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.
Artur Mas i Gavarró is a Catalan politician. He was president of the Government of Catalonia from 2010 to 2015 and acting president from September 2015 to 12 January 2016.
Democrats of Catalonia is a Christian-democratic,pro-Catalan independence political party in Catalonia founded in July 2015 from a split in Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC). Its members included the then-Speaker of the Catalan parliament Núria de Gispert and former UDC president Joan Rigol. The party has received accusations of xenophobia for its controversial statements against Spaniards and for having ties with xenophobic organizations.
Junts pel Sí was a Catalan electoral,political and parliamentary alliance focused on achieving the independence of Catalonia from Spain. Established ahead of the 2015 Catalan regional election,it was formed by Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC),Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC),Democrats of Catalonia (DC),Left Movement (MES) and Independence Rally (RI.cat),as well as a number of independent personalities from pro-independence sectors of civil society,including the pro-independence organizations Catalan National Assembly,Òmnium and the Association of Municipalities for Independence. The Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) had been invited to participate in the alliance,but refused to do so and ran on its own instead,citing its disagreement with the presence of politicians in the list.
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.
Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes was a Catalan pro-independence electoral alliance. The alliance was formed by Republican Left of Catalonia,Catalonia Yes and independents,and in the 2015 and 2016 Spanish general elections it was led by Gabriel Rufián.
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 2021 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,14 February 2021,to elect the 13th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
The Second Mas Government was the regional government of Catalonia led by President Artur Mas between 2012 and 2016. It was formed in December 2012 following the regional election and ended in January 2016 following the Mas' resignation.
Together for Catalonia was an electoral and parliamentary alliance in Catalonia,registered as a political party in the interior ministry in July 2018,originally envisaged as a platform comprising the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT),successor of the late Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC),and independents and centered around the candidacy of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont ahead of the 2017 Catalan regional election. Some of these independents went on to form the Action for the Republic (AxR) political party,which is also part of the alliance in the Parliament of Catalonia.
Mireia Boya Busquet is a Catalan scientist,activist,and politician from Spain. She is a councilor of the Aran municipality of Les. Since February 2018 she has been part of the national secretariat of the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP). She was a member of the Catalan Parliament from 2016 to 2017.
The National Call for the Republic was a pro-independence,big tent political party in Catalonia. It aimed at uniting pro-independence political parties and organisations throughout Catalonia towards the common goal of establishing a Catalan Republic,regardless of political ideology. Its members included both independent figures from the civil society and aligned to the Together for Catalonia (JxCat) alliance—such as Quim Torra or Jordi Sànchez—as well as prominent members of the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT),among others:former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont,former regional ministers Josep Rull,Jordi Turull and Laura Borràs or party vice-president Míriam Nogueras.
Nationalist Youth of Catalonia is the youth organisation of Together for Catalonia,founded in 1980 as the youth group of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC). Alvaro Clapés-Saganyoles Baena is the general secretary since March 2021. It is a full member organization of the European Liberal Youth and the International Federation of Liberal Youth.
Carles Campuzano i Canadès is a Catalan politician and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and the Parliament of Catalonia.
Genís Boadella i Esteve is a Catalan lawyer and politician from Spain,and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
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.
Free was a Catalan political party founded in October 2016 and registered in December by former members of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC),including former CDC regional minister in Jordi Pujol's sixth government Antoni Fernández Teixidóas well as former UDC deputy Roger Montañola. It defined itself as a liberal and Catalanist party opposed to Catalan independence,and since its inception it struggled to form a unitary Catalanist electoral alliance mirroring the political platform of the late Convergence and Union.
Convergents is a Catalan political party founded in November 2017 by former regional justice minister in Artur Mas's second government GermàGordó,who had left the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) in June 2017. The party includes former Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) members Teresa Maria Pitarch and Sílvia Requena.
Together for Catalonia is a Catalan political party established in July 2020 by former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont,announced on 2 July as a result of the foundering of negotiations with the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) over the re-organization of the post-convergent political space under the "Together for Catalonia" umbrella. The party's founding congress took place between 25 July and 3 October,after being launched on 18 July with the public presentation of its imagery and corporate identity by Elsa Artadi and Marta Madrenas.
