Zaragoza en Común explained

Country:Spain
Zaragoza in Common
Native Name:Zaragoza en Común
Foundation:2015
Ideology:Localism
Left-wing populism
Participatory democracy
Position:Left-wing
Seats1 Title:City Council

Zaragoza en Común (Spanish for Zaragoza in Common, ZC) is a municipalist movement aimed at "creating, from the confluence of people and political and social organizations, a new social majority to win the city for the people".[1]

It was created in 2015, to contest the 2015 local elections in the city of Zaragoza.[2] [3] In these elections, Zaragoza en Común won 24.6% of the vote (representing the second largest share) and 9 members in the city council. Its leader Pedro Santisteve was elected mayor of Zaragoza on June 13, 2015 with the votes of ZGZ, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the regionalist Chunta Aragonesista.[4]

In the elections on May 26, 2019, ZGZ received only 10% of the votes and lost 6 of their 9 seats in the council[5] and the candidate of the conservative People's Party was elected by the council in June.[6]

Composition

PartyNotes
United Left of Aragon (IU-A)
Anti-capitalists Aragon (Anticapitalistas)Joined in 2020, left in 2022
Equo Aragon (EQUO)Left in 2019
Puyalón de Cuchas (Puyalón)Left in 2019.
PodemosLeft in 2019.[7]

Electoral results

Zaragoza City Council
ElectionVotes%Seats won
201580,05524.6
201933,00510.0
202319,3815.84

Notes and References

  1. https://zaragozaencomun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/04-Reglamento-Zaragoza-en-Comun-2017.pdf Reglamento de Zaragoza en Común
  2. News: Así se presentan IU, Podemos y Ganemos en las elecciones locales y autónomicas del 24 de mayo . Spanish . RTVE . 13 May 2015 . 16 February 2018.
  3. News: Ganemos se llamará Zaragoza en Común . Spanish . El Periódico de Aragón . 19 February 2015 . 18 March 2018.
  4. Santisteve, de la lista liderada por Podemos, investido alcalde de Zaragoza . Roberto Perez . ABC . 2015-06-13 . es . 2020-02-09.
  5. Elecciones 26M: Zaragoza . El País . 2019-05-27 . es . 2020-02-09.
  6. Jorge Azcón, nuevo alcalde de Zaragoza, llama a poner fin a la crispación . El Heraldo de Aragón . 15 June 2019 . es . 2020-02-09.
  7. https://www.eldiario.es/aragon/politica/Podemos-definitivamente-Zaragoza-Comun-Equo_0_887161926.html Podemos rompe definitivamente con Zaragoza en Común y concurrirá a las elecciones municipales con Equo