Actúa (

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: ''Act'') is a Spanish left-wing political party founded by the ex-leader of United Left (IU)

Gaspar Llamazares Gaspar Llamazares Trigo (; born 28 November 1957) is a Spanish politician. He was the leader of the leftist coalition Izquierda Unida (IU, ''United Left'') from 2001 to 2008, in the post of General Coordinator. Early years and career Llamaza ...

and the former judge Baltasar Garzón.

History

Actúa was registered as a political party in 2017, as the continuation of a political platform of the same name. Most of its original members are people from Open Left unhappy with the current direction of IU and members of the "Civic Coexistence" platform. The main promoters of the initiative are

and Baltasar Garzón. The first manifesto of the organization was signed, among others, by José Antonio Martín Pallín, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Cristina Almeida, Lina Gálvez, Teresa Aranguren, Carlos Berzosa,

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and Antonio Gutiérrez. After Actúa was registered some of the signers, like Antonio Gutiérrez or Martín Pallín, distanced themselves from the new party. In 2018 Actúa joined European Spring, the transnational movement led by Yanis Varoufakis. In December 2018, Actúa held his first political conference, in which the party expressed the "firm intention to run in the upcoming

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, regional and municipal elections". The party has also expressed its willingness to participate in the candidacies of

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Positions

According to Antonio Elorza, the initiative—as it was presented in 2017—had to be understood within the framework of the new movements that emerged in

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after the decomposition of the traditional

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and democratic communism, presenting as main priorities the fight against inequality, the removal of the People's Party from power,

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and

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measures.Elorza, A. (2017)
''Actúa''

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