Progressive Convergence
Progressive Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia Progresista [kombeɾˈxensja pɾoɣɾeˈsista], CP) was a political alliance in Chile. The alliance was created on 8 October 2018 and was composed of the Party for Democracy (PPD), the Radical Party (PR) and the Socialist Party (PS). The alliance was created as a coordination group of Chile's social-democratic and center-left parties after the dissolution of the New Majority coalition, which was defeated in the 2017 general election. The group Sought to dialogue with other parties and coalitions such as the Communist Party and the Broad Front to oppose Chile Vamos. The alliance was supplanted by the Constituent Unity in 2020.
Progressive Convergence Convergencia Progresista | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Heraldo Muñoz Carlos Maldonado Álvaro Elizalde |
| Founded | 8 October 2018 |
| Dissolved | 30 September 2020 |
| Preceded by | New Majority |
| Succeeded by | Constituent Unity |
| Headquarters | Santiago de Chile |
| Ideology | Third Way Factions: Social democracy Progressivism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
| Senators | 14 / 43 |
| Deputies | 31 / 155 |
| Mayors | 60 / 345 |
Progressive Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia Progresista [kombeɾˈxensja pɾoɣɾeˈsista], CP) was a political alliance in Chile. The alliance was created on 8 October 2018 and was composed of the Party for Democracy (PPD), the Radical Party (PR) and the Socialist Party (PS).[1]
The alliance was created as a coordination group of Chile's social-democratic and center-left parties after the dissolution of the New Majority coalition, which was defeated in the 2017 general election.[2]
The group Sought to dialogue with other parties and coalitions such as the Communist Party and the Broad Front to oppose Chile Vamos.[3] The alliance was supplanted by the Constituent Unity in 2020.
Composition
[edit]The alliance was consisted of the three parties of the former New Majority.[4]
| Party | Spanish | Leader |
|---|---|---|
 Party for Democracy
|
Partido por la Democracia | Heraldo Muñoz |
 Social Democrat Radical Party
|
Partido Radical | Carlos Maldonado |
 Socialist Party
|
Partido Socialista | Álvaro Elizalde |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ""Convergencia Progresista": PR, PPD y PS forman nueva alianza política" (in Spanish). Cooperativa.cl. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Un proceso complejo pero inevitable tras la derrota: La lenta reconfiguración de la ex Nueva Mayoría" (in Spanish). EMOL. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "La silenciosa rearticulación de la ex Nueva Mayoría" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "PS, PPD y Partido Radical crean nuevo bloque "Convergencia Progresista" para liderar centroizquierda". Biobiochile.cl (in Spanish). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.