Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya
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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 Democratic socialism Republicanism Social democracy |
| Political position | 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) |
14 / 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 left-wing, 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.
Led by Francesc Macià and Lluís Companys, the party had done extremely well in the municipal elections of April 1931. On the day the election results were announced, they declared Catalonia would become an independent republic within a federal state. This was not exactly what had been agreed in the Pact of San Sebastián, so later that month they negotiated with the Madrid government that Macià would become president of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
In 1934, Lluís Companys, elected as President of the local Catalan goveernment, unlawfully declared an independent Catalan Republic within a Spanish Federation, following the entry of right-wing ministers of the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right (CEDA) into the Government of the Spanish Republic. The party leaders (including Companys) and the Catalan Government (Generalitat) were sentenced by the Spanish Republic and jailed, and special autonomy laws for Catalonia were suspended until 1936.
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