Cantabrian Unity ( es, Unidad Cántabra) is a
Cantabrian political party based in
Torrelavega
Torrelavega ( Cantabrian: ''Torlavega'') is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria, northern Spain.
It is situated roughly 8 kilometres from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 ...
. It upholds the "Cantabrian
Lábaru" as the legitimate flag of Cantabria, and advocates the
linguistic integrity of the Cantabrian territory. The party has no defined ideological position. Cantabrian Unity was founded in early 2000 by breakaway members of the
Regionalist Party of Cantabria
The Regionalist Party of Cantabria ( es, Partido Regionalista de Cantabria, PRC) is the second oldest political party in the Spanish Autonomous Community of Cantabria. The PRC originated in the Association in Defense of the Interests of Cantabr ...
and the defunct
Union for the Progress of Cantabria
The Union for the Progress of Cantabria ( es, Unión para el Progreso de Cantabria, UPCA) was a political party in the Spanish
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headed by
Juan Hormaechea
Juan Hormaechea Cazón (5 June 1939 – 1 December 2020) was a Spanish politician who served as President of Cantabria between 1987 and 1990, and again from 1991 to 1995. He was also Mayor of Santander between 1977 and 1987. Hormaechea founded ...
. It is limited to the area of the autonomous Cantabrian community. It has been registered with the Ministry of the Interior since 5 July 2002.
The party participated in municipal elections in Cantabria in 2003, and received nearly 7,000 votes towards the Cantabrian Parliament.
Political parties in Cantabria
Political parties established in 2000
Regionalist parties in Spain
2000 establishments in Spain
Political parties disestablished in 2011
2011 disestablishments in Spain
Defunct political parties in Spain
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