Asturian Nationalist Unity
Asturian Nationalist Unity Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana | |
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| Spokesperson | Daniel Fernández Blanco Tino Fernández |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Dissolved | 1992 |
| Merger of | Ensame Nacionalista Astur Xunta Nacionalista Asturiana |
| Headquarters | Plaza de Riego, Number 3, Uviéu |
| Ideology | Asturian nationalism Socialism Ecologism |
| Political position | Radical left |
| Trade union affiliation | Corriente Sindical d'Izquierda |
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Asturian Nationalist Unity (Asturian language: Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana, ENA), was a political party in Asturias, Spain, formed by the merger of two previous parties (Ensame Nacionalista Astur and Xunta Nacionalista Asturiana), in 1988. ENA was an Asturian nationalist and socialist party.[1]
History
In 1989, a year after the creation of the party, UNA participated in the European elections of that year, gaining 13.165 votes in all Spain, 4,.645 ot them in Asturies (0.97% of the total). In the general elections of the same year UNA won 3,218 votes (0.53% of the Asturian vote).
UNA started talks with the Asturianist Party (PAS) to form a coalition for the Asturian elections of 1991 after the failure of both parties in the general elections. This generated tensions within UNA, which led to a split of the sector that didn't want a coalition with the PAS in march 1990. The spliters founded two new political parties: Asturian Left and Andecha Astur. Finally, in 1991, PAS and UNA formed a coalition called Asturian Coalition (CA), that gained a seat in the Asturian elections of that year. Despite this relative success, CA broke in 1992, after a failed attempt to merge the two parties. UNA disappeared de facto after this crisis. Some of its ex-members formed Asturian League.
In 2008 UNA was refounded as Unidá.
References
- Patrick W. Zimmerman; Faer Asturies. La política llingüística y la construcción frustrada del nacionalismu asturianu (1974-1999). Editorial Trabe, 2012.