Marea Atlántica () is a

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movement and political coalition in the city of

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History

The original goal of the movement was to build a

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and participative political convergence towards the municipal elections of May 2015. After achieving 2,500 signatures, Marea Atlántica decided to present a candidacy to the city council (and mayor) of A Coruña.Pardo, M. (2015)
''A Marea Atlántica acada os apoios que avalan o seu camiño cara a confluencia''
Praza Pública. Xulio Ferreiro, a professor at the University of A Coruña, was elected as the candidate. This candidacy and movement is supported by various political parties, like EU, Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood, Compromiso por Galicia, Podemos,

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and Espazo Ecosocialista Galego. Marea Atlántica was the most voted party in the A Coruña local elections of 2015 (34,864 votes, 30.97%), winning 10 seats in the city council. In the municipal elections of 2019 the coalition lost four seats and the mayor of the city.

City councillors (2015–2019)

1. Xulio Ferreiro Baamonde (1974). Professor of Procedural Law at the University of A Coruña. Member of the CIG. Currently no party affiliation, although he was a member of the

Galician Nationalist Bloc The Galician Nationalist Bloc ( , BNG) is a political party from Galicia (Spain), Galicia, formed with the merger of a series of left-wing Galician nationalism, Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic Popular front, front" ...

in the past.
2. Rocío Fraga (1976). Sociologist and

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activist. No party affiliation.
3. Xiao Varela (1976). Architect and member of the ''Habitat Social'' cooperative. No party affiliation.
4. Silvia Cameán (1987). Lawyer and

activist. Member of the United Left party.
5. José Manuel Sande (1973). Worked for the Galician government. He is also a film writer, participating in the Luzes magazine and in the TV project ''Galiza Ano Cero''.
6. María Eugenia Vieito (1970). Administration and Services Staff in the University of A Coruña. No party affiliation.
7. Alberto Lema (1975). English Philology graduate, writer and political activist. Writes in various magazines and newspapers, including ''Tempos Novos'', ''Luzes'' and ''Sermos Galiza''. Member of Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood and the

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union, close to the

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.
8. Claudia Delso (1987). Cultural mediator, psychomotor and theater teacher. No party affiliation.
9. Daniel Díaz (1981). Urbanist and member of the

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party

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10. María García (1979). Environmentalist a cultural activist. No party affiliation.Malvido, G. (2015)
''Vidas detrás de las caras de la Marea''
La Opinión de A Coruña.

Electoral results

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