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The Left La Izquierda
Leader	Willy Meyer
Founded	2009 (2009)
Dissolved	2014 (2014)
Merger of	United Left ICV EUiA EB–B Bloc for Asturias
Succeeded by	Plural Left
Ideology	Socialism Anti-capitalism Feminism Ecologism
European affiliation	European United Left–Nordic Green Left The Greens–European Free Alliance
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

The Left (Spanish: La Izquierda) was a Spanish electoral alliance formed to contest the 2009 European Parliament election in Spain made up from both national and regional left wing parties.

Composition

Party		Scope
	United Left (IU)	—
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (ICV–EUiA)	Catalonia
	Bloc for Asturias (BA)	Asturias
	Republican Left (IR)	-
	The Greens of the Balearic Islands (EVIB)	Balearic Islands

Electoral performance

European Parliament

Election	Seats	Vote	%
European Parliament
2009	2 / 54	588,248 (#4)	3.71

References

United Left

General Coordinators

Gerardo Iglesias (1986–1989)
Julio Anguita (1989–2000)
Gaspar Llamazares (2000–2008)
Cayo Lara (2008–2016)
Alberto Garzón (2016–2023)
Antonio Maíllo (2024–present)

Organization

Current member parties	Communist Party of Spain (Communist Youth Union of Spain) Republican Left The Dawn Marxist Organization Ecosocialists of the Region of Murcia Initiative for El Hierro
Former member parties	Feminist Party of Spain Open Left Progressive Federation Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Socialist Action Party Carlist Party Humanist Party Anti-capitalist Left Unitarian Candidacy of Workers
Active regional wings	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Menorca Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencian Country
Former regional wings	ICV–EUiA (Catalonia) United and Alternative Left (Catalonia) United Left–Greens (Basque Country) United Left of the Community of Madrid United and Republican Left (Valencia)
Active alliances	Sumar Andalusia: Por Andalucía Basque Country: Elkarrekin Podemos Catalonia: En Comú Podem Galicia: Sumar Galicia Navarra: Contigo Navarra
Defunct alliances	The Left Plural Left (2011 2014) Unidas Podemos Andalusia: Adelante Andalucía Balearic Islands: Units Podem Més Entesa de l'Esquerra de Menorca (Menorca) Basque Country: Izquierda-Ezkerra Catalonia: Catalunya Sí que es Pot Catalunya en Comú–Podem Galicia: Galician Left Alternative En Marea Galicia en Común Murcia: Ganar la Región de Murcia Valencian Community: Esquerra Unida–L'Entesa Commitment for the Valencian Country A la valenciana

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