Coalition for a Solidary Europe


Coalition for a Solidary Europe is an electoral list of regionalist parties that was formed to contest the 2019 and 2024 European Parliament election in Spain. The list is the de facto successor of the Coalition for Europe that ran in the 2014 and 2009 elections. Is formed by the Basque Nationalist Party, Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party, Proposal for the Isles, Geroa Socialverdes and Atarrabia Taldea.

History

Background

The Basque, Catalan and Galician nationalist parties maintained a long alliance in the elections to the European Parliament, which began in 2004 with the Galeusca–Peoples of Europe coalition. In the 2014 European elections, the Basque Nationalist Party, Convergence of Catalonia a federation formed by Convergència and Democratic Union of Catalonia and Commitment to Galicia formed the Coalition for Europe candidacy, along with other peripheral nationalist parties such as the Canary Coalition.

Formation of the candidacy

On March 15, 2018, the Canarian Coalition and the Basque Nationalist Party announced a commitment to repeat their electoral alliance for the European elections the following year.
On January 15, 2019, David Bonvehí, president of the Catalan European Democratic Party, successor party to Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, also announced a coalition agreement with the Basque Nationalist Party for the European elections, while endorsing Jordi Turull, politician imprisoned by the [2017 Catalan independence movement|Catalan independence referendum|Catalan independence] process, as hypothetical head of the list. This announcement was replicated by CC, which opposed the entry of the PDeCAT into the coalition, due to the pro-independence positions of the Catalan party. The final break between PNV and PDeCAT occurred after it was announced that Carles Puigdemont would lead a candidacy for the European Parliament. On March 21, the PNV issued a statement ruling out the coalition with the PDeCAT, considering that they proposed an "exclusively Catalan candidacy." Some political analysts also linked the rupture to the ideological differences between the more moderate positions of the Basque nationalists and Puigdemont. The Catalan party United to Advance, successor to the defunct Democratic Union of Catalonia, partner of the previous European coalitions, negotiated its entry into this list and, although it finally ruled it out, created a platform to support the candidacy. Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida, historical leader of Union of Catalonia and member of United to Advance, requested a vote for the coalition promoted by the PNV.
On May 6, 2019, the candidacy was officially presented, under the name of the Coalition for a Europe of Solidarity. Representatives of all the coalition forces participated in the event, held in Bilbao.

Candidacy in 2019

The top eight spots on the list are as follows:
Regarding the name of the candidacy, although this coalition has the official name of Coalition for a Solidarity Europe, in certain autonomous communities, as permitted by article 222 of the Organic Law of 5/1985, it is presented with the following names and list heads:
autonomous communityDenominationHead of list
AndalusiaCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
AragonCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
AsturiasCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
Canary Islandscanarias coalition-Canarian Nationalist Party-Coalition for a Solidary Europe Luis Guillermo Padilla
CantabriaCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
Castilla La ManchaCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
Castile and LeonCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
CataloniaCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
CeutaCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
Valencian CommunityValencian Democrats-Coalition for a Solidary Europe Lluís Vicent Bertomeu
ExtremaduraCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
GaliciaCommitment to Galicia-Coalition for a Solidary Europe Juan Carlos Piñeiro
Balearic IslandsProposta per les Illes-Coalition for a Solidary Europe María del Mar Llaneras
La RiojaCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
MadridCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
MelillaCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
MurciaCoalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
Basque CountryEuzko Alderdi Jeltzalea-Basque Nationalist Party-Coalition for a Solidary Europe Izaskun Bilbao
NavarreGeroa Bai-Coalition for a Solidary Europe Daniel Innerarity

Candidacy in 2024

The candidacies proclaimed for the 2024 European Parliament elections were published in the Official State Gazette on May 14, 2024.
The top eight spots on the list are as follows:
  • Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez.
  • Carlos E. Alonso Rodríguez.
  • Amaia Arrizabalaga Idiaquez.
  • Jordi Prunes Moya.
  • Aitana Agirre Loiarte.
  • Oswaldo Betancort García.
  • Miren Itxaso Soto Diaz de Zerio.
  • Caterina Neus Serra Cañellas

2019 European Parliament elections

Main article: 2019 European Parliament elections (Spain)
Coalition for a Europe of Solidarity was the eighth candidate by number of votes, obtaining 633,090 votes and one seat.
TerritoryVotes%Position
Andalusia31990,08 %< 10º
Aragon2520,04 %< 10º
Asturias4340,08 %< 10º
Canary Islands184 93620,75 %2º
Cantabria7730,25 %9º
Castile and Leon14540,11 %< 10º
Castilla La Mancha7910,07 %< 10º
Catalonia35460,10 %< 10º
Ceuta980,30 %9º
Spain633 0902,82 %8º
Extremadura11370,19 %8º
Galicia65240,45 %9º
Madrid35230,11 %< 10º
Valencian Community28360,12 %< 10º
Murcia6480,10 %< 10º
La Rioja6050,38 %8º
Balearic Islands15 9573,81 %7º
Melilla130,04 %< 10º
Navarre27 1468,00 %5º
Basque Country379 39333,89 %1º

Thanks to these results, Izaskun Bilbao was elected.