Esquerra Republicana
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Republican Left of Catalonia
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya |
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| President | Oriol Junqueras |
| Secretary-General | Marta Rovira |
| Founded | 19 March 1931 |
| Headquarters | C/Calàbria, 166 08015 Barcelona, Spain |
| Youth wing | Young Republican Left of Catalonia |
| Membership (2016) | 8,048 |
| Ideology |
Catalan nationalism Catalan independence Left-wing nationalism Republicanism Democratic socialism Economic liberalism Soft Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
| European Parliament group | Greens–European Free Alliance |
| Colours | Orange |
| Congress of Deputies (Catalan seats) |
9 / 47
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| Spanish Senate (Catalan seats) |
12 / 23
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| European Parliament |
2 / 54
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| Parliament of Catalonia |
62 / 135
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| Town councillors in Catalonia |
2,384 / 9,077
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| Town councillors in the Balearic Islands |
16 / 925
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| Website | |
| www.esquerra.cat | |
The Republican Left of Catalonia (Catalan: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC; IPA: [əsˈkɛrə rəpubːɫiˈkanə ðə kətəˈɫuɲə]) is a Catalan nationalist political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. It is also the main sponsor of the independence movement from France and Spain in the territories known among Catalan nationalists as Països Catalans. Occitan Republican Left, formed in 2008, acts as the Aranese section of the party.
Its current president is Oriol Junqueras and its secretary-general is Marta Rovira. The party is a member of the European Free Alliance.
The party was founded in March 1931 as the union of the independentist Estat Català (Catalan State), led by Francesc Macià, the Catalan Republican Party, led by Lluís Companys and the L'Opinió Group of Joan Lluhí i Vallescà. The party had done extremely well in the municipal elections of 12 April 1931. Two days later, on 14 April, few hours before the proclamation of the Spanish Republic in Madrid, Macià declared in Barcelona that Catalonia would become an independent republic within the Iberian Federation. This was not exactly what had been agreed in the Pact of San Sebastián, so three days later they negotiated with the Madrid government that Macià would become president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, an autonomous Catalan government inside the new Spanish Republic. In September 1932, the Spanish Republican Cortes approved the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia which, among other provisions, granted a Catalan Parliament with full legislative powers, and it was elected on 20 November 1932. The Republican Left of Catalonia won a large majority of seats.
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