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Esquerra De L'Eixample
The Republican Left of Catalonia (, ERC; ; generically branded as ) is a Catalan independence movement, pro-Catalan independence, social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Catalonia, political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, with a presence also in Valencian Community, Valencia, the Balearic Islands and the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales (Northern Catalonia).Jaume Renyer Alimbau, ''ERC: temps de transició. Per una esquerra forta, renovadora i plural'' (Barcelona: Cossetània, 2008). It is also the main sponsor of the independence movement from France and Spain in the territories known as Catalan Countries, focusing in recent years on the creation of a Catalan Republic in Catalonia proper. Its current president is Oriol Junqueras and its secretary-general is Elisenda Alamany. The party is a member of the European Free Alliance. ERC, a party of relevant Catalan politicians including Francesc Macià, Lluís Companys and Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oriol Junqueras
Oriol Junqueras i Vies (; born 11 April 1969) is a Spain, Spanish politician and historian from Catalonia. A former mayor of the municipality of Sant Vicenç dels Horts in Catalonia, Junqueras served as Vice President of Catalonia from January 2016 to October 2017, when he was removed from office following the Catalan declaration of independence and entered prison until June 2021 for his role in organizing the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. He is president of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC). Born in 1969 in Barcelona, Junqueras grew up in the municipality of Sant Vicenç dels Horts. After graduating from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, he taught history at the university. As a supporter of Catalan independence, Junqueras joined ERC in 2010. Three years before, he had been elected to the Municipality Council of Sant Vicenç dels Horts for the same party, and in 2011 he became mayor. He was elected a member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2009, a seat he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Front (Spain)
The Popular Front () was an electoral alliance and pact formed in January 1936 to contest that year's general election by various left-wing political organizations during the Second Spanish Republic. The alliance was led by Manuel Azaña. In Catalonia and the modern-day Valencian Community, the coalition was known as the Front of the Lefts (). The Popular Front included the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Communist Party of Spain (PCE), and the republicans: Republican Left (IR), (led by Azaña) and Republican Union (UR), led by Diego Martínez Barrio. This pact was supported by Galician ( PG) and Catalan nationalists ( ERC), the POUM, socialist union Workers' General Union (UGT), and the anarchist trade union, the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). Many anarchists who would later fight alongside ''Popular Front'' forces during the Spanish Civil War did not support them in the election, urging abstention instead. The Comintern had decided in 1935 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts European legislation, following a proposal by the European Commission. The Parliament is composed of 720 members (MEPs), after the June 2024 European elections, from a previous 705 MEPs. It represents the second-largest democratic electorate in the world (after the Parliament of India), with an electorate of around 375 million eligible voters in 2024. Since 1979, the Parliament has been directly elected every five years by the citizens of the European Union through universal suffrage. Voter turnout in parliamentary elections decreased each time after 1979 until 2019, when voter turnout increased by eight percentage points, and rose above 50% for the first time since 1994. The voting age is 18 in all EU member states e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Senate
The Senate () is the upper house of the , which along with the Congress of Deputies – the Lower house, lower chamber – comprises the Parliament of the Kingdom of Spain. The Senate meets in the Palacio del Senado, Palace of the Senate in Madrid. The presiding officer of the Senate is the President of the Senate of Spain, president of the Senate, who is elected by the members at the first sitting after each national election. The composition of the Senate is established in Spanish Constitution#Part III: Cortes Generales, Part III of the Spanish Constitution. Each senator represents a Provinces of Spain, province, an Autonomous city#Spain, autonomous city or an Autonomous Community, autonomous community. Each mainland province, regardless of its population size, is equally represented by four senators; in the insular provinces, the larger islands are represented by three senators and the minor islands are represented by a single senator. Likewise, the autonomous cities of Ceuta ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congress Of Deputies (Spain)
The Congress of Deputies () is the lower house of the , Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid. Congress has 350 members elected from fifty-two constituencies (the fifty provinces and two autonomous cities) using closed list D'Hondt proportional representation. Deputies serve four-year terms. The presiding officer and speaker is the President of the Congress of Deputies, who is elected by the members at the first sitting of Congress after an election. The two principal bodies in Congress are parliamentary groups and parliamentary committees (). All MPs are required to be members of a parliamentary group, the institutionalised form of political parties. Groups act with one voice represented by their spokesperson. In other words, the Spanish Parliament is a parliament of groups, not individual MPs who are constrained to act only as part of the group. MPs can only act autonomously when sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greens–European Free Alliance
The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of Green politics, green political parties. The group consists of European Green Party (EGP), part of the European Free Alliance (EFA), and members of Volt Europa and European Pirate Party political alliances. History Formed following the 1999 European Parliament election, 1999 European elections for the Fifth European Parliament, 5th European Parliament, the group has generally limited its membership to Progressivism, progressive parties. These European parties are joined by MEPs from non-aligned national parties, which have included the Dutch Europe Transparent (2004–2009) and the Pirate Party (Sweden), Swedish (2009–2014), Pirate Party Germany, German (2014–) and Czech Pirate Party, Czech (2019–) Pirate Party, Pirate Parties. 9th European Parliament On 9 June 2019, following a pan-European vote of party members, Volt Europa chose to join the Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Free Alliance
The European Free Alliance (EFA) is a European political party that consists of various regionalist, separatist and minority political parties in Europe. Member parties advocate either for full political independence and sovereignty, or some form of devolution or self-governance for their country or region. The party has generally limited its membership to centre-left and left-wing parties; therefore, only a fraction of European regionalist parties are members of the EFA. Since 1999, the EFA and the European Green Party (EGP) have joined forces within Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) group in the European Parliament, although some EFA members have joined other groups from time to time, for example the New Flemish Alliance which sits with the European Conservatives and Reformists Group. The EFA is represented in the European Council by Bart De Wever of the New Flemish Alliance, who has served as Prime Minister of Belgium since 2025. Two EU regions are led by EFA p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left For Independence
Left for Independence (; ; ) is a Spanish electoral alliance formed by Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and EH Bildu ahead of the 2023 Spanish Senate election. Both parties had already formed a joint parliamentary group in the Spanish Senate The Senate () is the upper house of the , which along with the Congress of Deputies – the Lower house, lower chamber – comprises the Parliament of the Kingdom of Spain. The Senate meets in the Palacio del Senado, Palace of the Senate in Madri ... during the 2019–2023 period. Composition References 2023 establishments in Spain Political parties established in 2023 Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left For The Right To Decide
The Left for the Right to Decide (, EPDD) was an electoral alliance formed for the 2014 European Parliament elections. The leading candidate was Josep Maria Terricabras. The alliance consisted of three parties: Republican Left of Catalonia, New Catalan Left and Catalonia Yes. Also form the coalition: ''Socialisme, Catalunya i Llibertat'' and Young Republican Left of Catalonia. The program of the alliance promotes the independence of Catalonia and social justice. , manifesto of Esquerra Republicana, Nova Esquerra Catalana i Catalunya Sí. Composition List of candidates # Josep Maria Terricabras ([...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe Of The Peoples–Greens
Europe of the Peoples–The Greens (, EdP–V) was a Spanish electoral alliance formed for the 2009 European Parliament election in Spain. The alliance consisted of eleven parties, nine leftwing nationalist and two green. All member parties were allied with either the European Free Alliance or the European Greens. The program of the alliance emphasized multiculturalism, environmentalism, democratic reform, peace and a commitment to a social Europe. The electoral support was enough to give the alliance one seat in the European Parliament: this was taken by Oriol Junqueras from the Catalan ERC. The MEP was expected to sit in the European Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it .... Junqueras stood down in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe Of The Peoples (2004)
Europe of the Peoples (, EdP) was a Spanish electoral list in the European Parliament election in 2004 made up from regionalist parties. Composition Electoral performance European Parliament Defunct political party alliances in Spain Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain Defunct nationalist parties in Spain {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalist Coalition–Europe Of The Peoples
Nationalist Coalition–Europe of the Peoples (, CN–EP) was a Spanish electoral list in the European Parliament election in 1999 made up from regionalist and peripheral nationalist parties. It was the successor of the 1994 Nationalist Coalition and For the Europe of the Peoples. Composition Electoral performance European Parliament Defunct political party alliances in Spain Regionalist parties in Spain Defunct nationalist parties in Spain {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
