Progressive Convergence

{{short description|Chilean political coalition}}

{{Infobox political party

|country = Chile

|name = Progressive Convergence

|native_name = Convergencia Progresista

|colorcode = {{party color|Progressive Convergence}}

|logo =

|logo_size =

|leader = Heraldo Muñoz
Carlos Maldonado
Álvaro Elizalde

|foundation = 8 October 2018

|dissolved = 30 September 2020

| predecessor = New Majority

| successor = Constituent Unity

|ideology = Third Way
Factions:
Social democracy
Progressivism

|position = Centre to centre-left

|seats1_title = Senators

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|seats2_title = Deputies

|seats2 = {{Composition bar|31|155|hex={{party color|Progressive Convergence}}}}

|seats3_title = Mayors

|seats3 = {{Composition bar|60|345|hex={{party color|Progressive Convergence}}}}

|headquarters = Santiago de Chile

|international =

|website =

|footnotes =

}}

Progressive Convergence ({{langx|es|Convergencia Progresista}} {{IPA|es|kombeɾˈxensja pɾoɣɾeˈsista|}}, CP) was a political alliance in Chile. The alliance was created on 8 October 2018 and was composed of the Party for Democracy (PPD), the Radical Party (PR) and the Socialist Party (PS).{{Cite web|publisher=Cooperativa.cl |title="Convergencia Progresista": PR, PPD y PS forman nueva alianza política |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/convergencia-progresista-pr-ppd-y-ps-forman-nueva-alianza-politica/2018-10-08/114544.html |date=9 October 2018 |accessdate=5 July 2020|language=spanish}}

The alliance was created as a coordination group of Chile's social-democratic and center-left parties after the dissolution of the New Majority coalition, which was defeated in the 2017 general election.{{cite web |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2018/04/02/900634/Un-proceso-complejo-pero-inevitable-tras-la-derrota-La-lenta-reconfiguracion-de-la-ex-Nueva-Mayoria.html |title=Un proceso complejo pero inevitable tras la derrota: La lenta reconfiguración de la ex Nueva Mayoría |publisher=EMOL |date=2 April 2018 |accessdate=5 July 2020|language=spanish}}

The group Sought to dialogue with other parties and coalitions such as the Communist Party and the Broad Front to oppose Chile Vamos.{{cite web |url=https://www.latercera.com/reportajes/noticia/la-silenciosa-rearticulacion-la-ex-nueva-mayoria/180253/ |title=La silenciosa rearticulación de la ex Nueva Mayoría |publisher=La Tercera |date=26 May 2018 |accessdate=5 July 2020|language=spanish}} The alliance was supplanted by the Constituent Unity in 2020.

Composition

The alliance was consisted of the three parties of the former New Majority.{{cite web |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2018/10/08/ps-ppd-y-partido-radical-crean-nuevo-bloque-convergencia-progresista-para-liderar-centroizquierda.shtml |title=PS, PPD y Partido Radical crean nuevo bloque "Convergencia Progresista" para liderar centroizquierda |website=Biobiochile.cl |accessdate=5 July 2020 |date=8 October 2018|language=spanish}}

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!Party

!Spanish

!Leader

22px Party for Democracy

|Partido por la Democracia

|Heraldo Muñoz

22px Social Democrat Radical Party

|Partido Radical

|Carlos Maldonado

22px Socialist Party

|Partido Socialista

|Álvaro Elizalde

See also

References