Chunta Aragonesista

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Aragonese Union [1]
Chunta Aragonesista
President Joaquín Palacín
Secretary-General Isabel Lasobras
Founded29 June 1986
HeadquartersCalle Conde de Aranda 14-16, 1º 50003 Zaragoza, Aragon
Youth wing Chobentú Aragonesista
Ideology Eco-socialism [2]
Aragonese nationalism
Left-wing nationalism [3]
Republicanism
Federalism
[4]
Political position Left-wing [5]
National affiliation Plural Left (2011–2015)
Popular Unity (2015–2016)
Sumar (since 2023)
International affiliationNone
Before 2018: European Free Alliance
ColoursYellow, Red, Black (since February 2009)
Congress of Deputies (Aragonese seats)
1 / 13
Aragonese Corts
3 / 67
Provincial deputations [6]
2 / 77
Mayors
23 / 713
Town councillors
131 / 4,155
Website
www.chunta.org

The Chunta Aragonesista (CHA; English: Aragonese Union) [1] is a political party in Aragon (Spain), influenced by eco-socialism and pacifism. CHA defends a federal state, greater financial resources for Aragon, and the protection of the environment and hydrological resources of the Ebro Valley. It promotes the use of the Aragonese language.

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Organization

The National Assembly is the highest organ of representation and decision of the Chunta. It establishes political policies, programs and principles, and chooses the members of the Mayan of Lawsuits, to those of the National Committee and to the president of CHA.[ citation needed ]

History

In the 2000 and 2004 parliamentary elections, CHA won 0.4% of the vote and one seat for José Antonio Labordeta, a folk singer in the Zaragoza constituency. It lost the seat in 2008 after Labordeta retired from the congress. In the 2011 election, it regained the seat as part of an electoral alliance with United Left.

Chunta Aragonesista was a member of the European Free Alliance and the European coalition, Europe of the Peoples until 2018.

José Luis Soro has been the president since February 2012.

In 2005, the party campaigned against the ratification of the European Constitution.

Electoral performance

Cortes of Aragon

Cortes of Aragon
ElectionVote %ScoreSeats+/–LeaderStatus in legislature
StatusPeriod
1987 6,1540.96%8th
0 / 67
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0Eduardo VicenteNo seats1987–1995
1991 14,1162.30%6th
0 / 67
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0Chus Beltrán
1995 34,0774.85%5th
2 / 67
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2 Chesús Bernal Opposition1995–2015
1999 72,10111.04%4th
5 / 67
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 3
2003 97,76313.71%3rd
9 / 67
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 4
2007 54,7528.15%4th
4 / 67
Red Arrow Down.svg 5
2011 55,9328.23%4th
4 / 67
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0Nieves Ibeas
2015 30,6184.58%6th
2 / 67
Red Arrow Down.svg 2 José Luis Soro Minority coalition (PSOE–CHA)2015–2019
2019 41,8796.26%5th
3 / 67
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1Majority coalition(PSOEPs–CHA–PAR)2019–2023
2023 34,1635.10%4th
3 / 67
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0Opposition2023–2027

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References

  1. 1 2 Rendering the party's name has created some confusions due to the similarity with the Spanish word junta. The right translation of Aragonese chunta is unión in Spanish and union in English. This is clearly explained in the party regulations and, during the first years, both names in Spanish and Aragonese were used together as Unión Aragonesista/Chunta Aragonesista with the acronym UA/CHA. The word Aragonesista, too, presents problems. A more literally accurate (if less common) translation is "Aragonist," i.e. pro-Aragon, not just from Aragon (aragonés).
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. Reed, Brenda (2020). "THE EBRO IN ARAGONESISMO AND ARAGONESE NATIONALISM" (PDF). pp. 56, 90, 121, 131. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  4. Barberà, O., & Rodríguez, J. (2009). Los partidos de ámbito no estatal en Aragón: el Partido Aragonés y la Chunta Aragonesista. Papers: revista de sociologia, (92), 171-195. pp. 186
  5. Barberà, O., & Rodríguez, J. (2009). Los partidos de ámbito no estatal en Aragón: el Partido Aragonés y la Chunta Aragonesista. Papers: revista de sociologia, (92), 171-195. pp. 185-186
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