Popular Unity (Spain)

{{About|the 2015–2016 party|the pro-Catalan independence party|Popular Unity Candidacy}}

{{Expand Spanish|topic=gov|Unidad Popular (España)|date=October 2015}}

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|name=Popular Unity

|native_name=Unidad Popular

|abbreviation=IU–UPeC

|colorcode={{party color|Popular Unity (Spain)}}

|logo=Unidad Popular.svg

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|leader1_title=Candidate

|leader1_name=Alberto Garzón

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|founded=22 October 2015

|dissolved=9 May 2016

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|ideology=Socialism
Republicanism
Feminism
Anti-capitalism[http://vozpopuli.com/actualidad/69614-alberto-garzon-podemos-queria-un-mercado-de-fichajes-del-que-yo-formara-parte-pero-no-estabamos-dispuestos El líder de Izquierda Unida concede a Vozpópuli una entrevista en la que habla de asuntos que van desde el marxismo hasta cómo se ha vivido, filas adentro, el durísimo año que ha enfrentado su partido ante la irrupción de Pablo Iglesias y los suyos; la partida de Tania Sánchez; los casos internos de corrupción y el descalabro electoral.][http://www.infolibre.es/noticias/politica/2015/10/14/alberto_garzon_presenta_sus_propuestas_como_candidato_ahora_comun_39172_1012.html Las diez propuestas de Alberto Garzón como candidato por Ahora en Común.] infolibre.es Sabela Rodríguez Álvarez, 14/10/2015

|merger=IU
CHA
Batzarre
CLI–AS
IzCa
IAS
Segoviemos

|predecessor=Plural Left

|successor=Unidos Podemos

|position=Left-wing

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|website={{url|http://unidadpopular.es/}}

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Popular Unity ({{langx|es|Unidad Popular}}) was a political and electoral alliance in Spain. The alliance was organized in 2015 to contest the 2015 general election. Alberto Garzón was its lead candidate.{{cite news|url=http://www.eldiario.es/politica/candidatura-Alberto-Garzon-Unidad-Popular_0_443756412.html|title=Alberto Garzón's candidacy already has a name: Popular Unity |language=Spanish |publisher=El Diario |date=2015-10-22}}{{cite news|url=http://www.publico.es/politica/garzon-sera-candidato-unidad-popular.html|title=Garzón will almost unanimously be Popular Unity's candidate |language=Spanish |newspaper=Público |date=2015-10-28}} In the 2015 election, it won two seats in the 350-seat Congress of Deputies.{{cite journal|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=257 |date=27 October 2015|pages=100784–100786|issn=0212-033X|title=Royal Decree 977/2015, of 26 October, of dissolution of the Congress of Deputies and Senate and of the calling of elections|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2015/10/27/pdfs/BOE-A-2015-11505.pdf|language=Spanish}}