Batzarre

Batzarre (English: Assembly) is a political party in Navarre, Spain. It has a branch in the Basque Autonomous Community known as Zutik. It bids to win the political space to the left of the Basque nationalists and the Spanish socialists, the latter eroded for their long-running collusion with the conservative UPN government. It formed on 29 January 2011 the coalition Izquierda-Ezkerra along with Izquierda Unida de Navarra (IUN) and local Socialist figures disillusioned with the party's regional alliances.

Batzarre
LeaderMilagros Rubio
Founded1987 (1987)
Merger ofEuskadiko Mugimendu Komunista
Liga Komunista Iraultzailea
Youth wingBatzarre Gazteak
Membership (2016) 541[1]
IdeologyAbertzale left[2]
National affiliationIzquierda-Ezkerra
Unidos Podemos
Euskal Herritarrok (1998–2000)
Nafarroa Bai (2004–2011)
Parliament of Navarre
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Inside Izquierda-Ezkerra
Website
www.batzarre.org

History

It formed out of the merger of EMK and LKI, the Basque branch of LCR. It started as a list of candidates in 1987 for the Navarrese Parliament election. In 1991, the party was formally established. It supported Herri Batasuna several times, e.g. in the 1989 Spanish general election, and in the European Parliament election, 1987 and 1989. In 1998 was one of the members of Euskal Herritarrok, but left the coalition after ETA broke the 1998 truce.

In 2004, Batzarre was one of the founding parties of the coalition Nafarroa Bai (Yes to Navarre), who earned them a seat in the Parliament of Navarre, held by Ioseba Eceolaza. However, internal frictions paved the way to the 2011 break-up of the coalition, and the establishment of a new progressive coalition, Izquierda-Ezkerra.

Electoral performance

Parliament of Navarre
Date Votes Seats Status Size
# % ±pp # ±
1987 5,880 2.1% — — N/A 9th
1991 6,543 2.4% +0.3 0 N/A 6th
1995 6,509 2.2% –0.2 0 N/A 7th
1999 47,271 15.6% N/A 1 Opposition *
2003 7,873 2.6% N/A 1 N/A 7th
2007 77,872 23.6% N/A 1 Opposition **
2011 18,457 5.7% N/A 0 Opposition ***
2015 12,482 3.7% –2.0 1 N/A ***
2019 10,472 3.0% –0.7 0 N/A ***

References
  1. El 94,77% de los participantes en la consulta de Batzarre apoyan concurrir junto a Podemos e IU. Eldiario.es, 11/05/2016.
  2. Izquierdo Jean-Marie (2012). "La gauche abertzale et l'indépendantisme radical au Pays basque : quelle place sur la scène politique ?" [The Abertzale left and radical separatism in the Basque Country: what place does it have on the political scene?]. In Armand Colin (ed.). Les nationalismes dans l’Espagne contemporaine (1975–2011) [Nationalisms in contemporary Spain (1975–2011)] (in French). pp. 261–288. ISBN 9782200280505..
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