The Left (Spain)

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.

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

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

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