Republican Alternative (Spain)

Republican Alternative (Spanish: Alternativa Republicana, AR) is a Spanish political party formed in 2015 by the merger of various small left-wing republican parties.

Republican Alternative

Alternativa Republicana
General SecretaryAntonio Francisco Fernández Lima
Founded29 May 2013[1]
HeadquartersC/ Maestro Tomás Bretón nº 2 - 2º D, Málaga
IdeologyRepublicanism
Federalism
Laïcité
Political positionLeft-wing
Municipal councillors
2 / 67,611
Website
alternativarepublicana.es

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 on May 25 and 26, 2013.[2] In its Statutes AR is ideologically defined as left-wing, democratic, republican, radical, secular, federalist and environmentalist.[3]

In the municipal elections of 2015 AR gained 2 local councillors, Pedro Gómez in Segorbe (Valencian Community)[4][5] and Gabriel Salguero Lafuente in Montgat (Catalonia).[6]

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