Majorcan Union

Mallorcan Union Unió Mallorquina
Leader	Josep Melià Ques
Founded	October 1982
Headquarters	C/sindicat 21, ES-07002 Palma (Majorca)
Ideology	Liberalism, Conservative liberalism, Balearic regionalism
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	Liberal International
European affiliation	None
European Parliament Group	None
Official colours	Blue
Local Government	96 / 66,046
Parliament of the Balearic Islands	0 / 59
Congress of Deputies	0 / 350
Spanish Senate	0 / 264
European Parliament	0 / 50
Website
uniomallorquina.com
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The Majorcan Union (Catalan: Unió Mallorquina, UM; IPA: [uniˈo məʎorˈcinə]) is a regional liberal party on the island of Majorca, Spain. It was founded in October 1982, as a nationalist continuation of the then disintegrating Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD). The main founder was Jeroni Albertí Picornell.

In 1993 it merged with the Unió Independent de Mallorca and Convergència Balear. Since then it has forged alliances with Independents per Menorca and Unió Centristes de Menorca.

As a centre party, it has supported People's Party governments (1987) in the Balearic Islands but also the left-wing coalition, led by the socialist Francesc Antich (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, PSOE), which replaced the People's Party in 1999. UM was once again was the key element to give the presidency back to Francesc Antich after the regional elections to the Balearic Island parliament held in 2007.

Unió Mallorquina is a member of Liberal International. The current president (2010) is Josep Melià i Ques.

See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy
• Liberalism in Spain

External links

• Majorcan Union Official site