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Elkarrekin Podemos - Wikipedia

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United We Can Elkarrekin Podemos

Leader	Miren Gorrotxategi
Founded	11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
Dissolved	27 February 2024 (2024-02-27)
Ideology	Democratic socialism Progressivism Environmentalism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Unidas Podemos (2016–2023, confluence)
Colors	Purple
Members	See list of members
Website
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Politics of Basque Country

Elkarrekin Podemos (Elkarrekin in Basque: "Together" or "United"; Podemos in Spanish: "We Can"; Elkarrekin Podemos translated in English as "United We Can") was a left-wing electoral alliance in the Basque Country created by the four Basque political parties Podemos Euskadi, Ezker Anitza, Equo Berdeak and Green Alliance. The electoral alliance ran in the 2016 and 2020 Basque regional elections. It was dissolved ahead of the 2024 Basque regional election as Ezker Anitza joined Sumar, though the Podemos–AV candidacy chose to retain the "Elkarrekin" name and branding.

The last leader of the electoral alliance and spokesperson of the Podemos–United Left–Green Alliance Parliamentary Group in the Basque Parliament was Miren Gorrotxategi.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

The coalition is based on the one formed for the 2016 Spanish general election, in which the Unidos Podemos/Elkarrekin Ahal Dugu coalition became the most voted force in the three Basque districts, also winning in number of seats. Given the coalition success, the three parties agreed to re-edit the coalition to contest the Basque election scheduled for September 25, 2016.^{[citation needed]}

On 11 August 2016, the three formations ratified the agreement to go jointly to the polls under the Elkarrekin Podemos name. The chosen name is similar to that used for the general election, but instead of separating the Spanish and Basque denominations with a slash (Elkarrekin Ahal Dugu), they chose to join the two denominations into one using a word of each language as a symbol of the linguistic richness of the Basque Country.^[4] As candidate for lehendakari they chose Pilar Zabala, who had already been chosen by the bases of Podemos Euskadi in primary elections.^[5]

Composition

Party		Notes
	We Can (Podemos)
	Plural Left (EzAn–IU)	Left in 2024
	Greens Equo (Equo)	Expelled in February 2020.^[6]
	Green Alliance (AV)	Joined in 2021

Electoral performance

Basque Parliament

Election	Leading candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
Basque Parliament
2016	Pili Zabala	157,334	14.76 (#3)	11 / 75	11	Opposition
2020	Miren Gorrotxategi	72,113	7.97 (#4)	6 / 75	5	Opposition

Symbols

Logo from August 2016 to June 2018.
Logo from June 2018 to March 2020.
Logo from March 2020 to present.

References

^ "Miren Gorrotxategi, la candidata a lehendakari de Pablo Iglesias: vecina de Urkullu y hermana de un famoso tenor". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
^ Gorospe, Pedro (2020-07-05). "Miren Gorrotxategi: "El derecho a decidir es sinónimo de principio democrático"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
^ EP (2020-02-27). "Miren Gorrotxategi será candidata a lehendakari". Diario de Noticias de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
^ "Elkarrekin-Podemos quiere llegar al Gobierno Vasco para hacer una política diferente". El Mundo (in Spanish). Vitoria. EFE. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Elkarrekin Podemos insiste en que tendrá que hablar con EH Bildu y PSE de políticas sociales y progresistas". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Equo Euskadi no repetirá coalición con Podemos tras el "veto" de Iglesias". 20 minutos (in Spanish). EFE. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

External links

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Official website (in Spanish)

Podemos

Leadership

Secretaries General	Pablo Iglesias (2014–2021) Ione Belarra (2021–present)
Organization Secretaries	Sergio Pascual (2014–2016) Pablo Echenique (2016–2019) Alberto Rodríguez (2019–2021) Lilith Verstrynge (2021–2024) Pablo Fernández (2024–present)

Organization

Regional wings	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencian Community
Active alliances	Andalusia: Por Andalucía Navarra: Contigo Navarra
Previous alliances	Sumar Unidas Podemos Andalusia: Adelante Andalucía Balearic Islands: Units Podem Més Basque Country: Elkarrekin Podemos Catalonia: Catalunya Sí que es Pot Catalunya en Comú–Podem En Comú Podem Galicia: En Marea Galicia en Común Navarre: Cambio-Aldaketa Valencian Community: És el moment A la valenciana

Congresses

United Left

General Coordinators

Gerardo Iglesias (1986–1989)
Julio Anguita (1989–2000)
Gaspar Llamazares (2000–2008)
Cayo Lara (2008–2016)
Alberto Garzón (2016–2023)
Antonio Maíllo (2024–present)

Organization

Current member parties	Communist Party of Spain (Communist Youth Union of Spain) Republican Left The Dawn Marxist Organization Ecosocialists of the Region of Murcia Initiative for El Hierro
Former member parties	Feminist Party of Spain Open Left Progressive Federation Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Socialist Action Party Carlist Party Humanist Party Anti-capitalist Left Unitarian Candidacy of Workers
Active regional wings	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Menorca Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencian Country
Former regional wings	ICV–EUiA (Catalonia) United and Alternative Left (Catalonia) United Left–Greens (Basque Country) United Left of the Community of Madrid United and Republican Left (Valencia)
Active alliances	Sumar Andalusia: Por Andalucía Basque Country: Elkarrekin Podemos Catalonia: En Comú Podem Galicia: Sumar Galicia Navarra: Contigo Navarra
Defunct alliances	The Left Plural Left (2011 2014) Unidas Podemos Andalusia: Adelante Andalucía Balearic Islands: Units Podem Més Entesa de l'Esquerra de Menorca (Menorca) Basque Country: Izquierda-Ezkerra Catalonia: Catalunya Sí que es Pot Catalunya en Comú–Podem Galicia: Galician Left Alternative En Marea Galicia en Común Murcia: Ganar la Región de Murcia Valencian Community: Esquerra Unida–L'Entesa Commitment for the Valencian Country A la valenciana

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