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Convergents ( ca, Convergents, CNV) is a
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founded in November 2017 by former regional justice minister in
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's second government Germà Gordó, who had left the
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(PDeCAT) in June 2017. The party includes former
Democratic Convergence of Catalonia The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia ( ca, Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya; , CDC), frequently shortened as Convergence ( ca, Convergència; ) was a Catalan nationalist, liberal political party in Catalonia (Spain), currently still exis ...
(CDC) members Teresa Maria Pitarch and (until 2020) Sílvia Requena. Convergents identifies itself as a party of "pragmatic sovereigntists".


History

The party was formed shortly before the
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by former regional minister of justice Germà Gordó, who had left the
Catalan European Democratic Party The Catalan European Democratic Party ( ca, Partit Demòcrata Europeu Català, PDeCAT, sometimes stylized as PDECat), initially branded as the Catalan Democratic Party ( ca, Partit Demòcrata Català, PDC), is a liberal political party in Spain ...
(PDeCAT) in June 2017 following pressures from other parties in the
Junts pel Sí Junts pel Sí (; en, "Together for Yes", sometimes translated as "Together for the Yes"; JxSí) was a Catalan electoral, political and parliamentary alliance focused on achieving the independence of Catalonia from Spain. Established ahead of t ...
parliamentary group for Gordó to vacate his seat after his indictment in the 3% corruption scandal affecting the late
Democratic Convergence of Catalonia The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia ( ca, Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya; , CDC), frequently shortened as Convergence ( ca, Convergència; ) was a Catalan nationalist, liberal political party in Catalonia (Spain), currently still exis ...
(CDC). It was initially founded as the New Convergence ( ca, Nova Convergència) political platform, then registered as a party in the
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under the name "Convergents". However, the party's lists failed to pass validation by the Electoral Commission and were not proclaimed, resulting in the party being ultimately excluded from the election. In 2019, the party contested the April general election and the May local elections—signing local alliances with
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(Els Units) and Free (Lliures) in Sant Cugat del Vallés and
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—obtaining poor results. In July 2020, Sílvia Requena left the party to become the Democratic League (DC)'s new secretary-general. Ahead of the
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, the party started exploring possible alliances with the PDeCAT, LD and "The Country of Tomorrow" platform (later to become the
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(PNC)). On 15 July 2020, it was announced that the party would be forming an electoral alliance with Lliures and LD to contest the upcoming regional election, on the basis of a joint programme pushing for an expansion of Catalan self-government and a solidary fiscal agreement, as well as opposing
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.


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