the Left-Socialist Alternative (Construyendo la Izquierda-Alternativa Socialista), socialist party.
  • Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds), Catalan eco-socialist party.
  • United and Alternative Left (Esquerra Unida i Alternativa), Catalan communist party.
  • The Greens-Green Option (Els Verds-Opció Verda), Catalan green party.
  • Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood (Anova-Irmandade Nacionalista), galician nationalist party.
  • Galician Ecosocialist Space (Espazo Ecosocialista Galego), galician eco-socialist party.
  • Batzarre (English: Assembly), communist/socialist party from Navarre.

    • Its list obtained 10.03% and 1.575.308 votes, achieving 6 seats distributed as follows:

  • 4 seats to United Left, joined European United Left–Nordic Green Left.
  • Willy Meyer, resigned as of 25 June 2014
  • Paloma López Bermejo
  • Marina Albiol Guzmán
  • Ángela Rosa Vallina de la Noval
  • Javier Couso Permuy, takes Meyer's seat.
  • 1 seat to Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood, joined European United Left–Nordic Green Left.
  • Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez
  • 1 seat to Initiative for Catalonia Greens, joined The Greens–European Free Alliance
  • Ernest Urtasun Domenech

    • References

    Plural Left (Spain, 2014) Wikipedia
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