United Left (Spain)

United Left (Spanish: Izquierda Unidacode: es is deprecated [iθˈkjeɾða uˈniða], IU) is a political coalition that was created in 1986, bringing together several left-wing political organizations.^[1]

IU was founded as an electoral coalition of seven parties, but the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) is the only remaining member of the IU at the national level.^[1] It is currently part of Unidas Podemos.

United Left (Spain) Media

Congress seats from 1977 (as PCE) to 2011
United Left logo from 1986. It was composed of the logos of the parties that signed the coalition. It would not be until 1988 that a specific logo for IU would be designed.
Julio Anguita, general coordinator of United Left from 1989 to 1999.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Electoral incentives and organizational limits. The evolution of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the United Left (IU) (in English)" (PDF). Institute of Political and Social Sciences. 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

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[icpslrf2002-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Electoral incentives and organizational limits. The evolution of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the United Left (IU) (in English)" (PDF). Institute of Political and Social Sciences. 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

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