United Left (Galicia)

United Left

Esquerda Unida
United Left Esquerda Unida
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General Coordinator	Yolanda Díaz
Founded	1986
Merger of	Communist Party of Galicia; Esquerda Aberta; Communist Youth of Galicia; Independents; Communist Party of the Galician People (1986-1989); Socialist Action Party (1986-2001); Republican Left of Galicia (1986-2002)
Membership (2015)	1,350
Ideology	Socialism; Communism; Galicianism; Republicanism; Feminism;
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Izquierda Unida
Electoral Coalition	Unidas Podemos; Son; En Marea (until 2019)
Colors	Red, Yellow, Purple
Congreso de los Diputados	1 / 23 (Galician seats)
Spanish Senate	0 / 19 (Galician seats)
Galician Parliament	0 / 75
Mayors in Galicia	2 / 313
Website
	www.esquerdaunida.org
	Politics of Galicia; Political parties;

Esquerda Unida, EU (Template:Lang-en) is the Galician federation of the Spanish left-wing political and social movement United Left. Yolanda Díaz, Minister of Labour and Social Economy, is the current General Coordinator. The PCG (Galician federation of PCE) is the major member of the coalition.

History

For the 2012 Galician elections, EU was one of the leading members of the coalition Galician Left Alternative that became the third-biggest party in the Galician Parliament, winning 9 seats, 5 of which were members of EU.

^ As Esquerda Unida-Son in Mugardos and as a part of Cangas Left Alternative in Cangas.

^ Domingos Sampedro: Más de 121.000 gallegos militan en los partidos políticos tradicionales. La Voz de Galicia, 22/02/2015.
^ Domingos Sampedro: Las afiliaciones crecen en partidos en el poder o con opciones de gobernar. La Voz de Galicia, 23/06/2014.
^ ^a ^b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Galicia/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

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