The Left (Spain)

The Left
La Izquierda
LeaderWilly Meyer
Founded2009 (2009)
Dissolved2014 (2014)
Merger ofUnited Left
ICV
EUiA
EB–B
Bloc for Asturias
Succeeded byPlural Left
IdeologySocialism
Anti-capitalism
Feminism
Ecologism
European affiliationEuropean United Left–Nordic Green Left
The Greens–European Free Alliance

The Left (Spanish: La Izquierda) was a Spanish electoral alliance formed to contest the 2009 European Parliament election in Spain made up from both national and regional left wing parties.

Composition

Party Scope
United Left (IU) —
Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (ICV–EUiA) Catalonia
Bloc for Asturias (BA) Asturias
Republican Left (IR) -
The Greens of the Balearic Islands (EVIB) Balearic Islands

Electoral performance

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election Seats Vote %
2009
2 / 54
588,248 (#4) 3.71

References