Amaiur

For the village in Baztan, Navarre, Spain, see Amaiur o Maya. For the footballer, see Amaiur Sarriegi.

Amaiur
Founded27 September 2011 (2011-09-27)
Dissolved27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)
Succeeded byEH Bildu
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[4]
Colors  Teal
MembersSee list of members
Website
www.amaiur.info

Amaiur was a left-wing[1][4] Basque nationalist[1] and separatist[5] political coalition from the Basque Country and Navarre. The name of the coalition comes from the fortress of Amaiur in Navarre, which was one of the last Basque strongholds during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.

Amaiur was launched on 27 September 2011 by Eusko Alkartasuna, Alternatiba (which had both been part of Bildu), Aralar (previously in alliance with the Basque Nationalist Party, PNV in Nafarroa Bai), independent individuals of the abertzale left (including many former members of Batasuna), and other smaller groups, while the PNV refused to join.[6][7] The new coalition fielded candidates for the 2011 general election in all three Basque provinces and Navarre. Amaiur won seven seats in the Congress of Deputies and three in the Senate.

At the 2015 Spanish general election, Amaiur was replaced as the representative of the left-wing Basque nationalist camp by EH Bildu that had already run in earlier local, Basque Country and European elections. It came off much weaker than Amaiur in 2011, winning only two seats in the Congress of Deputies and one Senator, although it would later see growth.

  1. ^ a b c d "Basque left-wing nationalists launch new coalition party Amaiur". EITB. 3 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  2. ^ G. M. (20 November 2011). "Amaiur busca ser la primera fuerza abertzale y superar al PSOE en Navarra". Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2011). "Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b Sanz, Inmaculada; Goyoaga, Arantza (19 November 2011). "Basque separatist voters grow after ETA ends violence". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  5. ^ Ebels, Philip (18 November 2011). "Spanish elections: 5th EU government to fall due to crisis". EUobserver. Brussels. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Izquierda abertzale, EA, Alternatiba y Aralar cierran los contenidos del pacto del 20-N". Gara (in Spanish). Donostia-San Sebastián. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  7. ^ Landa López, Isabel (27 September 2011). "Amaiur concurrirá al 20-N para reivindicar "la nación" vasca". El País (in Spanish). Donostia-San Sebastián. Retrieved 23 July 2020.