The Canarian Independent Groups ( es, Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias, AIC) were a Spanish political party based in the

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 ...

that existed from 1985 until its integration in

Canarian Coalition The Canarian Coalition ( es, Coalición Canaria, CC) is a regionalist, Canarian nationalist political party in Spain operating in the Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Span ...

History

The party was founded in 1985 with the name of Federation of Canarian Independent Groups ( es, Federación de Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias), consisting of the union of different parties and groupings of insular scope, coming mostly from the former Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD). On 23 April 1986 they changed their name to Canarian Independent Groups. In 1987 it was joined by the Canarian Union of the Centre. The members of AIC were mainly centre-right and insularist political groups. In 1993, together with the

Nationalist Canarian Initiative The Nationalist Canarian Initiative ( es, Iniciativa Canaria Nacionalista; ICAN), initially called Canarian Initiative ( es, Iniciativa Canaria), was a nationalist political party in the Canary Islands founded in 1991. History ICAN was founded in ...

(ICAN), Majorera Assembly (AM),

Canarian Nationalist Party The Nationalist Canary Party (PNC) is a nationalist political party in the Canary Islands. Its current headquarters are in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife. Precedents The first PNC (CNP) was founded in Havana, Cuba on 30 January 1924, by Jose G ...

(PNC) and Independent Canarian Centre (CCI) it formed

(CC). However, in 1994, Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) and Lanzarote Independents Group (transformed into the

Lanzarote Independents Party The Lanzarote Independents Party ( es, Partido de Independientes de Lanzarote, PIL), formerly the Lanzarote Independents Group ( es, Agrupación Independientes de Lanzarote, AIL), is a political party in Lanzarote ( Canary Islands). History Crea ...

(PIL)) abandon both Canarian Independent Groups and Canarian Coalition. It obtained parliamentary representation in the general elections of 1986 and in the ones of 1989. It was dissolved definitively during the Canarian Coalition Congress celebrated in 18–19 May 2005, in which all the integral parties disappeared and CC became unique party.

Members

The groups that were members of the party are: * Tenerife Group of Independents ( es, Agrupación Tinerfeña de Independientes, ATI) * La Palma Group of Independents ( es, Agrupación Palmera de Independientes, API) * Gomera Group of Independents ( es, Agrupación Gomera de Independientes, AGI) *

Independents of Fuerteventura Independents of Fuerteventura ( es, Independientes de Fuerteventura, IF) is a political force in Fuerteventura (Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous communit ...

( es, Independientes de Fuerteventura, IF) * Lanzarote Independents Group ( es, Agrupación de Independientes de Lanzarote, AIL), although this group ended up leaving the organization..

Election results

Parliament of the Canary Islands

Cortes Generales

European Parliament

References

{{reflist Political parties in the Canary Islands Political parties established in 1985 Regionalist parties in Spain 1985 establishments in Spain Canarian nationalist parties