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Canaries Decides
Canaries Decides ( es, Canarias Decide) was a Canary Island-based electoral alliance formed in 2015 by Confederation of the Greens, The Greens, Unity of the People and Republican Alternative (Spain), Republican Alternative. United Canarian Left was also a member of the alliance in the Canarian regional election, 2015, 2015 Canarian regional election, but contested the Spanish general election, 2015, 2015 general election separately. Member parties *United Canarian Left (ICU) (in the Canarian regional election, 2015, 2015 Canarian regional election) *Confederation of the Greens, The Greens (LV) *Unity of the People (UP) *Republican Alternative (Spain), Republican Alternative (ALTER) References Political parties in the Canary Islands Political parties established in 2015 Defunct political party alliances in Spain {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Canarian Left
Canarian United Left (, IUC) is the Canarian federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Ramón Trujillo is the current General Coordinator. The Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC-PCE, Canarian federation of PCE) is the major member of the coalition. Organization ICU has assemblies in the islands of Lanzarote, La Palma, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and El Hierro. The organization had an electoral pact with Socialists for Tenerife (SxT), a split of PSOE in the island of Tenerife, between 2011 and 2015. See also *United Left (Spain) * Canarias Decide * Communist Party of the Canaries References External linksOfficial page Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ... Political parties in the Canary Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederation Of The Greens
The Confederation of the Greens ( es, Confederación de los Verdes), frequently referred to as simply The Greens ( es, Los Verdes, LV), is a green political party in Spain. Since 2011, 13 out of 16 of their member parties belong to Equo; for this reason, on 13 May 2012, the European Green Party decided to withdraw the Confederation of the Greens membership. (retrieved on 13 May 2012) Composition Electoral performance Cortes Generales See also * |
Unity Of The People
Unidad del Pueblo ( en, Unity of the People; UP) is a Canary Islands left-wing nationalist party. Objectives UP seeks independence for the Canary Islands and building a socialist society. The party defends a leading paper of the working class in the process of achieving its goals. History UP was formed by former members of other left-wing Canarian nationalist political parties. Unidad del Pueblo supported Alternativa Popular Canaria (APC) from 2002 to 2005, when political differences between the two organizations arise. UP gained a town councillor in the 1999 and 2003 local elections in Santa Lucía de Tirajana. Since 2007 UP began to present lists in all the elections held in the Canary Islands. The party achieved 1400 votes in the regional elections of that year and 1800 in the municipal ones, losing the only councilman the party had. In 2009 it was one of the parties supporting the candidacy Iniciativa Internacionalista in the European elections. In the European elections o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Alternative (Spain)
Republican Alternative ( es, Alternativa Republicana, ALTER) is a Spanish political party formed in 2015 by the merger of various small left-wing Republicanism in Spain, republican parties. The Left Republican Party (Catalan language, Catalan: ''Partit Republicà d'Esquerra'', PRE) is its branch in Catalonia. History AR was formed by Spanish Republican Democratic Action, a faction of Republican Left (Spain, 1977), Republican Left and the Catalonia, Catalan Left-wing Republican Party. The founding congress was held in Vallecas on May 25 and 26, 2013. In its Statutes AR is ideologically defined as left-wing, democratic, republican, radical, secular, federalist and environmentalist. In the Spanish local elections, 2015, municipal elections of 2015 AR gained 2 local councillors, Pedro Gómez in Segorbe (Valencian Community) and Gabriel Salguero Lafuente in Montgat (Catalonia). References Political parties established in 2013 2013 establishments in Spain Republican parties in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left-wing
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in society whom its adherents perceive as disadvantaged relative to others as well as a belief that there are unjustified inequalities that need to be reduced or abolished. Left-wing politics are also associated with popular or state control of major political and economic institutions. According to emeritus professor of economics Barry Clark, left-wing supporters "claim that human development flourishes when individuals engage in cooperative, mutually respectful relations that can thrive only when excessive differences in status, power, and wealth are eliminated." Within the left–right political spectrum, ''Left'' and ''Right'' were coined during the French Revolution, referring to the seating arrangement in the French Estates General. Those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canary Island
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocco. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain. The islands have a population of 2.2 million people and they are the most populous special territory of the European Union. The seven main islands are (from largest to smallest in area) Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro. The archipelago includes many smaller islands and islets, including La Graciosa, Alegranza, Isla de Lobos, Montaña Clara, Roque del Oeste, and Roque del Este. It also includes a number of rocks, including those of Salmor, Fasnia, Bonanza, Garachico, and Anaga. In ancient times, the island chain was often referred to as "the Fortunate Isles". The Canary Islands are the southernmost region of Spain, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canarian Regional Election, 2015
The 2015 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain. Overview Electoral system The Parliament of the Canary Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Canarian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Canarians abroad were required to apply for voting before bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish General Election, 2015
The 2015 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 20 December 2015, to elect the 11th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate. At exactly four years and one month since the previous general election, this remains the longest timespan between two general elections since the Spanish transition to democracy, and the only time in Spain a general election has been held on the latest possible date allowed under law. After a legislature plagued by the effects of an ongoing economic crisis, corruption scandals affecting the ruling party and social distrust with traditional parties, the election resulted in the most fragmented Spanish parliament in its history. While the People's Party (PP) of incumbent prime minister Mariano Rajoy emerged as the largest party overall, it obtained its worst result since 1989. The party's net loss of 64 seats and 16 percentage points also marked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties In The Canary Islands
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties Established In 2015
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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