Teruel Existe

{{short description|Regionalist political party in Spain}}

{{expand Spanish|topic=gov|date=November 2019|Teruel Existe}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Teruel Exists

| native_name = Teruel Existe

| colorcode = {{party color|Teruel Existe}}

| logo = Logo of the Teruel Existe.svg

| logo_size = 175px

| leader =

| spokesperson = Tomás Guitarte

| founded = November 1999 {{smaller|(platform)}}
29 September 2021 {{smaller|(party)}}

| dissolved =

| national = Empty Spain

| headquarters = {{nowrap|Avda. Sagunto, nº 3, 1ºA}}
44002, Teruel

| ideology = Regionalism{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |year=2019 |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/spain.html |title=Spain |website=Parties and Elections in Europe |access-date=23 July 2020}}

| position = Big tent

| colors = {{color box|{{party color|Teruel Existe}}|border=darkgray}} Green

| seats1_title = Congress of Deputies
(Teruel seats)

| seats1 = {{composition bar|0|3|hex={{party color|Teruel Existe}}}}

| seats2_title = Senate of Spain
(Teruel seats)

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Teruel Existe}}}}

| seats3_title = Cortes of Aragon
(Teruel seats)

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|3|14|hex={{party color|Teruel Existe}}}}

|seats4_title = Local government in Teruel

|seats4 = {{Composition bar|111|1139|hex={{party color|Teruel Existe}}}}

| symbol =

| website = {{url|https://teruelexiste.info/}}

| country = Spain

}}

Teruel Existe ({{langx|en|Teruel Exists}}, TE) is a Spanish political party based in the province of Teruel. It was founded in November 1999 as a citizen platform with the goal of demanding a fair and equal treatment for the province of Teruel.{{cite news |last=Rodríguez |first=Jorge A. |date=20 December 1999 |url=http://elpais.com/diario/1999/12/20/espana/945644430_850215.html |title=Teruel existe, pero poco |language=Spanish |newspaper=El País |location=Teruel |access-date=30 November 2019}}{{cite news |last=Matute Escribano |first=Adrián |date=7 December 2009 |url=http://www.aragondigital.es/noticia.asp?notid=68746&secid=4 |title=Teruel Existe cumple diez años de existencia sin renunciar a las reivindicaciones exigidas por toda la provincia |language=Spanish |publisher=Aragón Digital |location=Zaragoza |access-date=30 November 2019}} In 1999, Teruel still had no motorways, and on the only railway line (which was single-track without electrification) the train had derailed eight times in a year.

Encouraged by the success of the strike called for 4 October 2019 in twenty Spanish provinces, to protest the "forgetfulness" suffered by the so-called "empty Spain",{{cite news |agency=Agencias |date=4 October 2019 |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3785202/0/espana-vaciada-insta-secundar-paro-5-minutos-4-octubre-para-exigir-pacto-estado/ |title=La 'España vaciada' para este viernes cinco minutos para protestar por la falta de servicios y exigir un pacto de Estado |language=Spanish |newspaper=20 minutos |access-date=23 July 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Espinosa |first1=Juan Carlos |last2=Navarro |first2=Juan |last3=Lema |first3=Marcos |date=5 October 2019 |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2019/10/03/actualidad/1570115224_413775.html |title=El grito mudo de la España vacía |language=Spanish |newspaper=El País |location=Alustante/Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma/Teruel |access-date=23 July 2020}} the platform chose to establish itself as a grouping of electors to contest the upcoming November general election in the province. It became the most voted provincial force, securing one out of the three Teruel Congress seats and two out of its four directly-elected senators,{{cite news |date=10 November 2019 |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20191110/471504466709/teruel-teruel-existe-guitarte-elecciones-generales-espana-2019.html |title=Teruel Existe se planta en el Congreso para dar voz a la España vaciada |language=Spanish |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=23 July 2020}} as well as becoming the first grouping of electors since the Spanish transition to democracy to be successful in entering the Spanish parliament.{{cite news |last=Moreno |first=María Ángeles |date=11 November 2019 |url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/teruel/2019/11/11/resultados-elecciones-2019-la-agrupacion-de-electores-hace-historia-al-ser-la-primera-que-llega-al-congreso-1343282.html |title=La agrupación de electores de Teruel Existe hace historia al ser la primera que llega al Congreso |language=Spanish |newspaper=Heraldo de Aragón |access-date=23 July 2020}}

The platform was instrumental in the investiture of Pedro Sánchez as Prime Minister of Spain on 5–7 January 2020,{{cite news |author=L. R., M. F. |agency=Agencias |date=2 January 2020 |url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/nacional/2020/01/02/teruel-existe-votara-a-favor-de-la-investidura-de-pedro-sanchez-1351572.html |title=Teruel Existe votará a favor de la investidura de Sánchez tras firmar un acuerdo con el PSOE |language=Spanish |newspaper=Heraldo de Aragón |access-date=23 July 2020}}{{cite news |date=2 January 2020 |url=https://www.eldiario.es/aragon/teruel-existe_1_1096456.html |title=Teruel Existe apoyará la investidura de Pedro Sánchez |language=Spanish |newspaper=eldiario.es |access-date=23 July 2020}} for whose support its leader Tomás Guitarte received intense threats and coercion from right-wing to far-right groups, which resulted in the Ministry of the Interior having to provide him with a police escort for security reasons.{{cite news |agency=EFE |date=7 January 2020 |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20200107/472778049271/teruel-existe-tomas-guitarte-proteccion-amenazas.html |title=El diputado de Teruel Existe, con medidas de protección tras recibir amenazas |language=Spanish |newspaper=La Vanguardia |location=Madrid |access-date=23 July 2020}}{{cite news |last=Lema |first=Marcos |date=7 January 2020 |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2020/01/18/actualidad/1579372866_244467.html |title=La hora más difícil de Guitarte, el diputado de Teruel Existe amenazado |language=Spanish |newspaper=La Vanguardia |location=Madrid |access-date=23 July 2020}}

The platform was registered as a political party on 29 September 2021.{{cite web |url=https://sede.mir.gob.es/nfrontal/webpartido_politico.html |title=Registro de Partidos Políticos |language=Spanish |website=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=10 November 2021}}