United Left (Spain)

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United Left Izquierda Unida
General Coordinator	Antonio Maíllo
Founded	April 1986 (as coalition) 2 November 1992 (as party federation)
Youth wing	Área de Juventud de Izquierda Unida
LGBT wing	ALEAS
Membership (2023)	18,000[1]
Ideology	Communism[2] Socialism[2] Republicanism[3]
Political position	Left-wing[4][5] to far-left[6][7]
National affiliation	The Left (2009–2014) Plural Left (2011) (2011–2015) Plural Left (2014) (2014–2019) Popular Unity (2015–2016) Unidas Podemos (2016–2023) Sumar (since 2023)
European affiliation	Party of the European Left
International affiliation	IMCWP
European Parliament group	The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
Colours	Red
Congress of Deputies	5 / 350
Spanish Senate	0 / 266
European Parliament	1 / 59
Regional Parliaments	10 / 1,268
Local Government	1,678 / 67,515
Website
izquierdaunida.org
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United Left (Spanish: Izquierda Unida [iθˈkjeɾðawˈniða], IU) is a federative political movement in Spain that was first organized as a coalition in 1986, bringing together several left-wing political organizations, most notably the Communist Party of Spain.^[8]

IU was founded as an electoral coalition of seven parties, but the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) is the only remaining integrated member of the IU at the national level.^[8] Despite that, IU brings together other regional parties, political organizations, and independents.^[8] It currently takes the form of a permanent federation of parties.

IU took part of the Unidas Podemos coalition and the corresponding parliamentary group in the Congreso de los Diputados between 2016 and 2023. Since January 2020, it participated for the first time in a national coalition government, with one minister. For the 2023 general election, IU took part of the Sumar platform.^[9]