The Democratic Union of Catalonia,frequently shortened as Union,was a regionalist,Christian-democratic political party in the Catalonia region of Spain existing between 1931 and 2017. Together with Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC),they formed the Convergence and Union (CiU) alliance and federation from 1978 until its dissolution in 2015,under which they would rule the government of Catalonia for almost three decades during the recent Spanish democratic period.
The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia,Spain,resulting from the merger of three parties:the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping,led by Josep Pallach i Carolà,the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress,and the Catalan Federation of the PSOE. It is the Catalan instance of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),and its Aranese section is Unity of Aran. The party had also been allied with federalist and republican political platform Citizens for Change until the 2010 election. PSC–PSOE has its power base in the Barcelona metropolitan area and the comarques of Tarragonès,Montsià,and Val d'Aran.
Joaquim Nadal i Farreras is a Spanish politician and historian from Catalonia. He is a professor at the University of Girona and was the Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Works of the Catalan Government,the Generalitat de Catalunya,from December 2003 to December 2010.
The 2003 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,16 November 2003,to elect the 7th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
Josep Maria Rañé is a Spanish politician.
The 2006 Catalan regional election was held on Wednesday,1 November 2006,to elect the 8th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
The 2015 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,27 September 2015,electing the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. This was the third regional Catalan election in only five years,after the 2010 and 2012 elections and the first one in over 37 years in which Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) ran separately,after the dissolution of Convergence and Union (CiU) in June 2015 over disagreements on the coalition's separatist turn.
Miquel Iceta Llorens is a Spanish politician and member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia,currently serving as minister of Culture and Sport of the Spanish government since 2021. Previously,he served as minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service from January to July 2021.
Catalan Federation of the PSOE or Catalan Socialist Federation was a political party in Catalonia,Spain. The FSC first groups emerged between 1880 and 1882.
Left Movement of Catalonia is a social-democratic,pro-independence political party in Catalonia. The party was founded in November 2014 from the merger of New Catalan Left (NECat) and Catalonia Movement,which had both been formed by dissident members of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) who were dissatisfied with what they saw as the party's lack of support for the independence movement. Its founders included Marina Geli and Ernest Maragall (NECat),but both have ever since left for other parties—Geli joined the Together for Catalonia alliance ahead of the 2017 Catalan regional election,whereas Maragall defected to Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) in 2018.
The 2017 Catalan regional election was held on Thursday 21 December 2017 to elect the 12th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was called by Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy after the invocation of Article 155 of the 1978 Spanish Constitution to enforce direct rule in Catalonia and the subsequent dismissal of the Catalan government under President Carles Puigdemont. The three pro-Catalan independence parties won a slim majority of parliamentary seats,claiming 70 out of 135,but fell short of a majority in the popular vote by securing 47.6% of the share.
Jaume Collboni Cuadrado is a Spanish politician,lawyer by profession and civil servant of the local administration. He became the Mayor of Barcelona on 17 June 2023.
The 1980 Catalan regional election was held on Thursday,20 March 1980,to elect the 1st Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. This was the first regional election to be held in Catalonia since the Spanish transition to democracy and the second democratic regional election in Catalan history after that of 1932.
New Catalan Left was a Catalanist and pro-independence political party founded in December 2012 as a split from the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) by Ernest Maragall,brother of former Catalan president Pasqual Maragall. In November 2014,the party was merged into the Left Movement (MES).
The 2021 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,14 February 2021,to elect the 13th/14th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
United to Advance is a Catalan centrist and Christian democratic political party founded in June 2017 by former members of the defunct Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) and non-independentist Catalan nationalists. The party defines itself as moderate Catalan nationalist and opposes Catalan independence.
Ernest Maragall i Mira is a Spanish economist,politician,member of the Parliament of Catalonia and former Minister of Foreign Action,Institutional Relations and Transparency of Catalonia. He was previously Minister of Education,a member of the European Parliament and a member of Barcelona City Council (BCC).
Meritxell Batet Lamaña is a Spanish jurist,former politician,and member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC),who served as President of the Congress of Deputies from 2019 to 2023. Prior to this,she served as Minister for Territorial Policy and Civil Service of the Government of Spain between June 2018 and May 2019.
Assumpta Escarp i Gibert is a Spanish jurist and Socialists' Party of Catalonia politician,current second vice president of the Parliament of Catalonia.
Manuel Cruz Rodríguez is a Spanish philosopher and politician who served as the 60th President of the Senate from May to December 2019. Prior to this,between 2016 and 2019,Cruz served as member of the Congress of Deputies in representation of Barcelona. He is a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia.
