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Bloc For Asturias
Bloc for Asturias (, , BA) is a Left-wing politics, left-wing Asturian nationalism, Asturian nationalist political party in Spain, based in the Principality of Asturias. In 2012 it joined with Unidá, Asturian Nationalist Unity into the Commitment for Asturias (). It was part of the now-inactive Open Assembly for Officialisation (), an organization whose objective was to make Asturian language, Asturian an official language of Spain. Its general secretary is Roberto Colunga and its spokesperson is Rafael Palacios, who held the position of Director of the Asturian Agency for Development Cooperation of the Principality during the 2003-2007 legislature.  History Bloc for Asturias has its origin in the Nationalist Left of Asturias, which split from Andecha Astur and was a member of the Bloque de la Izquierda Asturiana coalition and various Asturianist independent coalitions. It was founded to attend the 2003 Asturian regional election as part of a coalition with the United Left (S ...
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Asturian Nationalism
Nationalism and Regionalism (politics), regionalism is present in the political spectrum of the Principality of Asturias, northern Spain. Asturian nationalist parties such as Partíu Asturianista had representation in the Asturian parliament and government, and others such as Andecha Astur had representation in some municipalities. However, nationalism is more of a social movement, social than a political social movement, movement. History These movements are rooted in the stages of sovereignty, political sovereignty that Asturias experienced, beginning with the Kingdom of Asturias between the years 718 and 925, followed a millennium later with the declaration of sovereignty of The General Assembly of the Principality of Asturias of 1808, the Socialist Asturian Republic in 1934 and the Sovereign Council of Asturias and León of 1937 as highlights, although the two last are not nationalistic. In 1976 the first modern Asturian nationalist party, the Asturian Nationalist Council ...
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2003 Asturian Regional Election
The 2003 Asturian regional election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with 2003 Spanish regional elections, regional elections in twelve other Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous communities and 2003 Spanish local elections, local elections all throughout Spain. Overview Electoral system The General Junta of the Principality of Asturias was the Devolution, devolved, unicameral legislature of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978, Spanish Constitution and the Statute of Autonomy of the Principality of Asturias, Asturian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Principality of Asturias, regi ...
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Political Parties Established In 2003
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external f ...
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Left-wing Nationalist Parties
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social hierarchies. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in society whom its adherents perceive as disadvantaged relative to others as well as a belief that there are unjustified inequalities that need to be reduced or abolished, through radical means that change the nature of the society they are implemented in. According to emeritus professor of economics Barry Clark, supporters of left-wing politics "claim that human development flourishes when individuals engage in cooperative, mutually respectful relations that can thrive only when excessive differences in status, power, and wealth are eliminated." Within the left–right political spectrum, ''Left'' and ''Right'' were coined during the French Revolution, referring to the seating arrangement in the F ...
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Compromisu Por Asturies
Compromisu por Asturies (''Commitment to/for Asturies'' in Asturian language) is an Asturian political organization of left-wing and Asturian nationalist ideology. Compromisu por Asturies is the result of the merge of two previous political parties: Unidá and Bloque por Asturies. History Compromisu was created on June 23, 2012 after the convergence process opened by the Bloque por Asturies and Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana, with the addition of some independents. The party has 5 town councillors, 3 in Nava, 1 in Carreño Carreño is a municipality in the autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered by Corvera de Asturias on the west, Gozón on the north, the Cantabrian Sea on the north and east, and Gijón on the east and south. Its ... and in Ḷḷena. Compromisu also supports and participates in Podemos.{{cite web , url=http://compromisu.com/compromisu-llama-a-participar-na-ellaboracion-del-progama-eleutoral-de-podemos-asturies-y-de-lo ...
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The Greens–Green Group
The Greens–Green Group ( Spanish: ''Los Verdes–Grupo Verde''; LV–GV), founded in 1994 as Green Group ( Spanish: ''Grupo Verde''; GV), is a green political party in Spain. It is a founding member of the Roundtable for the Unity of the Greens in Spain. It was created as an electoral list in the 1994 European Parliamentary Elections. Since its creation, its spokesperson has been Esteban Cabal. It is not part of the European Green Party, and should not be confused with the EGP's previous representative in Spain, the Confederation of the Greens. History and evolution The Greens–Green Group was created in 1994 when a group of people from the Spanish environmental movement decided to declare candidacy for the European Parliamentary Elections, in response to deep division within the Confederation of the Greens. Heading the list was Esteban Cabal, who had been elected city councilor in Rivas-Vaciamadrid in the municipal elections of 1991 in a coalition with the United Left an ...
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( , PSOE ) is a Social democracy, social democratic Updated as required.The PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources: * * * * List of political parties in Spain, political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in government longer than any other political party in modern democratic Spain: from 1982 to 1996 under Felipe González, 2004 to 2011 under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and since 2018 under Pedro Sánchez. The PSOE was founded in 1879, making it the oldest party currently active in Spain. The PSOE played a key role during the Second Spanish Republic, being part of the coalition government from 1931 to 1933 and 1936 to 1939, when the republic was defeated in the Spanish Civil War. The party was then banned under the Francoist Spain, Francoist dictatorship and its members and leaders were persecuted or exiled; the ban was only lifted in 1977 in the Spanish transition to democracy, transition to democracy. His ...
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United Left (Spain)
United Left ( , IU) is a federative political movement in Spain that was first organized as a coalition in 1986, bringing together several left-wing political organizations, grouped primarily around the Communist Party of Spain. IU was founded as an electoral coalition of seven parties, but the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) is the only remaining integrated member of the IU at the national level. Despite that, IU brings together other regional parties, political organizations, and independents. It currently takes the form of a permanent federation of parties. IU took part in the Unidas Podemos coalition and the corresponding parliamentary group in the Congreso de los Diputados between 2016 and 2023. Since January 2020, it participated for the first time in a national Sánchez II Government, coalition government, with one minister. For the 2023 Spanish general election, 2023 general election, IU took part in the Sumar (electoral platform), Sumar platform. History Following t ...
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Asturian Language
Asturian (; )Art. 1 de lLey 1/1998, de 23 de marzo, de uso y promoción del bable/asturiano [Law 1/93, of March 23, on the Use and Promotion of the Asturian Language/nowiki>] is a West Iberian languages, West Iberian Romance languages, Romance language spoken in the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Asturian is part of a wider linguistic group, the Asturleonese languages. The number of speakers is estimated at 100,000 (native) and 450,000 (second language). The dialects of the Astur-Leonese language family are traditionally classified in three groups: Western, Central, and Eastern. For historical and demographic reasons, the Standard language, standard is based on #Dialects, Central Asturian. Asturian has a distinct grammar, dictionary, and orthography. It is regulated by the Academy of the Asturian Language. Although it is not an official language of Spain, it is protected under the Statute of Autonomy of Asturias and is an elective language in schools. For much of its history ...
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Socialism
Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes the Economic ideology, economic, Political philosophy, political, and Social theory, social theories and Political movement, movements associated with the implementation of such systems. Social ownership can take various forms, including State ownership, public, Community ownership, community, Collective ownership, collective, cooperative, or Employee stock ownership, employee.: "Just as private ownership defines capitalism, social ownership defines socialism. The essential characteristic of socialism in theory is that it destroys social hierarchies, and therefore leads to a politically and economically egalitarian society. Two closely related consequences follow. First, every individual is entitled to an equal ownership share that earns an ...
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Commitment For Asturias
Compromisu por Asturies (''Commitment to/for Asturies'' in Asturian language) is an Asturian political organization of left-wing and Asturian nationalist ideology. Compromisu por Asturies is the result of the merge of two previous political parties: Unidá and Bloque por Asturies. History Compromisu was created on June 23, 2012 after the convergence process opened by the Bloque por Asturies and Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana, with the addition of some independents. The party has 5 town councillors, 3 in Nava, 1 in Carreño Carreño is a municipality in the autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered by Corvera de Asturias on the west, Gozón on the north, the Cantabrian Sea on the north and east, and Gijón on the east and south. Its ... and in Ḷḷena. Compromisu also supports and participates in Podemos.{{cite web , url=http://compromisu.com/compromisu-llama-a-participar-na-ellaboracion-del-progama-eleutoral-de-podemos-asturies-y-de-lo ...
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Unidá
Unidá is an Asturian federation of parties formed by Asturian Left, members coming from Andecha Astur, and by the local parties Andecha por Carreño, Asturianistes por Nava and Asturianistes por Piloña, forming a local series of groups with the name of Unidá such as Unidá-Avilés or Unidá-Uviéu. History Unidá started as an Asturian nationalist alliance of left-wing and ecologist groups. It formed a temporary coalition with another party, The Greens-Green Group, to contest the autonomous and municipal elections of May 2007. In April 2007 the coalition officially presented their candidate to the Asturian Parliament, the recognized writer and psychiatrist Ignaciu Llope. Their manifesto supported the defense of the Asturian language, culture and identity. It incorporated measures to tackle problems they claimed Asturias faced: the economic and labour crisis, ecological corruption at certain levels, and attacks that they thought the then-government caused. In general, it pr ...
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