Socialist Party of Menorca

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Socialist Party of Menorca
Partit Socialista de Menorca
Secretary-GeneralMaite Salord
Nel Martí
Founded4 April 1977
HeadquartersC/Isidoro Antillón, 9, bajo, 07006 - Palma de Mallorca
Youth wing Joventuts d'Esquerra Nacionalista
Membership (2014)130 [1]
Ideology Democratic socialism
Environmentalism
Catalan nationalism
Catalanism
Catalan independentism [2]
Regional affiliation More for Menorca
European affiliation European Free Alliance
Local Government in Menorca
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Parliament of the Balearic Islands
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Inside More for Menorca
Council of Menorca
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Inside More for Menorca
Website
psm-menorca.cat

The Socialist Party of Menorca (Catalan : Partit Socialista de Menorca, PSM or PSM-menorca) is a democratic socialist, environmentalist and Catalan nationalist political party in the island of Menorca, Balearic Isles, Spain. [3] It is the major party in the More for Menorca coalition.

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History

The party appeared as the merger of two socialist parties of Menorca, the Socialist Movement of Menorca and the Federalist Movement of Menorca, in 1977. In 1995 the youth wing of the party, Joventuts d'Esquerra Nacionalista was created.

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References

  1. Podemos ya es el tercer partido con más militantes de la Isla y se acerca al PSOE. menorca.info, 08/09/2014.
  2. Unas 7.000 personas asisten a la manifestación independentista en Palma
  3. Anwen Elias Minority Nationalist Parties and European Integration 1134033648 2009 "... a Galician-only list; the PSG-EG participated in the coalition Esquerda dos Pobos alongside Unión del Poble Valenciá, Entesa dels Nacionalistes d'Esquerda de Catalunya, Partido Socialista de Mallorca and Partido Socialista de Menorca."