Democratic Left of Catalonia
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Democratic Left of Catalonia
Esquerra Democràtica de Catalunya |
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| Secretary-General | Ramón Trías Fargas |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Dissolved | August 1978 |
| Merged into | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia |
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Liberalism Catalan nationalism Federalism Social liberalism |
| Political position |
Center Center left |
| National affiliation | Democratic Pact for Catalonia (1977-1978) |
| Congress of Deputies (1977-1978) |
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Democratic Left of Catalonia (in Catalan: Esquerra Democràtica de Catalunya, EDC) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. EDC was founded in 1975, shortly after the death of Francisco Franco, by Joan Baptista Cendrós. The party had a social-liberal and federalist ideology.
EDC was initially known as the Catalan Liberal Party (PLC) and as such, was a member of the Liberal International. The PLC/EDC was also a part of the Coordinating Commission of Political Forces of Catalonia, the main pro-democracy opposition body of Catalonia at the time. The original ideology of the group was radical liberalism, including federalism, co-management and the nationalization of large enterprises. In April 1976 a sector led by Jaume Casanovas split from the party and founded the Social Democratic Party of Catalonia (PSDC). On 24 September 1976, together with the People's Democratic Party, the Social-Liberal Coalition was established.
In the general elections of 1977 EDC joined the Democratic Pact for Catalonia coalition to the Congress of Deputies, with Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping and the National Front of Catalonia, gaining two seats of the eleven that were won by the coalition, occupied by Ramón Trías Fargas and Maciá Alavedra, both for Barcelona.
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