The
Canarian Coalition abbreviated to
CC, is a
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and
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in the
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of
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. The party aim is for greater autonomy for the islands, but short of independence. The party has governed the Canary Islands since 1993. The current President of the Community is
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, while the party leader is Claudina Morales.
The coalition was formed in February 1993 as a grouping of five parties – the largest being the Canarian Independent Group – under one banner. It has governed the Canary Islands since 1993, when it replaced the former
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administration after a censure motion. After entering government, CC obtained the ability of the regional government to levy its own taxes and a law compensating the islands for their distance from the mainland.
The party has twenty seats in the
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, the twenty-first seat belongs to the
Agrupación Herreña Independiente, also an Canarian nationalist party that usually attends the Canary Elections in coalition with the Canarian Colaition, but as an independent allied party. The
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usually attends the elections in coalition with the Canarian Coalition as a part of it. In the
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, it has two deputies, and five senators, making it the third-largest Canarian party. It usually negotiates with the plurality party at the Cortes to form a majority in exchange of resources for the islands. It also governs the local administrations of
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,
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and
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as well as having majority control in most of the town councils on the Canary Isles.
History
The political parties that formed the Coalition were:
- Canarian Independent Group (Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias)
- Canarian Nationalist Initiative (Iniciativa Canaria Nacionalista)
- Asamblea Majorera (AM)
- Partido Nacionalista Canario (PNC)
- Centro Canario Independiente (CCI), predecessor of the Centro Canario (CCN)
Congress of Deputies
| Year |
Votes |
Vote %
(Canaries) |
Seats |
| 1993 |
207,077 |
25.58 |
4 |
| 1996 |
220,418 |
25.09 |
4 |
| 2000 |
248,261 |
29.56 |
4 |
| 2004 Legislative elections were held in Spain on 14 March 2004. At stake were all 350 seats in the lower house of the Cortes Generales, the Congress of Deputies, and 208 seats in upper house, the Senate. The governing People's Party was led into the campaign by Mariano Rajoy, successor to outgoing...
|
235,221 |
24.33 |
3 |
| 2008 |
174,629 |
16.82 |
2 |
| 2011 |
143,550 |
15.46 |
2 |
External links
Canarian Coalition official site