Ezker Batua – Berdeak is a left wing environmentalist

Environmentalist

An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...

 political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Spain

Spain

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. It is the representative of the United Left

United Left (Spain)

The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain...

 in the Basque Autonomous Community. It was founded in 1986 as the Basque branch of United Left. Javier Madrazo led the party as general coordinator from 1994 to 2009.

In the 1994 Basque elections

Basque parliamentary election, 1994

Elections to the Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain, were held on October 23, 1994.The Basque Nationalist Party won 22 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country came second with 12 seats, the Batasuna party and the People`s Party both won 11 seats each and...

 EB won 93.291 votes (9.15%) and gained its first six seats in the Basque Parliament

Basque Parliament

The Basque Parliament is the legislative body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain and the elected assembly to which the Basque Government is responsible....

. It was a member of the Basque Government

Basque Government

The Basque Government is the governing body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain. The head of this government is the lehendakari or Basque president that is appointed by the Basque Parliament every four years...

 for 8 years (between 2001 and 2009), supporting Juan José Ibarretxe

Juan José Ibarretxe

Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu is a Basque politician of Spain. A leading member of the Basque Nationalist Party , he was President of Spain's Basque Country autonomous community from January 2, 1999 to May 7, 2009....

 of the Basque Nationalist Party

Basque Nationalist Party

The Basque National Party is the largest and oldest Basque nationalist party. It is currently the largest political party in the Basque Autonomous Community also with a minor presence in Navarre and a marginal one in the French Basque Country...

 as lehendakari

Lehendakari

The President of the Basque Government , usually known in English as the Basque regional president, is the head of government of Basque Country. The president leads the executive branch of the regional government....

. In 2009 it obtained 36.134 votes (3.51%). It is currently in opposition and has one MP in the Basque Parliament

Basque Parliament

The Basque Parliament is the legislative body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain and the elected assembly to which the Basque Government is responsible....

, Mikel Arana, its general coordinator.

External links

• Ezker Batua - Berdeak