Citizens-Party of the Citizenry
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Citizens
Ciudadanos |
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| Abbreviation | Cs |
| President | Albert Rivera |
| Secretary-General | José Manuel Villegas |
| Spokesperson in Congress | Juan Carlos Girauta |
| Founded | 7 June 2005 (CC) 4 March 2006 (Cs) |
| Headquarters | Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 751 A, 1º 2ª 08013 Barcelona, Catalonia |
| Youth wing | Group of Young Citizens – J's |
| Membership (2016) |
 30,867 |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Secularism Pro-Europeanism Postnationalism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-right |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| European Parliament group | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Colours | Orange |
| Congress of Deputies |
32 / 350
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| Senate |
3 / 265
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| European Parliament |
2 / 54
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| Regional Parliaments |
93 / 1,248
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| Local Government |
1,527 / 67,611
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| Website | |
| www.ciudadanos-cs.org | |
Citizens (Spanish: Ciudadanos [θjuðaˈðanos]; Catalan: Ciutadans [siwtəˈðans]; Basque: Hiritarrak; Galician: Cidadáns; shortened as Cs—C's until January 2017), officially Citizens–Party of the Citizenry, is a liberalpolitical party in Spain which is self-described as postnationalist. Citizens was presenting itself as a centre-left party which offered a mix of social democracy and liberal-progressive positions on its platform; however, the party has expressly disavowed centre-left and social democracy as the party's self-definitions nowadays.
It was founded in Catalonia, in whose Parliament it has 25 deputies. It opposes Catalan nationalism. The leader of the party uses the phrase: "Catalonia is my homeland, Spain is my country and Europe is our future" to outline the party's ideology.
Citizens brands itself as a centre-left party in its statement of principles (ideario). Albert Rivera refused to locate Citizens on the political spectrum for a time, though. And he has recently been placing Cs in the political centre. Although some observers agree with the party's ideario by describing Cs as centre-left and others agree with Albert Rivera's last definition by describing the party as centrist, the vast majority of them have positioned Citizens on the centre-right.
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