New Encounter
Encounter for Democracy and Equality (Spanish: Encuentro por la Democracia y la Equidad; EDE), more commonly known as New Encounter (Spanish: Nuevo Encuentro) is a Kirchnerist political party in Argentina founded in 2004 by then-mayor of Morón, Martín Sabbatella. The party now forms part of the Unión por la Patria, the coalition which supported former president Alberto Fernández and Sergio Massa's presidential campaign.
New Encounter Nuevo Encuentro | |
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| President | Martín Sabbatella |
| 1st Vice President | Hugo Yasky |
| General Secretary | Adrián Grana |
| Founded | 14 September 2004 |
| Youth wing | Juventud Nuevo Encuentro |
| Membership (2017) | 38,459 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Kirchnerism Progressivism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| National affiliation | Union for the Homeland |
| Colors | Turquoise, white and black |
| Seats in the Chamber of Deputies | 2 / 257
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| Seats in the Senate | 0 / 72
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| Website | |
| https://nuevoencuentro.org.ar/ | |
From 2009 to 2015, the party was aligned with the Communist Party and the Solidary Party in a front called New Encounter, from which the EDE took its current common name.
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