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 Social liberalism Postnationalism Secularism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre |
| 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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