Plural Left (Spain, 2014)
Plural Left Izquierda Plural | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | IP |
| Leader | Willy Meyer |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Dissolved | 2019 |
| Merger of | IU ICV–EUiA AGE EVPV GM–LV CLI–AS I–E EKI–Iratzarri |
| Preceded by | The Left |
| Ideology | Socialism Anti-capitalism Feminism Environmentalism |
| European affiliation | European United Left–Nordic Green Left The Greens–European Free Alliance |
| European Parliament (Spanish seats) | 6 / 54 |
Plural Left (Spanish: La Izquierda Plural, IP) was a Spanish electoral coalition in the 2014 European Parliament election made up from both national and regional left-wing parties.[1]
History
Its list obtained 10.03% and 1.575.308 votes, achieving 6 seats distributed as follows:[2][3][4]
- 4 seats to United Left, joined European United Left–Nordic Green Left.
- Willy Meyer, resigned as of 25 June 2014[5]
- Paloma López Bermejo
- Marina Albiol Guzmán
- Ángela Rosa Vallina de la Noval
- Javier Couso Permuy, takes Meyer's seat.
- 1 seat to Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood, joined European United Left–Nordic Green Left.
- Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez
- 1 seat to Initiative for Catalonia Greens, joined The Greens–European Free Alliance[6]
Composition
| Party | Scope | |
|---|---|---|
| United Left (IU) | — | |
| Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (ICV–EUiA) | Catalonia | |
| Galician Left Alternative (AGE) | Galicia | |
| The Greens of the Valencian Country (EVPV) | Valencian Community | |
| Tour Madrid–The Greens (GM–LV) | Madrid | |
| Building the Left–Socialist Alternative (CLI–AS) | — | |
| Left (I–E) | Navarre | |
| Left Initiative–Awake (EKI–Iratzarri) | Basque Country | |
Electoral performance
European Parliament
| European Parliament | |||
| Election | Seats | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 / 54 |
1,575,308 (#3) | 10.03 |
References
- ^ "Diez coaliciones se han registrado ante la Junta Electoral Central" (in Spanish). Europapress.es. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "European Parliament election result – Spain | Europe Decides". Europedecides.eu. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Results of the 2014 European elections – Results by country – Spain – European Parliament". Results-elections2014.eu. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "50/50 GUE/NGL MEP gender balance to boost fight for equality – GUE/NGL – Another Europe is possible". Guengl.eu. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Manetto, Francesco; Garea, Fernando (25 June 2014). "El eurodiputado Willy Meyer dimite por tener un fondo de pensiones en una sicav – Política – El País". El País (in Spanish). Elpais.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ Catalan Monitor (28 May 2014). "Meet the new Catalan MEPs | Catalan News Monitor". Catalanmonitor.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.