Plural Left (Spain, 2014)

Not to be confused with Plural Left (Spain, 2011).

Plural Left Izquierda Plural
Abbreviation	IP
Leader	Willy Meyer
Founded	2014 (2014)
Dissolved	2019
Merger of	IU ICV–EUiA AGE EVPV GM–LV CLI–AS I–E EKI–Iratzarri
Preceded by	The Left
Ideology	Socialism Anti-capitalism Feminism Environmentalism
European affiliation	European United Left–Nordic Green Left The Greens–European Free Alliance
European Parliament (Spanish seats)	6 / 54
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

Plural Left (Spanish : La Izquierda Plural, IP) was a Spanish electoral coalition in the 2014 European Parliament election made up from both national and regional left-wing parties. ^[1]

History

Its list obtained 10.03% and 1.575.308 votes, achieving 6 seats distributed as follows: ^{[2] [3] [4]}

• 4 seats to United Left, joined European United Left–Nordic Green Left.
  • Willy Meyer, resigned as of 25 June 2014 ^[5]
  • Paloma López Bermejo
  • Marina Albiol Guzmán
  • Ángela Rosa Vallina de la Noval
  • Javier Couso Permuy, takes Meyer's seat.
• 1 seat to Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood, joined European United Left–Nordic Green Left.
  • Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez
• 1 seat to Initiative for Catalonia Greens, joined The Greens–European Free Alliance ^[6]
  • Ernest Urtasun Domenech

Composition

Party		Scope
	United Left (IU)	—
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (ICV–EUiA)	Catalonia
	Galician Left Alternative (AGE)	Galicia
	The Greens of the Valencian Country (EVPV)	Valencian Community
	Tour Madrid–The Greens (GM–LV)	Madrid
	Building the Left–Socialist Alternative (CLI–AS)	—
	Left (I–E)	Navarre
	Left Initiative–Awake (EKI–Iratzarri)	Basque Country

Electoral performance

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election	Seats	Vote	%
2014	6 / 54	1,575,308 (#3)	10.03

References

1. "Diez coaliciones se han registrado ante la Junta Electoral Central" (in Spanish). Europapress.es. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
2. "European Parliament election result – Spain | Europe Decides". Europedecides.eu. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
3. "Results of the 2014 European elections – Results by country – Spain – European Parliament". Results-elections2014.eu. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
4. "50/50 GUE/NGL MEP gender balance to boost fight for equality – GUE/NGL – Another Europe is possible". Guengl.eu. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
5. Manetto, Francesco; Garea, Fernando (25 June 2014). "El eurodiputado Willy Meyer dimite por tener un fondo de pensiones en una sicav – Política – El País". El País (in Spanish). Elpais.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
6. Catalan Monitor (28 May 2014). "Meet the new Catalan MEPs | Catalan News Monitor". Catalanmonitor.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.