Galicia en Común

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Galicia en Común (English: "Galicia in Common") was a left-wing alliance in Galicia formed by Podemos and United Left (EU) as a successor to the En Marea alliance, which after turning into a party broke up from their three constituent parties in early 2019 as a result of political and leadership differences.^[3] The alliance has contested the April 2019 and November 2019 Spanish general elections under the En Común–Unidas Podemos label (English: "In Common–United We Can"), and it also exists as a sub-group within the Unidas Podemos confederal parliamentary group in the Congress of Deputies.^[4] In September 2019, Podemos and EU, together with Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood, comprised the Grupo Común da Esquerda (English: "Common Group of the Left" or "Left Common Group") parliamentary group,^[5][6] and the alliance is scheduled to be renewed ahead of the 2020 Galician regional election.^[7][8]

Galicia in Common Galicia en Común
Spokesperson in Congress	Antón Gómez-Reino[lower-alpha 1]
Founded	15 March 2019 (2019-03-15)[2]
Dissolved	2023
Split from	En Marea
Headquarters	Pl. Quintana de Vivos, 3 15704, Santiago de Compostela
Ideology	Democratic socialism Participatory democracy Galician nationalism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Unidas Podemos (confluence)
Colors	Purple   Dark blue   Lilac   Pastel
Members	See list of members
Website
www.gecam.gal www.encomun.gal
Politics of Galicia Political parties

History

The political space until then represented under the umbrella of the En Marea party had broken up in January 2019 after internal disputes throughout the two previous years had reached their peak in December 2018, following the election of a new party leadership under Luis Villares which had seen the party's founding partners—Podemos, Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood (Anova) and United Left (EU)—accusing the former of fraud and vote rigging,^[9][10] prompting their withdrawal from En Marea and their dubbing of it as a "failed" political project.^[3][11][12]

Subsequently, Podemos and EU contested the April 2019 general election as an electoral alliance under the "In Common–United We Can" label (Spanish: En Común–Unidas Podemos),^[13][14] which for this election also included Equo and Mareas en Común (English: "Tides in Common"), a "phantom" political organization registered in August 2018—and which evoked the name of the platform that saw En Marea's inception in the July 2016 Vigo assembly—amid the ongoing crisis within the En Marea confluence.^[15][16][17] After the election, the alliance formed the "Galicia in Common" (Spanish: Galicia en Común) sub-group within the Unidas Podemos confederal parliamentary group in the Congress of Deputies.^[4] Ahead of the November 2019 general election, the alliance was renewed as a Podemos–EU-only coalition, after Equo had left it to run with Más País.^[18] The local "tides" (mareas)—such as Marea Atlántica and Compostela Aberta—and Anova chose not to participate in either electoral contest,^[19][20][21] the latter citing difficulties in reaching an agreement for an electoral "broad front".^[22][23][24]

In September 2019, after Villares-aligned deputies had left the still-existing En Marea group in the Parliament of Galicia,^[25] MPs from Podemos, EU and Anova formed the Grupo Común da Esquerda group,^[26][27] which considered itself a successor to the Galician Left Alternative alliance.^[28] While it has been pointed out by members that the group would be a key for the constitution of "a candidacy of rupturist unity" succeeding the late En Marea coalition ahead of the next Galician election, it was noted that the parliamentary group's name did not advance the denomination of any prospective electoral brand.^[29][30]

The alliance was reformed under the Galicia in Common label with Podemos, EU, Anova and the local tides ahead of the 2020 Galician regional election,^[8][31][32] with the coalition being maintained without significant changes even after the suspension of the election's initial date on 5 April as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its postponement to 12 July.^[33]

Composition

Party		Notes
	We Can (Podemos)
	United Left (EU)
	Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood (Anova)	Did not contest the 2019 general elections.[22][24]
	Atlantic Tide (Marea)	Did not contest the 2019 general elections.[19]
	Open Compostela (CA)	Did not contest the 2019 general elections.[19]
	Equo Galicia (Equo)	Left in September 2019.[lower-alpha 2]

Electoral performance

Parliament of Galicia

Parliament of Galicia
Election	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Leading candidate	Status in legislature
2020	51,223	3.93%	4th	0 / 75	14[lower-alpha 3]	Antón Gómez-Reino	No seats

Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales
Election	Congress					Senate
	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
2019 (Apr)	238,061	14.46%	3rd	2 / 23	3[lower-alpha 4]	0 / 16	1[lower-alpha 4]
2019 (Nov)	188,231	12.65%	3rd	2 / 23	0	0 / 16	0

Symbols

• 
  Logo of the Grupo Común da Esquerda.
• 
  Logo in the April 2019 general election.
• 
  Logo in the November 2019 general election.
• 
  Logo in the 2020 Galician regional election.

Notes

1. As spokesperson for the "Galicia en Común" sub-group within the Unidas Podemos confederal parliamentary group.^[1]
2. Joined Más País.^[18]
3. Compared to En Marea totals in the 2016 regional election.
4. Compared to En Marea totals in the 2016 general election.

References

1. "Gómez-Reino, portavoz en el Congreso al sustituir a Díaz". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 15 January 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
2. "En Común-Unidas Podemos, marca electoral de la coalición para las generales de EU y Podemos" (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela: Europa Press. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
3. Huete, Cristina (8 January 2019). "Podemos plantea al sector crítico la ruptura de En Marea". El País (in Spanish). Ourense. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
4. "Grupo Confederal de Unidas Podemos-En Común Podem-Galicia en Común: el nombre interminable del grupo parlamentario de Podemos en el Congreso". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
5. "Común da Esquerda afea la década de "gobierno para poderosos" de Feijóo". El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
6. "Chao afirma que el Grupo Común da Esquerda trabaja con "normalidad" y que ningún diputado ocupa listas de Más País". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Europa Press. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
7. "Podemos pregunta a sus bases si quieren una alianza con otras fuerzas bajo la marca En Común y referencia a UP". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela. Europa Press. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
8. Huete, Cristina (21 February 2020). "Podemos, IU y las mareas reconstruyen su alianza en Galicia para las elecciones del 5 de abril". El País (in Spanish). Ourense. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
9. Lombao, David (24 December 2018). "La candidatura de Luis Villares gana las primarias de En Marea con el 59% de los votos". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
10. Huete, Cristina (27 December 2018). "Las primarias de En Marea acaban en los juzgados por denuncias de fraude". El País (in Spanish). Ourense. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
11. "Podemos Galicia ofrece a EU, Anova y las mareas locales abrir un "diálogo" fuera de En Marea" (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela: Europa Press. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
12. Sampedro, Domingos (21 January 2019). "Villares discrepa de los críticos de Podemos y dice que En Marea es "un proxecto con moito futuro"". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
13. "Aprueban la coalición En Común, marca de Unidas Podemos en Galicia". Diario de Ferrol (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela. Europa Press. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
14. "En Común: la marca de Podemos e IU en Galicia para las elecciones generales". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 23 March 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
15. Riveiro, Aitor (2 April 2019). "El partido En Marea intenta sin éxito impugnar la candidatura de En Común-Unidas Podemos en Galicia para las elecciones generales". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2019.
16. Luaña, Susana (28 March 2019). "Podemos se aprovecha del sello Mareas en Común para sus listas en Galicia". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2019.
17. "Las juntas provinciales desestiman la impugnación de En Marea contra el nombre de la candidatura de En Común" (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela/Vigo: Europa Press. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
18. Balado, Fran (2 October 2019). "Ínigo Errejón y Equo se presentarán con Más País en Pontevedra y A Coruña". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
19. Vázquez Gago, Xosé; Luaña, Susana (14 March 2019). "Noriega y Ferreiro se borran del 28A". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). A Coruña/Santiago de Compostela. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
20. Lombao, David (4 May 2019). "Marea Atlántica y Compostela Aberta afrontan el 26M en A Coruña y Santiago con el reto de centrar la campaña en el debate municipal". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2020.
21. "A Marea Atlántica non participará na campaña das eleccións xerais" (in Galician). A Coruña: Europa Press. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
22. Lombao, David (15 March 2019). "Anova no se presentará a las generales tras fracasar las negociaciones con Podemos e IU". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2019.
23. Luaña, Susana (15 March 2019). "Anova rompe con Podemos y Esquerda Unida y no irá a las elecciones generales". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2019.
24. "Anova no concurrirá a las generales al fracasar su llamamiento a un "frente amplio"". El País (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela. Europa Press. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
25. Lombao, David (20 June 2019). "El grupo parlamentario de En Marea se rompe a apenas un año de las elecciones gallegas". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2020.
26. Rodríguez, Ricardo (2 September 2019). "Nace 'Grupo Común da Esquerda' para olvidar la fallida En Marea" (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela: Cadena SER. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
27. "Grupo Común da Esquerda es la nueva marca de Podemos Galicia, ANOVA y Esquerda Unida" (in Spanish). Galicia Press. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
28. Domínguez, Daniel (4 September 2019). "Grupo Común de Esquerda se reivindica como heredero de AGE y "pieza" para derrotar a Feijóo". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
29. "Grupo Común da Esquerda se ve como "una pieza" para crear una futura candidatura de unidad para derrotar a Feijóo". El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
30. "Luca Chao (Común da Esquerda) asegura que su grupo "no será un obstáculo" para formar "una alternativa" al PP en Galicia". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela. Europa Press. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
31. Luaña, Susana (11 February 2020). "Podemos, EU y las mareas apuran los contactos para una lista que podría encabezar Gómez-Reino". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
32. Luaña, Susana (18 February 2020). "La pugna por los puestos de salida, principal escollo entre Anova, Podemos y las mareas". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
33. "Acuerdo entre Galicia en Común-Anova Mareas para ir en coalición a las elecciones del 12 de julio" (in Spanish). Galicia Press. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

External links

• Galicia en Común on Twitter
• Galicia en Común on Facebook
• Galicia en Común on Instagram