Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista () is an association in

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, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an

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for various supporters of

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and the creation of a

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for

. It has no representation in the

Catalan Parliament The Parliament of Catalonia (, ; ; ) is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The Parliament is currently made up of 135 members, known as deputies (//), who are elected for four-year terms or after extraordinary ...

. It was formed in July 2007 as a critical current within the

Republican Left of Catalonia The Republican Left of Catalonia (, ERC; ; generically branded as ) is a pro-Catalan independence, social democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, with a presence also in Valencia, the Balearic Islands and t ...

(ERC) by members who opposed the party's alliance with two other leftist, but non- independentist parties, the

Socialists' Party of Catalonia The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (, PSC–PSOE) is a social democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain, resulting from the merger of three parties: the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping, led by Josep Pallach i Carolà, the Socia ...

(PSC) and the

Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds Initiative for Catalonia Greens (, ICV; ) was an eco-socialism, eco-socialist List of political parties in Catalonia, political party in Catalonia. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance l ...

(ICV). In 2009, they founded a new political platform, which was later re-organized as a political party. Reagrupament's strategic aims are a democratic regeneration of Catalonia and the

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of the region by the

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. In 2010, Reagrupament negotiated an electoral alliance with the

Catalan Solidarity for Independence Catalan Solidarity for Independence ( Catalan: ''Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència'', ''SI''; ) is an electoral coalition in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and orga ...

, led by

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. Despite a common aim - the independence of Catalonia - and a similar ideological background, the negotiations failed due to divergences in mid-term strategy and disagreements over the compilation of electoral lists. In the 2010 parliamentary election in Catalonia, Reagrupament gained 1.28% of the vote and no seats in parliament. It had the best results in the Circumscription of Girona with 3.28%, and the worst in the Circumscription of Tarragona with 0.93%. Reagrupament is led by Joan Carretero and Rut Carandell and its slogan is ''Independence and Democracy''. In the 2015 general election, the party is a member of the

Democracy and Freedom Democracy and Freedom (, DiL) was an electoral alliance in Catalonia established to contest the 2015 Spanish general election. It was formed by Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC), Democrats of Catalonia (DC) and Reagrupament (RI.cat). Hi ...

coalition.

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