Caminando Juntos
Walking Together Caminando Juntos | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Abbreviation | CJ |
| President | Macarena Olona |
| Vice President | Rosario Velasco |
| Secretary-General | Marisol Camacho |
| Founder | Macarena Olona |
| Founded | 8 June 2023 |
| Split from | Vox |
| Ideology | Direct democracy Anti-establishment Populism |
| Political position | Syncretic |
| Colours | Blue Red |
| Slogan | «In Spain there is another way» (Spanish: «En España hay otro camino») |
| Congress of Deputies | 0 / 350 |
| Senate | 0 / 265 |
| Website | |
| caminando-juntos | |
Caminando Juntos (CJ ; English: Walking Together) is a Spanish political party founded by former Vox deputy Macarena Olona.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]Background
[edit]The party was founded by Macarena Olona, a former member of the far-right, national conservative party Vox. Olona served as a member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies following the April 2019 general election, and was elected as a member of the Parliament of Andalusia following the 2022 Andalusian regional election in which she was the party's lead candidate for the Presidency of the regional government.
Days after the investiture of the newly elected Andalusian Parliament, Olona announced her retirement from politics, citing "health reasons". It has also been alleged that she was part of an internal feud within Vox and had poor relations with the party's national leadership, which led to her departure from Vox. She would announce her new political project 11 months later to contest the July 2023 Spanish general election.
Foundation
[edit]The party was legally registered on 31 May 2023 by the Spanish Interior Ministry.[4]
Party leader Macarena Olona confirmed on 1 June 2023 that her Caminando Juntos political party would stand in the 2023 Spanish general election and that she, as candidate, will head the list for the province of Granada.[1] The party contested in ten provinces[5] and did not obtain any representation.[6]
Electoral performance
[edit]| Cortes Generales | ||||||||
| Election | Leading candidate | Congress | Senate | Government | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
| 2023 | Macarena Olona | 5,620 | 0.02 | 0 / 350
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New | 0 / 208
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New | Extra-parliamentary |
References
[edit]- ^ a b SER, Cadena (2023-06-01). "Olona presenta 'Caminando juntos' como "movimiento transversal": "Mi partido no está en el que te vote Txapote, está en el que España flote"". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "Olona confirma que irá al 23J con su nuevo partido Caminando Juntos: 'No estaré en el 'que te vote Txapote'". ElHuffPost (in Spanish). 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "El nuevo partido de Macarena Olona: todo lo que se sabe de Caminando Juntos ideología y circunscripciones". abc (in Spanish). 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "Macarena Olona registra su partido político "Caminando Juntos" a dos meses de las elecciones generales". Europa Press. 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ SER, Cadena (2023-06-26). "El partido de Olona, Caminando Juntos, no se presentará en Madrid y Barcelona al no lograr los avales necesarios". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ "Lo mejor está por venir": Olona secunda a Espinosa de los Monteros en Twitter copiando su perfil in elespanol.com (in Spanish)