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Guanyem Catalunya
Guanyem Catalunya ( en, Let's Win Catalonia) is a political party in Catalonia founded by the former mayor of Badalona, Dolors Sabater. History The party was founded on 1 December 2020, with the aim of "exporting municipalism to Parliament" and "carry on the good work done in the municipalities of Badalona, Girona, Ripollet and Cerdanyola del Vallès." Previously, a similar space called ''Municipalistas per la República des de Baix'' ( en, Municipalists for the Republic from Below) was founded, led by Dolors Sabater herself, Carles Escolà (mayor of Cerdanyola) and José María Osuna (mayor of Ripollet). On 3 December 2020, the CUP proposed to Guanyem a unitary candidacy to run in the 2021 Catalan regional election, and they also made this proposal to the Anticapitalistas and Communists of Catalonia Communists of Catalonia ( ca, Comunistes de Catalunya) is a communist party in Catalonia founded in 2014. Communists of Catalonia was founded on November 1, 2014, through the me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolors Sabater
Maria Dolors Sabater i Puig (born 1960) is a Catalan teacher, social activist and politician from Spain. She was mayor of Badalona from 2015 to 2018, and elected to the Parliament of Catalonia in 2021. Career Sabater is a teacher with a focus on special needs education. Her brother Frederic has a lifelong intellectual disability, and she has been vocal for disability rights. In June 2015, Sabater became mayor of her hometown of Badalona, replacing People's Party incumbent Xavier García Albiol. Her localist party Guanyem Badalona en Comú was supported by larger left-wing parties. Despite her republican and separatist views, Sabater took the standard oath of office swearing loyalty to the Spanish Constitution, adding "until the working Catalan people, exercising their democratic will, decide to construct the freer, more sovereign and more socially just Catalan Republic". In May 2018, she lost a vote of no confidence, and in June she was replaced by Àlex Pastor of the Social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girona
Girona (officially and in Catalan language, Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter River, Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in 2020. Girona is the capital of the province of Girona, province of the same name and also capital of the ''Comarques of Catalonia, comarca'' of the Gironès and the vegueria of Girona. Since much of the old quarter of this ancient city has been preserved, Girona is a popular destination for tourists, and film productions have used it as a filming location (e.g. ''Game of Thrones''). The city is located northeast of Barcelona. History The first historical inhabitants in the region were Iberians; Girona is the ancient Gerunda, a city of the Ausetani. Later, the Ancient Rome, Romans built a citadel there, which was given the name of ''Gerunda''. The Visigoths ruled in Girona until it was conquered by the Moors in 715. Charlemagne reconquere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties In Catalonia
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties Established In 2020
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communists Of Catalonia
Communists of Catalonia ( ca, Comunistes de Catalunya) is a communist party in Catalonia founded in 2014. Communists of Catalonia was founded on November 1, 2014, through the merger of the Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC), the Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC-Viu) and independent communist sympathizers. Joan Josep Nuet Joan Josep Nuet i Pujals (born 6 August 1964) is a Spaniards, Spanish politician from Catalonia who currently serves as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Senate of Spain and the Parliament of Cataloni ... was elected as Secretary General of the new organization. Like the founding parties, the new party participates in the coalition Esquerra Unida i Alternativa. References External links * {{Authority control 2014 establishments in Catalonia Communist parties in Catalonia Political parties established in 2014 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anticapitalistas
Anticapitalistas (Catalan: ''Anticapitalistes'', Euskera: ''Antikapitalistak'', English language: Anticapitalists), known as Izquierda Anticapitalista (Anti-Capitalist Left, IA) until January 2015 and as Espacio Alternativo (Alternative Space, EA) from 1995 to November 2008, is a socialist political organisation that works as a confederation in Spain. Anticapitalistas is defined as a revolutionary socialism, anti-capitalist, proletarian internationalist, feminist, republican, and eco-socialist organisation, assuming Marxism in an open, plural, and critical sense. Its stated objective is the rebuilding of the revolutionary project through the creation of a unitary, anti-capitalist political expression sustained by the anti-globalisation movement, the labor movement, and the social movements at large. It is a member of the Fourth International (post-reunification), a Trotskyist international organisation reformed in 1963. On 23 February 2009, IA entered in the register of pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Catalan Regional Election
The 2021 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday, 14 February 2021, to elect the 13th/14th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. After the 2017 election, pro-Catalan independence parties secured a parliamentary majority, electing Quim Torra as new Catalan president after attempts to have Carles Puigdemont and Jordi Turull elected to the office were foiled by Spanish courts. However, in December 2019 Torra was disqualified by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) from holding any elected office and/or from exercising government powers for disobeying the Central Electoral Commission (JEC)'s rulings in the April 2019 Spanish general election campaign. Torra remained as president as he appealed the ruling, but was stripped from his status as legislator in the Catalan parliament. A snap election loomed over the horizon for several months as Torra announced his will to call one after the court rulings, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carles Escolà
Carles () is a common Catalan given name of Germanic origin, which also appears as a surname. The English language equivalent is Charles. The name Carles can refer to: People *Carles (name) Places *Carles, Iloilo, a 2nd class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines, named after the Spanish Governor of Iloilo. See also *Alfara de Carles * Sant Carles (other) *Calès (other) *Cares (other) *Carle (other) *Carlee *Carless (other) *Carley (other) *Carlos (other) *Caples (other) *Cartes (other) *Charles (other) In English, Charles is typically a masculine given name. Charles may also refer to: People * Charles (surname) * Saint Charles (other), various saints and places named for them * King Charles (other), various monarchs and pl ... {{disambig Catalan masculine given names Catalan-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerdanyola Del Vallès
Cerdanyola del Vallès () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the north side of the Collserola ridge. The town is served by the A-7 and C-58 motorways, the N-150 road and the Renfe railway commuter lines R4, R7 and railway regional line Ca4. It is well known as the site of the main campus of the ''Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona'' (at Bellaterra) and hosts the ALBA (synchrotron) located in the Barcelona Synchrotron Park. Main sights As befits a municipality which has increased its population more than fiftyfold in the last century, most of the buildings are modern. The parish church is in a modernist style, while the Sant Marçal castle has been rebuilt in a neogothic style. The botanical gardens of ''El Pedregar'' (also at Bellaterra) have a notable collection of sculptures. Iberian remains have been found and are exposed at ''Ca n'Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum''. Notable people * Ramon Sauló Jor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ripollet
Ripollet is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ..., Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Ripoll river. The town is served by the AP-7, C-58 and C-33 ''highways'', the N-150 road and a RENFE railway line. Demography References * Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan). External links Government data pages {{authority control Municipalities in Vallès Occidental Populated places in Vallès Occidental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badalona
Badalona (, , , ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality to the immediate north east of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Barcelona metropolitan area. By population, it is the third largest city in Catalonia and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities, twenty-third in Spain. It became a city in 1897. Names The name Badalona comes from ancient Iberian word ''Baitolo'' according to the legend of several bronze coins of the end of the 2nd century BC found in the city. This word was the origin of the Latin name ''Baetulo'' that was as the Romans named the new city they founded off the coast of present Badalona. The oldest mention of the name Baetulo is from ''De Chorographia'' of Pomponius Mela (43–44 AD), who use the same name for the Besòs (river), Besòs river (named ''Bissaucio'' during the Middle Ages). Following the Roman era, during the High Middle Ages the name ''Baetulo'' evolved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
