Andalusian Left

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Andalusian Left
Izquierda Andaluza
Founded1998 (1998)
Ideology Andalusian nationalism
Socialism
Ecologism
Union affiliation Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores (SAT)
Colors  Red
  Green
  White

Andalusian Left (in Spanish: Izquierda Andaluza; IA) is an Andalusian nationalist and socialist political party in Andalusia. The party is currently inactive.

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History

IA emerged in 1998 as a split of the United Left, from a current of opinion within the coalition called Andalusian Left Collective. IA participated in several electoral processes (like the general and regional elections of 2000), sometimes in coalitions (with the Greens of Andalusia in the elections to the European Parliament of 1999 in the coalition Greens - The Peoples' Left) or with the Socialist Party of Andalusia. [1] In 2008 IA joined Andalusian Coalition. [2]

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