Elkarrekin Podemos

Elkarrekin Podemos (Elkarrekin in Basque: "Together" or "United"; Podemos in Spanish: "We Can"; Elkarrekin Podemos translated in English as "United We Can") is a left-wing electoral alliance in the Basque Country formed by Podemos, Ezker Anitza and Equo in August 2016 ahead of the 2016 Basque regional election. The alliance was renewed ahead of the 2020 Basque regional election with the exclusion of Equo, after the party had broken up with the Unidas Podemos nationwide alliance to join Más País in the lead up to the November 2019 Spanish general election.[1]

Elkarrekin Podemos
LeaderPilar Zabala
Founded11 August 2016
Preceded byUnidos Podemos
HeadquartersBasque Country
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Feminism
Federalism
Progressivism
Environmentalism
Political positionLeft-wing
Colors     Purple
MembersPodemos
Ezker Anitza
Equo (2016–20)[lower-alpha 1]
Basque Parliament
11 / 75
Congress of Deputies
4 / 18
Spanish Senate
0 / 15
Website
elkarrekinpodemos.eus
  • Politics of Basque Country

Composition
Party
We Can (Podemos/Ahal Dugu)
United Left–Plural Left (IU–EzAn)
Equo (Equo)[lower-alpha 1]

Background

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.

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 (Unidos Podemos/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.[2]

As candidate for lehendakari they chose Pilar Zabala, who had already been chosen by the bases of Podemos/Ahal Dugu in primary elections.[3]

Electoral performance

Basque Parliament
Basque Parliament
Election Leader Votes % # Seats +/– Gov.
2016 Pilar Zabala 157,334 14.8 3rd
11 / 75
 11 No

Notes
  1. Until February 2020.

References
  1. "Equo Euskadi no repetirá coalición con Podemos tras el "veto" de Iglesias". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. "Elkarrekin Podemos wants to win the Basque government to make different politics". El Mundo (in Spanish). 2016-08-12.
  3. "Elkarrekin Podemos insists on talking with EH Bildu and PSE of social and progressive policies". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 2016-08-17.
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