Asturian Left

{{Infobox political party

|country=Spain

|name = Asturian Left

| native_name = Izquierda Asturiana

|logo = Izquierda Asturiana logo.jpg

| colorcode = {{party color|Asturian Left}}

| spokesperson = Faustino Zapico Álvarez

| secretary_general =

| foundation = {{Start-date|1992}}

| ideology = Asturian nationalism
Socialism
Ecologism

| affiliation1_title = Union affiliation

| affiliation1 = Corriente Sindical d'Izquierda

| national = Popular Unity (2015–2016)
Unidos Podemos (2016)
Sumar (2023–present)

| international =

| membership =

| european =

| europarl =

| position = Left-wing

| youth_wing = Mocedá d'Izquierda Asturiana

|seats1_title =

|seats1 =

| headquarters = Oviedo

| website = [http://www.ias.as/ www.ias.as]

}}

Izquierda Asturiana (IAS; {{langx|en|Asturian Left}}) is an Asturian nationalist leftist political party of Asturias, Spain.

History

Izquierda Asturiana was founded in 1992{{cite web |title=Registro de Partidos Políticos |url=https://servicio.mir.es/nfrontal/webpartido_politico.html |website=servicio.mir.es |access-date=27 August 2024}} 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|date=April 2020}}

In the 2015 Spanish general election they were a part of the Popular Unity coalition.{{cite news |title=Unidad Popular formaliza su coalición ante la Junta Electoral Central para las elecciones |url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/unidad-popular-junta-electoral-central_1_2390249.html |access-date=27 August 2024 |work=ElDiario.es |date=6 November 2015 |language=es}} They were part of a coalition pact with United Left of Asturias in the 2019 Asturian regional election.{{cite web |title=Coaliciones electorales válidamente constituidas ante la Junta Electoral del Principado de Asturias |url=https://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/informacion/enlaces/CoalicionesJEPA_mayo2019 |website=www.juntaelectoralcentral.es |access-date=27 August 2024}}

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.

References

External links

[http://www.ias.as/ Official site of Izquierda Asturiana]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070515011457/http://www.mias.as/ Official site of Mocedá d´Izquierda Asturiana]

Category:1992 establishments in Spain

Category:Asturian nationalist parties

Category:Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain

Category:Political parties established in 1992

Category:Political parties in Asturias

Category:Socialist parties in Spain