Caballas Coalition

{{Infobox political party

| country = Spain

| name = Caballas Coalition

| native_name = Coalición Caballas

| colorcode = {{party color|Caballas Coalition}}

| logo = 125px

| leader = Mohamed Alí

| founded = 2011

| dissolved = 15 October 2021

| merger = PSPC
UDCE

| successor = Ceuta Ya!

| ideology = Democratic socialism
Ceutan autonomism
Regionalism
Interculturalism
Progressivism

| position = Left-wing

| national = Equo{{cite web |author=A. Q. |title=Los ecosocialistas de Equo y Caballas ultiman la firma de un acuerdo de colaboración |url=http://www.elfarodigital.es/ceuta/politica/123931-los-ecosocialistas-de-equo-y-caballas-ultiman-la-firma-de-un-acuerdo-de-colaboracion.html |access-date=26 May 2013 |website=El Faro de Ceuta |date=24 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007021214/http://www.elfarodigital.es/ceuta/politica/123931-los-ecosocialistas-de-equo-y-caballas-ultiman-la-firma-de-un-acuerdo-de-colaboracion.html |archive-date=2013-10-07}}

| colors = Green

| seats1_title = Assembly of Ceuta

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|25|hex={{party color|Caballas Coalition}}}}

| website = [http://www.caballasceuta.com/ http://www.caballasceuta.com/]

}}

The Caballas Coalition ({{langx|es|Coalición Caballas}}, i.e., Mackerel Coalition) was a left-wing regionalist party in the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta in north Africa.

History

The party formed for the 2011 election as a merger between the Ceutan Democratic Union (UDCE) and the Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC). The coalition won 4,404 votes (14.34%) in the 2011 elections, earning 4 of the 25 seats in the Ceuta Assembly, making it the second-largest party after the People's Party (PP).[http://resultados.elpais.com/elecciones/2011/municipales/18 Municipal election results, 2011]/ The coalition aims for the official recognition of Moroccan Arabic in Ceuta.Matés, P. (2012). [http://www.ceutaldia.com/articulo/politica/caballas-propondra-proximo-pleno-creacion-academia-arabe-ceuti/20120220174832121236.html Caballas propondrá en el próximo Pleno la creación de la Academia del Árabe Ceutí]. Faro de Ceuta. The coalition, through its two member-parties, was endorsed with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) until July 2013. The split came from differences of opinion over controversial comments towards women, made by a local Muslim cleric.Testa, G. (2013). [http://www.ceutaldia.com/content/view/95925/1/ El PSOE rompe relaciones con Caballas, formación a la que acusa de estar aliada con el PP]. Ceuta Al Día.

On 15 October 2021, the coalition announced its transformation into a platform called Ceuta Ya! (Ceuta Now!).{{cite news |last=Lessey |first=Paola |title=‘Ceuta Ya!’ nace para construir sociedad y resolver los problemas |date=15 October 2021 |access-date=31 December 2021 |newspaper=El Faro de Ceuta |url=https://elfarodeceuta.es/ceuta-ya-nace-construir-sociedad-resolver-problemas/}}

Election results

=Ceuta Assembly=

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colspan="8" align="center"\| Ceuta Assembly
width="75"\| Election ! width="70"\| Votes ! width="70"\| % ! Seats ! width="40"\| +/– ! Leading candidate ! Government
2011 \| 4,407 \| 14.32 (#2) \| {{Composition bar\|4\|25\|hex={{party color\|Caballas Coalition}}}} \| 10px0{{efn\|Compared to the combined totals of the Ceutan Democratic Union–United Left of Ceuta and the Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta in the 2007 election.}} \| rowspan="3" align="left"\| Mohamed Alí \| {{no2\|Opposition}}
2015 \| 3,881 \| 13.27 (#3) \| {{Composition bar\|4\|25\|hex={{party color\|Caballas Coalition}}}} \| 10px0 \| {{no2\|Opposition}}
2019 \| 2,105 \| 6.22 (#5) \| {{Composition bar\|1\|25\|hex={{party color\|Caballas Coalition}}}} \| 10x10px3 \| {{no2\|Opposition}}

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colspan="8" align="center"| Ceuta Assembly

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2011

| 4,407

| 14.32 (#2)