Republican Alternative (Spain)
Republican Alternative (Spanish: Alternativa Republicana, ALTER) is a Spanish political party formed in 2015 by the merger of various small left-wing republican parties. The Left Republican Party (Catalan: Partit Republicà d'Esquerra, PRE) is its branch in Catalonia.
Republican Alternative Alternativa Republicana | |
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Abbreviation | ALTER |
General Secretary | Fernando Fernández Rodríguez |
Founded | 29 May 2013[1] |
Headquarters | C/ Maestro Tomás Bretón nº 2 - 2º D, Málaga |
Ideology | Republicanism Socialism Federalism Laïcité Eco-socialism Feminism |
Political position | Left-wing |
National affiliation | Irabazi (2015) Zaragoza en Común (2015) |
Colours | Red Yellow Purple |
Anthem | |
Municipal councillors | 2 / 67,611 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
alternativarepublicana.es | |
History
AR was formed by Spanish Republican Democratic Action, a faction of Republican Left and the Catalan Left-wing Republican Party. The founding congress was held in Vallecas on May 25 and 26, 2013.[2] In its Statutes AR is ideologically defined as left-wing, democratic, republican, radical, secular, federalist and environmentalist.[3]
In the municipal elections of 2015 AR gained 2 local councillors, Pedro Gómez in Segorbe (Valencian Community)[4][5] and Gabriel Salguero Lafuente in Montgat (Catalonia).[6]