Procés Constituent () is a Catalan social movement, launched on 10 April 2013. It is anti-capitalist and pro-Catalan independence, calling for "A Republic of the 99%".

Origins

The initial founders of Procés Constituent were the economist and activist

Arcadi Oliveres Arcadi Oliveres i Boadella (27 November 1945 – 6 April 2021) was a Spanish economist, academic, and social activist. He was president of "Justícia i Pau", a Christian peace group in Catalonia, and helped to promote its war tax resistance ca ...

and themedical doctor and nun

Teresa Forcades Teresa Forcades i Vila (born 10 May 1966 in Barcelona) is a Catalan physician, Benedictine nun and social activist. Forcades i Vila is known for her controversial views on the church, public health and Catalan independence, and for her vaccine ...

, who launched the initiative by publishing a ''Manifesto: call for a constituent process in Catalonia''. More than 10,000 signed the manifesto in the first week.

Electoral participation

Procés Constituent stood with

Barcelona en Comú Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a pop ...

in the May 2015 municipal elections in Barcelona. Procés Constituent members

Gerardo Pisarello Gerardo Pisarello Prados (; born 10 August 1970) is a Spanish-Argentine politician and jurist, member of the 13th Congress of Deputies. A member of Barcelona en Comú, he served as First Deputy Mayor of Barcelona between 2015 and 2019, with res ...

and

Jaume Asens Jaume Asens Llodrà (; born 29 March 1972) is a Spanish politician of Catalunya en Comú who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024. Asens was a co-founder of Barcelona en Comú, and served as a deputy mayor of Barcelona under Ada ...

were both elected to the city council to form part of the new government. After negotiations, Procés Constituent decided not to stand with

Catalunya Sí que es Pot Catalunya Sí que es Pot (, also translated as "Catalonia It Is Possible" or "Yes, Catalonia Can") was a left-wing coalition composed of Podemos, Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) and United and Alternative Left United and Alternative Left ...

or the

Popular Unity Candidacy The Popular Unity Candidacy (, CUP) is a left-wing to far-left pro-Catalan independence political party active primarily in Catalonia, where it has political representation, but also in other autonomous communities in Spain it considers to be part ...

(CUP) in the 2015 Catalan parliamentary elections.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Proces Constituent Catalan independence movement Left-wing activism Anti-capitalist organizations 2013 establishments in Spain