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United Left Izquierda Unida | |
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| General Coordinator | Antonio Maíllo |
| Founded | April 1986 (as coalition) 2 November 1992 (as party federation) |
| Youth wing | Área de Juventud de Izquierda Unida |
| LGBT wing | ALEAS |
| Membership (2023) |  18,000[1] |
| Ideology | Communism[2] Socialism[2] Republicanism[3] |
| Political position | Left-wing[6] to far-left[9] |
| 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 |
| Spanish Senate | 0 / 266 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 61 |
| Regional Parliaments | 10 / 1,268 |
| Local Government | 1,678 / 67,515 |
| Website | |
| izquierdaunida.org | |
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.[10]
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.[10] Despite that, IU brings together other regional parties, political organizations, and independents.[10] It currently takes the form of a permanent federation of parties.
IU took part in the Unidas Podemos coalition and the corresponding parliamentary group in the Congreso de los Diputados between 2016 and 2023. Since January 2020, it participated for the first time in a national coalition government, with one minister. For the 2023 general election, IU took part in the Sumar platform.[11]
- ^ Fernández, Por David (November 27, 2023). "La hegemonía de la izquierda también se mide en cifras: Sumar alcanza los 70.000 inscritos, en Podemos votan 55.000 e IU tiene 18.000 afiliados". infobae.
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "European Social Survey 2012 - Appendix 3 (in English)" (PDF). European Science Foundation. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Spanish voters wake up to new political landscape". openDemocracy. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Democratic defender". POLITICO. 25 November 2009.
- ^ [4][5]
- ^ "Européennes : poussée du parti d'extrême gauche Izquierda Unida en Espagne". 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Espagne : Podemos s'allie avec l'extrême gauche pour les législatives". 10 May 2016.
- ^ [7][8]
- ^ a b c "Electoral incentives and organizational limits. The evolution of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the United Left (IU) (in English)" (PDF). Institute of Political and Social Sciences. 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ RTVE.es (2023-06-09). "IU alcanza un acuerdo con Sumar para concurrir juntos a las elecciones". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-09.