Elkarrekin Podemos

United We Can

Elkarrekin Podemos
United We Can Elkarrekin Podemos
Leader	Miren Gorrotxategi
Founded	11 August 2016
Dissolved	27 February 2024
Ideology	Democratic socialism; Progressivism; Environmentalism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Unidas Podemos (2016–2023, confluence)
Colors	Purple
Members	See list of members
Website
	lafuerzadelopublico.eus
	Politics of Basque Country;

Elkarrekin Podemos (Elkarrekin in Basque: "Together" or "United"; Podemos in Spanish: "We Can"; Elkarrekin Podemos translated in English as "United We Can") was a left-wing electoral alliance in the Basque Country created by the four Basque political parties Podemos Euskadi, Ezker Anitza, Equo Berdeak and Green Alliance. The electoral alliance ran in the 2016 and 2020 Basque regional elections. It was dissolved ahead of the 2024 Basque regional election as Ezker Anitza joined Sumar, though the Podemos–AV candidacy chose to retain the "Elkarrekin" name and branding.

The last leader of the electoral alliance and spokesperson of the Podemos–United Left–Green Alliance Parliamentary Group in the Basque Parliament was Miren Gorrotxategi.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History[edit]

The coalition is based on the one formed for the 2016 Spanish general election, in which the Unidos Podemos/Elkarrekin Ahal Dugu coalition became the most voted force in the three Basque districts, also winning in number of seats. Given the coalition success, the three parties agreed to re-edit the coalition to contest the Basque election scheduled for September 25, 2016.^{[citation needed]}

On 11 August 2016, the three formations ratified the agreement to go jointly to the polls under the Elkarrekin Podemos name. The chosen name is similar to that used for the general election, but instead of separating the Spanish and Basque denominations with a slash (Elkarrekin Ahal Dugu), they chose to join the two denominations into one using a word of each language as a symbol of the linguistic richness of the Basque Country.^[4] As candidate for lehendakari they chose Pilar Zabala, who had already been chosen by the bases of Podemos Euskadi in primary elections.^[5]

Composition[edit]

Party		Notes
	We Can (Podemos)
	Plural Left (EzAn–IU)	Left in 2024
	Greens Equo (Equo)	Expelled in February 2020.^[6]
	Green Alliance (AV)	Joined in 2021

Electoral performance[edit]

Basque Parliament[edit]

Election	Leading candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
Basque Parliament
2016	Pili Zabala	157,334	14.76 (#3)	11 / 75	11	Opposition
2020	Miren Gorrotxategi	72,113	7.97 (#4)	6 / 75	5	Opposition

Symbols[edit]

Logo from August 2016 to June 2018.
Logo from June 2018 to March 2020.
Logo from March 2020 to present.

References[edit]

^ "Miren Gorrotxategi, la candidata a lehendakari de Pablo Iglesias: vecina de Urkullu y hermana de un famoso tenor". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
^ Gorospe, Pedro (2020-07-05). "Miren Gorrotxategi: "El derecho a decidir es sinónimo de principio democrático"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
^ EP (2020-02-27). "Miren Gorrotxategi será candidata a lehendakari". Diario de Noticias de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
^ "Elkarrekin-Podemos quiere llegar al Gobierno Vasco para hacer una política diferente". El Mundo (in Spanish). Vitoria. EFE. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Elkarrekin Podemos insiste en que tendrá que hablar con EH Bildu y PSE de políticas sociales y progresistas". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Equo Euskadi no repetirá coalición con Podemos tras el "veto" de Iglesias". 20 minutos (in Spanish). EFE. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Spanish)

[1] "Miren Gorrotxategi, la candidata a lehendakari de Pablo Iglesias: vecina de Urkullu y hermana de un famoso tenor". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2024-02-06.

[2] Gorospe, Pedro (2020-07-05). "Miren Gorrotxategi: "El derecho a decidir es sinónimo de principio democrático"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-06.

[3] EP (2020-02-27). "Miren Gorrotxategi será candidata a lehendakari". Diario de Noticias de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-06.

[4] "Elkarrekin-Podemos quiere llegar al Gobierno Vasco para hacer una política diferente". El Mundo (in Spanish). Vitoria. EFE. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[5] "Elkarrekin Podemos insiste en que tendrá que hablar con EH Bildu y PSE de políticas sociales y progresistas". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[20M210220-6] "Equo Euskadi no repetirá coalición con Podemos tras el "veto" de Iglesias". 20 minutos (in Spanish). EFE. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

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