Eivissa pel Canvi

Eivissa pel Canvi (English: Ibiza for Change, ExC) was a political platform, and later a political party, formed in the island of Ibiza in 2006, to politically support the social movement against the beginning of constructions of new roads and highways the same year. The platform demanded a change in the Island Council and the Balearic governments, which were both controlled by the People's Party with a majority of seats.[1][2]

Eivissa pel Canvi
FoundedMay 2006 (as a platform)
January 2007 (as a party)
Dissolved2016
Merger ofUnited Left of Ibiza
The Greens
Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (2006–2010)
Republican Left of Catalonia (2006–2010)
Merged intoLet's Win Ibiza
IdeologySocialism
Ecologism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing

History

In 2007 the platform transformed itself into a party, with the aim to contest the Balearic regional election and local elections in May, supported by United Left–The Greens (EU–EV), Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE), Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and independents. Before the elections, the party reached an agreement to form a coalition with the Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE).[3] The alliance obtained an absolute majority the Island Council of Ibiza election and six out of twelve seats in the constituency of Ibiza for the Balearic Parliament, being important for the second progressive pact for the government of the community.[4]

In 2008, the same PSOE–ExC alliance (named Ibiza and Formentera in the Senate) contested the 2008 Spanish general election in the Ibiza–Formentera constituency for the Senate,[5] winning the only seat.[6]

In 2010, one year before the next regional election, ENE and ERC announce their intention to leave the coalition by the end of the electoral term.[7] However, the coalition was maintained with members of EU and independents, and contested the regional and local elections on its own, winning no seats in either the Parliament of the Balearic Islands or the Island Council.

In 2014, ExC participated in the creation of a left-wing, ecologist political platform, along with ENE and other minor parties, called Process of Citizen Unity (PUC).[8] These parties later formed Let's Win Ibiza (Guanyem) ahead of the May 2015 Balearic regional election and local elections. In the Island Council election, members of Guanyem entered the list of We Can (Podemos).[9]

Electoral performance

Parliament of the Balearic Islands
Date Votes Seats Status Size
# % ±pp # ±
2007 19,094 4.6% — — Government *
2011 2,061 0.5% –4.1 2 N/A **
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References
  1. Coakley, J. (2013) Pathways from Ethnic Conflict: Institutional Redesign in Divided Societies, p. 72 ISBN 978-0415518642
  2. "Eivissa pel Canvi (ExC)". eeif.es (in Catalan). Enciclopèdia d'Eivissa i Formentera. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. "Xico Tarrés se presenta como candidato al Consell por la coalición PSOE-Eivissa pel Canvi". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Europa Press. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. Moyà, Laura (5 July 2007). "Antich és investit president de les Illes Balears gràcies als vots de PSIB, UM i Bloc". El Punt Avui (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. A., C. (13 January 2008). "ExC aprueba la elección de Pere 'Casetes' para el Senado". Periódico de Ibiza (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. Navarro, César (10 March 2008). "`Casetes´ le arrebata el senador al PP". Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). Eivissa. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. Roig, C. (19 June 2010). "ERC y ENE abandonan Eivissa pel Canvi de cara a 2011 y provocan la práctica desaparición de la coalición". Periódico de Ibiza (in Spanish). Eivissa. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  8. Ferrer, J. Ll. (9 January 2014). "Varios partidos minoritarios crean el PUC para las elecciones". Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). Ibiza. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  9. M., C. (31 March 2015). "Las primarias de Guanyem reúnen a políticos de EU, ENE, ExC y activistas sociales". Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). Ibiza. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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