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- 1 2 3 4 Sanjuan, Albert (27 March 2023). ""No entenc que em diguin populista només per anar a contracorrent"" ["I don't understand being called a populist just for going against the grain"] (in Catalan). Alta Veu. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ↑ "Delegació parlamentària a l'assemblea de la francofonia". Bondia (in Catalan). 28 September 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ↑ "Liberals d'Andorra obté una segona parròquia amb la victòria a Sant Julià" [Liberals of Andorra obtain a second parish with victory in Sant Julià]. Ara (in Catalan). 1 March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ↑ "Terceravia-UL torna a guanyar a Sant Julià" [Third Way-UL win again in Sant Julià]. Ara (in Catalan). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ↑ Solanelles, Toni (9 March 2021). "Carine Montaner deixa Terceravia, es queda al Consell com a no adscrita i planteja un nou partit" [Carine Montaner leaves Third Way, stays in the Council as an independent and proposes a new party] (in Catalan). Alta Veu. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ↑ "El partit de Carine Montaner es dirà Andorra Endavant" [Carine Montaner's party will be called Andorra Forward]. Diari d'Andorra (in Catalan). 16 March 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ↑ "Espot reivindica el proyecto de Demòcrates en Andorra después de conseguir mayoría absoluta" [Espot renews the Democrats' project in Andorra after achieving absolute majority] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
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