Canarian Coalition

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Canarian Coalition
Coalición Canaria
Leader Claudina Morales
Founded February 1993
Headquarters C/ Galcerán, 7-9 Edif. El Drago, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
C/ Buenos Aires 24, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Ideology Regionalism[1]
Canarian nationalism
Conservatism
Political position Centre[1] or Centre-right[2][3]
Colours White, blue, yellow (colours of the Canarian flag)
Congress of Deputies
1 / 350
Spanish Senate
2 / 266
Canarian Parliament
18 / 60
Town councillors
300 / 1,382
Website
www.coalicioncanaria.org
Politics of Spain
Political parties
Elections

The Canarian Coalition (Spanish: Coalición Canaria, CC) is a regionalist,[4][5] Canarian nationalist,[6] and conservative[7] political party in Spain operating in the Canary Islands. The party aim is for greater autonomy for the islands but not independence.[8] The party has governed the Canary Islands since 1993. The current President of the Community is Paulino Rivero, while the party leader is Claudina Morales.

The coalition was formed in February 1993 from a grouping of five parties (the largest being the Canarian Independent Groups) under one banner[8] and has governed the Canary Islands since 1993,[7] when it replaced the former Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) administration after a censure motion. After entering government, CC obtained the ability of the regional government to levy its own taxes and a law compensating the islands for their distance from the mainland.[8] The coalition became a single party in 2005.[7]

The party has twenty seats in the Canarian Parliament, the twenty-first seat belongs to the Agrupación Herreña Independiente, also a Canarian nationalist party that usually contests Canarian Elections in coalition with the Canarian Coalition, but as an independent, allied party. In the Cortes Generales, it has one deputy, and two senators, making it the third-largest Canarian party. It usually negotiates with the plurality party at the Cortes to form a majority in exchange of resources for the islands. It also governs the local administrations of Tenerife, La Palma, and Fuerteventura, as well as having majority control in most of the town councils on the Canary Isles.

History

The political parties that formed the Coalition were:

Congress of Deputies

Year Votes Vote %
(Canaries)
Seats
1993 207,077 25.58 4
1996 220,418 Increase 25.09 Decrease 4
2000 248,261 Increase 29.56 Increase 4
2004 235,221 Decrease 24.33 Decrease 3 Decrease
2008 174,629 Decrease 16.82 Decrease 2 Decrease
2011 143,550 Decrease 15.46 Decrease 2
2015 81,750 Decrease 8.24 Decrease 1 Decrease

See also

Footnotes

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