The Caballas Coalition ( es, Coalición Caballas, i.e.,
Mackerel Coallition) was a left-wing regionalist party in the Spanish autonomous city of
Ceuta
Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa.
Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territorie ...
in north Africa.
History
The party formed for the 2011 election as a merger between the
Ceutan Democratic Union (UDCE) and the
Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC). The coalition won 4,404 votes (14.34%) in the 2011 elections, earning 4 of the 25 seats in the Ceuta Assembly, making it the second-largest party after the
People's Party (PP). The coalition aims for the official recognition of
Moroccan Arabic
Moroccan Arabic ( ar, العربية المغربية الدارجة, translit=al-ʻArabīya al-Maghribīya ad-Dārija ), also known as Darija (), is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco. It is part of the Maghreb ...
in Ceuta. The coalition, through its two member-parties, was endorsed with the
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources:
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(PSOE) until July 2013. The split came from differences of opinion over controversial comments towards women, made by a local Muslim cleric.
On 15 October 2021, the coalition announced its transformation into a platform called
Ceuta Ya! (Ceuta Now!).
References
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Regionalist parties in Spain
Socialist parties in Spain
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Political parties in Ceuta
Berbers in Spain