United and Alternative Left
Political party in Catalonia
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United and Alternative Left (Catalan: Esquerra Unida i Alternativa, EUiA) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members, and until 2019 was the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left (IU).
United and Alternative Left Esquerra Unida i Alternativa | |
|---|---|
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| General Secretary | Mercedes Vidal Lago |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Merger of | |
| Split from | Initiative for Catalonia Greens |
| Headquarters | C/Doctor Aiguader,10 08003 Barcelona |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | United Left (1998–2019) |
| Regional affiliation | ICV–EUiA (2003–2015) Catalunya Sí que es Pot (2015–2017) En Comú Podem (2015–2019)[a] Catalunya en Comú (2017–2019) Republican Left of Catalonia (since 2023) |
| European affiliation | |
| Colours | Crimson |
| Congress of Deputies | 0 / 350 |
| Senate | 0 / 266 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 61 |
| Website | |
| semprealesquerra.cat | |
It was formed in 1998 as a schism from Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV). It comprises an alliance of Party of the Communists of Catalonia, Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, POR, PRT-IR, PASOC, CEA, and CLI. After competing in a series of elections with their former colleagues at Iniciativa, the two parties agreed to run together as an electoral coalition. In 2015, the party joined the electoral coalition En Comú Podem. In 2017, it was one of the founding parties of Catalunya en Comú, being expelled from the organization two years later as it was no longer the Catalan correspondent of United Left. Since 2023 it has participated in the Republican Left of Catalonia lists at the local level.
Composition
Current members
| Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Communists of Catalonia (Comunistes.Cat) | Founded in November 2014. | |
Former members
| Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) | Dissolved in November 2014. | |
| Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC viu) | Left in June 2019 for United Left Catalonia. | |
| La Aurora Marxist Organization (La Aurora (OM)) | Left in June 2019 for United Left Catalonia. | |
Electoral performance
Parliament of Catalonia
| Date | Votes | Seats | Status | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ±pp | # | ± | |||
| 1999 | 44,454 | 1.4% | — | 0 / 135 |
— | N/A | 6th |
| 2003 | 241,163 | 7.3% | +5.9 | 1 / 135 |
 1 |
Government | * |
| 2006 | 282,693 | 9.5% | +2.2 | 2 / 135 |
1 |
Government | * |
| 2010 | 230,824 | 7.4% | –2.1 | 2 / 135 |
 0 |
Opposition | * |
| 2012 | 359,705 | 9.9% | +2.5 | 3 / 135 |
1 |
Opposition | * |
| 2015 | 367,613 | 8.9% | –1.0 | 1 / 135 |
 2 |
Opposition | ** |
| 2017 | 326,360 | 7.5% | –1.4 | 1 / 135 |
0 |
Opposition | *** |
- * Within Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left.
- ** Within Catalunya Sí que es Pot.
- *** Within Catalunya en Comú–Podem.
Cortes Generales
Catalonia
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- * Within Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left.
- ** Within En Comú Podem.
- *** Within Catalan Agreement of Progress.
European Parliament
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- * Within United Left.
- ** Within The Left.
- *** Within Plural Left.
- **** Within Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left.
See also
Notes
- Since 2017 integrated within Catalunya en Comú
