United Left–Greens ( eu, Ezker Batua–Berdeak, EB–B) was a

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led the party as general coordinator from 1994 to 2009. In the 1994 Basque elections EB won 93,291 votes (9.15%) and gained its first six seats in the

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. It was a member of the

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for 8 years (between 2001 and 2009), supporting

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of the

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as ''

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''. In 2009 it obtained 36,134 votes (3.51%). Its remaining MP in the

, Mikel Arana, the general coordinator, lost his seat in the 2012 Basque parliamentary elections, leaving the party without representation there. In January 2012, following a period of internal strife, EB joined the

Communist Party of the Basque Country Communist Party of the Basque Country ( eu, Euskadiko Partidu Komunista, es, Partido Comunista de Euskadi), is the federation of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) in Basque Country and Navarre. PCE-EPK publishes ''Hemen eta Orain''. The genera ...

and the Alternative Plural Rally (EPA) in founding a new party named Ezker Anitza (Plural Left).

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