Asturian Left

Izquierda Asturiana (IAS; English: Asturian Left) is an Asturian nationalist leftist political party of Asturias, Spain.

Asturian Left Izquierda Asturiana
Spokesperson	Faustino Zapico Álvarez
Founded	1992 (1992)
Headquarters	Oviedo
Youth wing	Mocedá d'Izquierda Asturiana
Ideology	Asturian nationalism Socialism Ecologism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Popular Unity (2015–2016) Unidos Podemos (2016) Sumar (2023–present)
Union affiliation	Corriente Sindical d'Izquierda
Website
www.ias.as
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History

Izquierda Asturiana was founded in 1992^[1] by former members of the Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana. In the European Parliamentary elections of 2004, they made contact with Andecha Astur but could not agree on a platform, so they ran separate candidates.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2015 Spanish general election they were a part of the Popular Unity coalition.^[2] They were part of a coalition pact with United Left of Asturias in the 2019 Asturian regional election,^[3] and in the 2023 Asturian regional election, Más País was added to form Convocatoria por Asturias.

Ideology

Among the party's objectives is the defense of the Asturian language, as well as the promotion of Asturian leftist politics without the influence of an outside party.