The Republican Left of Catalonia is a pro-Catalan independence,social democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia,with a presence also in Valencia,the Balearic Islands and the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is also the main sponsor of the independence movement from France and Spain in the territories known as Catalan Countries,focusing in recent years on the creation of a Catalan Republic in Catalonia proper. Its current president is Oriol Junqueras and its secretary-general is Marta Rovira. The party is a member of the European Free Alliance.
Convergence and Union was a Catalan nationalist electoral alliance in Catalonia,Spain. It was a federation of two constituent parties,the larger Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and its smaller counterpart,the Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC). It was dissolved on 18 June 2015.
The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia,frequently shortened as Convergence was a Catalan nationalist,liberal political party in Catalonia (Spain),currently still existing without any political activity.
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 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.
The 1999 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,17 October 1999,to elect the 6th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera is a Spanish politician,member of Together for Catalonia and was Mayor of Barcelona from July 2011 to June 2015. Among other responsibilities to the Government of Catalonia,he was Minister of Health and of the Presidency for various Jordi Pujol Governments.
The 2008 Spanish general election was held on Sunday,9 March 2008,to elect the 9th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election,as well as 208 of 264 seats in the Senate.
Platform for Catalonia was a far-right political party rooted in Catalonia,Spain,which centred its political agenda around controlling immigration and was opposed to Catalan independence. It was strongly anti-Islamic and was widely considered a racist,xenophobic far-right political force. Its leader was Josep Anglada,town councillor in Vic.
The 2012 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,25 November 2012,to elect the 10th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was a snap election,announced on 25 September by President Artur Mas following the pro-independence demonstration in Barcelona on 11 September—the National Day of Catalonia—and the failed talks between President Mas and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to give greater fiscal autonomy to Catalonia.
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.
Pere Macias i Arau,is a Catalan politician,deputy to the Parliament of Catalonia and to the Parliament and senator.
The Catalan European Democratic Party,initially branded as the Catalan Democratic Party,was a liberal political party in Spain that supported Catalan independence. The party was founded in Barcelona on 10 July 2016 and dissolved on 28 October 2023. PDeCAT was regarded as the successor party to Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC),which for most its history was a constituent party of the Convergence and Union (CiU) political formation.
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.
Josep Rull i Andreu is a Spanish politician from Catalonia. He served as the Counselor of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia at the Government of Carles Puigdemont between 2016 and 2017,when Spanish Rajoy's Government ceased the Catalan executive following the Catalan declaration of independence amid the application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution.
Rosa Maria Carrasco i Azemar was a Spanish politician from Catalonia,one of the founders of the Democrats of Catalonia party.
Antoni Postius i Terrado is a Catalan politician and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Joan Capdevila Esteve is a Spanish veterinarian and politician from Catalonia who serves as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and current chair of the Congress' Committee on Industry,Trade and Tourism.
The Nationalist Party of Catalonia is a Catalan nationalist and liberal political party in Catalonia. The party was established on 12 May 2020 by former Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) coordinator-general Marta Pascal. It held its founding congress on 27 June 2020,under a political manifesto in which they announce their commitment to an agreed referendum as the solution for the issue of Catalan independence.
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