United Left
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Spanish political coalition
Key facts
- General coordinator
- Antonio Maíllo
- Founded
- April 1986 (as coalition) , 2 November 1992 (as party federation)
- Youth wing
- Área de juventud de Izquierda Unida [ es ]
- Lgbtq wing
- ALEAS
- Membership 2023
- 18,000
- Ideology
- Communism , Socialism , Republicanism
- Political position
- Left-wing
- National affiliation
- The Left (2009–2014), Plural Left (2011–2015), Plural Left (2014–2019), Popular Unity (2015–2016), Unidas Podemos (2016–2023), Sumar (since 2023)
- European affiliation
- Party of the European Left
- International affiliation
- IMCWP
- Colours
- Red
- Congress of deputies
- 5 / 350
- Senate
- 0 / 266
- European parliament
- 0 / 61
- Regional parliaments
- 10 / 1,268
- Local government
- 1,678 / 67,515
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
United Left (Spanish: Izquierda Unida [iθˈkjeɾðawˈniða], 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.
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