Canarian Coalition

Canarian Coalition
Canarian Coalition; Coalición Canaria
Leader	Claudina Morales
Founded	February 1993
Headquarters	C/ Galcerán, 7-9 Edif. El Drago, Santa Cruz de Tenerife; C/ Buenos Aires 24, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Ideology	Regionalism[1]; Canarian nationalism[2]; Conservatism[3]
Political position	Centre[1] to centre-right[4][5]
European affiliation	European Democratic Party
Colours	White, blue, yellow (colours of the Canarian flag)
Congress of Deputies (Canarian seats)	1 / 18
Spanish Senate (Canarian seats)	2 / 14
Canarian Parliament	18 / 60
Island councils	41 / 155
Town councillors	300 / 1,382
Website
	www.coalicioncanaria.org
	Politics of Spain; Political parties; Elections;

The Canarian Coalition (Spanish: Coalición Canaria, CC) is a regionalist,^[6]^[7] Canarian nationalist,^[2] and conservative^[3] political party in Spain operating in the Canary Islands. The party aim is for greater autonomy for the islands but not independence.^[8] The party has governed the Canary Islands since 1993. The current President of the Community is Paulino Rivero, while the party leader is Claudina Morales.

The party has twenty seats in the Canarian Parliament, the twenty-first seat belongs to the Agrupación Herreña Independiente, also a Canarian nationalist party that usually contests Canarian elections in coalition with the Canarian Coalition, but as an independent, allied party. In the Cortes Generales, it has one deputy, and two senators, making it the third-largest Canarian party. It usually negotiates with the plurality party at the Cortes to form a majority in exchange for resources for the islands. It also governs the local administrations of Tenerife, La Palma, and Fuerteventura, as well as having majority control in most of the town councils on the Canary Islands.

History

The coalition was formed in February 1993 from a grouping of five parties (the largest being the Canarian Independent Groups) under one banner^[8] and has governed the Canary Islands since 1993,^[3] when it replaced the former Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) administration after a motion of no confidence. After entering government, CC obtained power for the regional government to levy its own taxes and a law compensating the islands for their distance from the mainland.^[8] The coalition became a single party in 2005.^[3]

The political parties that formed the Coalition were:

Canarian Independent Groups (Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias)
Nationalist Canarian Initiative (Iniciativa Canaria Nacionalista)
Asamblea Majorera (AM)
Canarian Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Canario) (until 2007)
Centro Canario Independiente (CCI), predecessor of the Centro Canario (CCN)
Agrupación Tinerfeña de Independientes (ATI)

Electoral performance

Parliament of the Canary Islands

Election	Vote	%	Seats	Status	Leader
Parliament of the Canary Islands
1995	261,672 (#1)	32.83	21 / 60	Government	Manuel Hermoso
1999	306,658 (#1)	36.93	24 / 60	Government	Román Rodríguez
2003	304,413 (#1)	32.90	23 / 60	Government	Adán Martín
2007	226,122 (#2)	24.17	19 / 60	Government	Paulino Rivero
2011	225,948 (#2)	24.94	21 / 60	Government	Paulino Rivero
2015	166,979 (#3)	18.25	18 / 60	Government	Fernando Clavijo

Congress of Deputies

Election	Spain			Canary Islands			Status
Congress of Deputies
Election	Vote	%	Seats	Vote	%	Seats	Status
1993	207,077 (#7)	0.88	4 / 350	207,077 (#3)	25.58	4 / 14	Opposition
1996	220,418 (#6)	0.88	4 / 350	220,418 (#3)	25.09	4 / 14	Opposition
2000	248,261 (#7)	1.07	4 / 350	248,261 (#2)	29.56	4 / 14	Opposition
2004	235,221 (#7)	0.91	3 / 350	235,221 (#3)	24.33	3 / 15	Opposition
2008	174,629 (#9)	0.68	2 / 350	174,629 (#3)	17.49	2 / 15	Opposition
2011	143,881 (#11)	0.59	2 / 350	143,881 (#3)	15.47	2 / 15	Opposition
2015	81,917 (#12)	0.32	1 / 350	81,917 (#5)	8.24	1 / 15	Opposition
2016	78,253 (#10)	0.33	1 / 350	78,253 (#5)	7.99	1 / 15	Opposition

Senate

Election	Spain	Canary Islands
Senate
Election	Seats	Vote	%	Seats
1993	5 / 208			5 / 11
1996	1 / 208			1 / 11
2000	5 / 208			5 / 11
2004	3 / 208			3 / 11
2008	1 / 208			1 / 11
2011	1 / 208			1 / 11
2015	1 / 208			1 / 11
2016	1 / 208			1 / 11

European Parliament

Election	Spain			Canary Islands
European Parliament
Election	Vote	%	Seats	Vote	%
1994	with CN	–	1 / 64	113,677 (#3)	18.85
1999	with CE	–	1 / 64	276,186 (#1)	33.78
2004	with CE	–	0 / 54	90,619 (#3)	16.92
2009	with CEU	–	0 / 54	96,297 (#3)	15.84
2014	with CEU	–	0 / 54	69,601 (#3)	12.18

Footnotes

1 2 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
1 2 Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko; Matti Mälkiä (2007). Encyclopedia of Digital Government. Idea Group Inc (IGI). p. 394. ISBN 978-1-59140-790-4.
1 2 3 4 Angel Smith (2 January 2009). Historical Dictionary of Spain. Scarecrow Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.
↑ Rodríguez Borges, Rodrigo F. (2010). "Xenophobic discourse and agenda-setting. A case study in the press of the Canary Islands (Spain)" (PDF). Revista Latina de Comunicación Social (17–20): 222–230. doi:10.4185/RLCS-65-2010-895-222-230-EN.
↑ Fernando León Solís (1 January 2003). Negotiating Spain and Catalonia: Competing Narratives of National Identity. Intellect Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-84150-077-5.
↑ John Coakley (13 September 2013). PATHWAYS FROM ETHNIC CONFLICT: Institutional Redesign in Divided Societies. Routledge. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-317-98847-2.
↑ Stéphane Paquin; Guy LaChappelle (5 October 2005). Mastering Globalization: New Sub-States' Governance and Strategies. Routledge. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-134-27661-5.
1 2 3 Rodgers, Eamonn J. (1999). Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture. New York: CRC. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-415-13187-2.

External links

(in Spanish) Canarian Coalition official site

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[Nordsieck-1] 1 2 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

[AnttiroikoMälkiä2007-2] 1 2 Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko; Matti Mälkiä (2007). Encyclopedia of Digital Government. Idea Group Inc (IGI). p. 394. ISBN 978-1-59140-790-4.

[Smith2009-3] 1 2 3 4 Angel Smith (2 January 2009). Historical Dictionary of Spain. Scarecrow Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.

[4] Rodríguez Borges, Rodrigo F. (2010). "Xenophobic discourse and agenda-setting. A case study in the press of the Canary Islands (Spain)" (PDF). Revista Latina de Comunicación Social (17–20): 222–230. doi:10.4185/RLCS-65-2010-895-222-230-EN.

[Solís2003-5] Fernando León Solís (1 January 2003). Negotiating Spain and Catalonia: Competing Narratives of National Identity. Intellect Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-84150-077-5.

[Coakley2013-6] John Coakley (13 September 2013). PATHWAYS FROM ETHNIC CONFLICT: Institutional Redesign in Divided Societies. Routledge. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-317-98847-2.

[PaquinLaChappelle2005-7] Stéphane Paquin; Guy LaChappelle (5 October 2005). Mastering Globalization: New Sub-States' Governance and Strategies. Routledge. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-134-27661-5.

[Rodgers_442-8] 1 2 3 Rodgers, Eamonn J. (1999). Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture. New York: CRC. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-415-13187-2.

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