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The Association of Municipalities for Independence ( ca, Associació de Municipis per la Independència) is a Catalan organization of town councils and other administration entities created with the goal of achieving the
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Official web of Association of Municipalities for Independence (in catalan)
{{Catalan nationalism Catalan independence movement
The Association of Municipalities for Independence ( ca, Associació de Municipis per la Independència) is a Catalan organization of town councils and other administration entities created with the goal of achieving the independence of Catalonia
The Catalan independence movement ( ca, independentisme català; Spanish: ''independentismo catalán'') is a social and political movement (with roots in Catalan nationalism) which seeks the independence of Catalonia from Spain.
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This entity was formed on 28 December 2011, in the city of Vic. Nowadays it has the support of 947 town councils out of the 948 total in Catalonia (99%). Recently they have also received international recognition when in late 2019 the council of Torrelodones expressed its support to their cause. In addition, 39 out of 39 county councils give support to the association and also all the four Catalan provincial councils.
There are seven major parties in Catalonia that support the right of self-determination. In 2012, these were the proportions of mayors of each party who have signed for the association:
* CUP
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: 4/4 (100%)
* ERC: 128/139 (92.1%)
* Convergència and Unió: 402/519 (75.3%)
* ICV-EUiA: 13/23 (56.5%)
* PSC 76/196: (38.8%)
* PP: 0/8 (0%). (It does not support either self-determination or independence)
* Without party (independent candidates) 46/53 (86.8%)
* Other parties 4/4 (100%)
* Administrated by public committee 0/1 (0%)
* Partit Junts per la Independencia (12/27%)
* Partit Més Junts que Els Anteriors (MJQEN) (3/9%)
Objectives
As stated in the foundation articles of the association, these are the goals and purposes of the organization: *1. Becoming a broad discussion space to share ideas, initiatives (institutional and citizen-level), experiences, information, management tools and everything that can be useful to bring the people of Catalonia to independence in order to achieve full functioning municipal powers. *2. Promote and defend Catalan national rights. *3. Develop the citizen need for Catalonia to exercise her right to self-determination. *4. Create a promotion network abroad, mainly within the framework of the European Union. *5. Promote town council self-finance. *6. Establish synergies in other areas, such as business and finance.Statistics
As of 10 October 2013, 71.3% of the total territory supported the AMI./ref>
See also
*Municipalities of Catalonia
Catalonia is (as of 2018) divided into 947 municipalities.
Each municipality typically represents one significant urban settlement, of any size from village to city, with its surrounding land. This is not always the case, though. Many municipal ...
- lists AMI member municipalities
*Comarques of Catalonia
This is a list of the 42 ''comarques'' (singular ''comarca'', , ) into which Catalonia is divided. A '' comarca'' is a group of municipalities, roughly equivalent to a county in the US or a district or council in the UK. However, in the context ...
- lists AMI member comarcas
* Catalan independence
*Free Catalan Territory
The Free Catalan Territory are those declared municipalities or regions of Catalonia that had approved a motion in a plenary session by the councillors of the town or the region council, as they represent the municipality's local authority. Such ...
References
External links
Official web of Association of Municipalities for Independence (in catalan)
{{Catalan nationalism Catalan independence movement