Republican Alternative (, ALTER) is a Spanish political party formed in 2015 by the merger of various small left-wing
republican parties. The Left Republican Party (
Catalan: ''Partit Republicà d'Esquerra'', PRE) is its branch in Catalonia.
History
AR was formed by
Spanish Republican Democratic Action, a faction of
Republican Left and the
Catalan Left-wing Republican Party. The founding congress was held in
Vallecas
Vallecas was a municipality of Spain that disappeared as such in 1950, when its annexation to the municipality of Madrid took place. Nowadays, the territory is roughly occupied by two districts: Puente de Vallecas (population 240,917) and V ...
on May 25 and 26, 2013. In its Statutes, AR is ideologically defined as left-wing, democratic, republican, radical, secular, federalist and environmentalist.
In the
municipal elections of 2015, AR gained two local councillors, Pedro Gómez in
Segorbe
Segorbe is a municipality in the mountainous coastal province of Castelló, Valencia (autonomous community), autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. The former Palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli now houses the city's mayor. Segorbe's bull-running ...
(
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...
) and Gabriel Salguero Lafuente in
Montgat
Montgat () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Maresme in
Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Badalona (Barcelonès) and El Masnou, to the north-east of
Barcelona. The town is both a tourist centre and a (somewhat ex ...
(
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
).
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References
Political parties established in 2013
2013 establishments in Spain
Republican parties in Spain
Radical parties
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