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Canary Islands (Spain)

System of governmentAutonomous community of a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index0.84/1 (nationwide)
Head of State (King)Felipe VI (*)
Head of Government (PM)Pedro Sánchez (PSOE, centre-left)
President of the Autonomous CommunityFernando Clavijo (CC, regionalist|centre-right)
Parties in GovernmentCC (regionalist|centre-right)
PP (centre-right)
ASG (regionalist|centre-left)
AHI (regionalist|centre-right)

Regional Parliament

Parties

Partido Socialista Obrero Español de Canarias (PSC-PSOE)
Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party of the Canaries

Leader: Ángel Víctor Torres
Orientation: Centre-left
Ideology: Social democracy
Stance towards the regional government: Opposition
International affiliation: Party of European Socialists, Socialist International, Progressive Alliance

Coalición Canaria (CC)
Canarian Coalition

Leader: Fernando Clavijo
Orientation: Regionalist|Centre-right
Ideology: Canarian regionalism, liberal conservatism
Stance towards the regional government: In government
International affiliation: European Democratic Party

Partido Popular de Canarias (PP)
People’s Party of the Canaries

Leader: Manuel Domínguez
Orientation: Centre-right
Ideology: Liberal conservatism, Christian democracy, Spanish nationalism
Stance towards the regional government: In government
International affiliation: European People’s Party, Centrist Democrat International, International Democrat Union

Nueva Canarias (NC)
New Canaries

Leader: Román Rodríguez
Orientation: Regionalist|Centre-left
Ideology: Canarian nationalism, left-wing nationalism, social democracy, federalism
Stance towards the regional government: Opposition
International affiliation: European Free Alliance

Vox
Voice

Leader: Nicasio Galván
Orientation: Right-wing
Ideology: National conservatism, economic liberalism, right-wing populism, anti-immigration, Spanish nationalism
Stance towards the regional government: Opposition
International affiliation: European Conservatives and Reformists Party

Agrupación Socialista Gomera (ASG)
Gomera Socialist Group

Leader: Casimiro Curbelo
Orientation: Regionalist|Centre-left
Ideology: Gomeran insularism, social democracy
Stance towards the regional government: In government
International affiliation: N/A

Agrupación Herreña Independiente (AHI)
Independent Herrenian Group

Leader: Tomás Padrón
Orientation: Regionalist|Centre-right
Ideology: El Hierro insularism, federalism, liberal conservatism
Stance towards the regional government: In government
International affiliation: N/A

Podemos Canarias (Podemos)
We Can Canaries

Leader: Noemí Santana
Orientation: Left-wing
Ideology: Left-wing populism, democratic socialism
Stance towards the regional government: Extraparliamentary opposition
Regional affiliation: United Yes We Can Canaries (left-wing)
National affiliation: Sumar (left-wing|green)
International affiliation: Now the People

Sí Se Puede Canarias (SSP)
Yes We Can Canaries

Leader: Hugo Cejas
Orientation: Left-wing|Regionalism
Ideology: Eco-socialism, Canarian nationalism
Stance towards the regional government: Extraparliamentary opposition
Regional affiliation: United Yes We Can Canaries (left-wing)
International affiliation: N/A

Izquierda Unida Canaria (IU)
Canarian United Left

Leader: María Luisa Tamayo
Orientation: Left-wing
Ideology: Communism
Stance towards the regional government: Extraparliamentary opposition
Regional affiliation: United Yes We Can Canaries (left-wing)
National affiliation: Sumar (left-wing|green)
International affiliation: Party of the European Left

Proyecto Drago Canarias (Drago)
Drago Project Canaries

Leader: Alberto Rodríguez
Orientation: Left-wing|Regionalism
Ideology: Canarian nationalism, democratic socialism
Stance towards the regional government: Extraparliamentary opposition
Regional affiliation: Drago Greens Canaries (left-wing|regionalist|green)
National affiliation: Sumar (left-wing|green)
International affiliation: N/A

Verdes Equo
Greens Equo

Leader: Marian Martel and Jesús Rosales
Orientation: Green
Ideology: Green politics, eco-socialism
Stance towards the regional government: Extraparliamentary opposition
Regional affiliation: Drago Greens Canaries (left-wing|regionalist|green)
National affiliation: Sumar (left-wing|green)
International affiliation: Global Greens, European Green Party