Canaries Decides

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Canaries Decides
Canarias Decide
Founded2015
Dissolved2016
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Political position Left-wing

Canaries Decides (Spanish : Canarias Decide) was a Canary Island-based electoral alliance formed in 2015 by The Greens, Unity of the People and Republican Alternative. United Canarian Left was also a member of the alliance in the 2015 Canarian regional election, [1] but contested the 2015 general election separately. [2]

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References

  1. "Así se presentan IU, Podemos y Ganemos en las elecciones locales y autónomicas del 24 de mayo". RTVE (in Spanish). 13 May 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. Agencias (1 December 2015). "Quién se presenta a las elecciones generales". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 2 July 2017.