Republican Left of Catalonia

Republican Left of Catalonia Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya
President	Oriol Junqueras
Secretary-General	Marta Rovira
Founded	19 March 1931
Headquarters	C/Calàbria, 166 08015 Barcelona, Spain
Youth wing	Young Republican Left of Catalonia
Membership (2016)	8,048 [1]
Ideology	Catalan nationalism[2][3] Catalan independence[4][5][6][7][8][9] Left-wing nationalism[10][11][12] Republicanism[13][14] Social democracy[15][3] Economic liberalism[16] European federalism[17]
Political position	Centre-left[18][19] to left-wing[20][21]
European affiliation	European Free Alliance
European Parliament group	Greens–European Free Alliance
Colours	Orange
Congress of Deputies (Catalan seats)	9 / 47
Spanish Senate (Catalan seats)	12 / 23
European Parliament	2 / 54
Parliament of Catalonia	31 / 135
Parliament of the Balearic Islands	1 / 59 [22]
Town councillors in Catalonia	2,384 / 9,077
Town councillors in the Balearic Islands	16 / 925
Website
www.esquerra.cat
Politics of Catalonia Political parties Elections

The Republican Left of Catalonia (Catalan: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC; IPA: [əsˈkɛrə rəpubːliˈkanə ðə kətəˈluɲə]) is a Catalan nationalist and social democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia.^[23] It is also the main sponsor of the independence movement from France and Spain in the territories known among Catalan nationalists as Països Catalans. Occitan Republican Left, formed in 2008, acts as the Aranese section of the party.

Its current president is Oriol Junqueras and its secretary-general is Marta Rovira. The party is a member of the European Free Alliance.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Political principles and representation
  


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  3 Presidents
  


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  4 General Secretaries
  


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  5 Electoral performance
  
  
  
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    5.1 Parliament of Catalonia
    
  
  
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    5.2 Parliament of the Balearic Islands
    
  
  
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    5.3 Cortes Generales
    
    
    
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      5.3.1 Spain
      
    
    
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      5.3.2 Catalonia
      
    
    
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      5.3.3 Balearic Islands
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    5.4 European Parliament
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

History

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Left: Francesc Macià. Right: Lluís Companys.

Portrait of Pere Mestres i Albet [ca] (1901-1975), professor of electrical expert, founder of ERC, Minister of Interior of the Government of Catalonia (October, 1933 - December, 1933) and Public Works and Health (1933-1936).

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The party was founded in March 1931 as the union of the independentist Estat Català (Catalan State), led by Francesc Macià, the Catalan Republican Party, led by Lluís Companys and the L'Opinió Group of Joan Lluhí i Vallescà. The party had done extremely well in the municipal elections of 12 April 1931. Two days later, on 14 April, few hours before the proclamation of the Spanish Republic in Madrid, Macià declared in Barcelona that Catalonia would become an independent republic within the Iberian Federation. This was not exactly what had been agreed in the Pact of San Sebastián, so three days later they negotiated with the Madrid government that Macià would become president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, an autonomous Catalan government within the new Spanish Republic.^[24] In September 1932, the Spanish Republican Cortes approved the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia which, among other provisions, granted a Catalan Parliament with full legislative powers, and it was elected on 20 November 1932. The Republican Left of Catalonia won a large majority of seats.

On 6 October 1934, Lluís Companys, elected by the Parliament of Catalonia as new President of the Generalitat after the death of Francesc Macià in December 1933, unlawfully declared a Catalan State within a Spanish Federal Republic, following the entry of right-wing ministers of the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right (CEDA) into the Government of the Spanish Republic. considered close to fascism and, therefore, they feared that it was the first step of this party to suppress the autonomy and take the complete power in Spain. The proclamation was quickly suppressed by the Spanish army, and Catalan Government were arrested.^[25] The party leaders (including Companys itself) and the Catalan Government were sentenced by the Spanish Republic and jailed, and the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia was suspended until February 1936.

In 1936, at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War, ERC decided to become part of the Popular Front to contest that year's election, which it won. Esquerra became the leading force of the Popular Front in Catalonia and during the war tried to maintain the unity of the Front in the face of growing tensions between the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) and the pro-soviet Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC).

The party was declared illegal (along with all other participants in the Popular Front) by Francisco Franco after he came to power in 1939. The former president of the Catalan Generalitat, Lluís Companys, was arrested by German agents^{[citation needed]} in collaboration with Vichy France, returned to Spain and executed on 15 October 1940.^[26]

The party is also federated with parties in the Balearic Islands and in Northern Catalonia in France, as well as with Republican Left of the Valencian Country in the Valencian Community. Except for their Balearic counterpart, none of the latter currently have any parliamentary representation in their respective territories, though they do have 8 municipal councillors in the Balearic Islands^[27] and 6 councillors in the Valencian Community.^[27]

The Republican Left of Catalonia is the oldest and only political party in Catalan politics that has supported the idea of an independent Catalan nation for the entirety of its existence. From the inception of The Republican Left of Catalonia in 1931, they have always been in favor of a state independent from Spain.^[28]

Political principles and representation

Its basic political principles are defined in the Statement of Ideology approved at the 19th National Congress in 1993.^{[citation needed]} This is organised into the three areas that give the organisation its name: Esquerra (commitment to the Left's agenda in the political debate), República (commitment to the Republican form of government vs. Spain's current constitutional monarchy) and Catalunya (Catalan independentism, which, as understood by ERC, comprises the Catalan Countries).^{[citation needed]}

Despite having been one of the main forces behind the movement for amendment, the party eventually opposed the 2006 changes to the Catalan Statute of Autonomy to increase Catalonia's autonomy. It did so on the grounds that it did not do enough to increase Catalan independence. This caused a government crisis with its partners (specially with the Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC) which led to an early election in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya has 21 seats in the Catalan Parliament, suffering a dramatic setback after the 2010 Catalan parliamentary election and an equally dramatic gain in 2012, and one seat in the Balearic Parliament. Until 2010, it was one of the three coalition members of the tripartite left-wing Catalan Government, together with Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) and Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV). The coalition was often uneasy due to tensions related to the new Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. The snap election on 25 November 2012 saw ERC rise to a total of 21 seats in the Catalan Parliament.

Out of Catalonia, it has nine seats (fifth largest group by seats) in the Spanish Parliament and two seats in the European Parliament.

Presidents

1. 
   Francesc Macià (1931–1933)


2. 
   Lluís Companys (1933–1935)


3. 
   Carles Pi i Sunyer (1933–1935)


4. 
   Lluís Companys (1936–1940)


5. 
   Heribert Barrera (1993–1995)


6. 
   Jaume Campabadal (1995–1996)


7. 
   Jordi Carbonell (1996–2004)


8. 
   Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (2004–2008)


9. 
   Joan Puigcercós (2008–2011)


10. 
    Oriol Junqueras (2011–present)

General Secretaries

1. 
   Joan Lluís Pujol i Font (March 1931 – April 1931)


2. 
   Josep Tarradellas (April 1931 – March 1932)


3. 
   Joan Tauler (March 1932 – 1938)


4. 
   Josep Tarradellas (1938 – 1957)


5. 
   Joan Sauret (1957–1976)


6. 
   Heribert Barrera (1976–1987)


7. 
   Joan Hortalà (1987–1989)


8. 
   Àngel Colom Colom (1989–1996)


9. 
   Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (1996–2004)


10. 
    Joan Puigcercós (2004–2008)


11. 
    Joan Ridao i Martín (2008–2011)


12. 
    Marta Rovira i Vergés (2011–present)

Electoral performance

Parliament of Catalonia

Date	Votes			Seats		Status	Size	Notes
	#	%	±pp	#	±
1932	224,800	47.1%	—	56 / 85	—	Government	*
1980	240,871	8.9%	—	14 / 135	—	Opposition	5th
1984	126,943	4.4%	–4.5	5 / 135	9	Government	5th	government 1984–87
1988	111,647	4.1%	–0.3	6 / 135	1	Opposition	5th
1992	210,366	8.0%	+3.9	11 / 135	5	Opposition	3rd
1995	305,867	9.5%	+1.5	13 / 135	2	Opposition	5th
1999	271,173	8.7%	–0.8	12 / 135	1	Opposition	4th
2003	544,324	16.4%	+7.7	23 / 135	11	Government	3rd	government 2003–06
2006	416,355	14.0%	–2.4	21 / 135	2	Government	3rd
2010	219,173	7.0%	–7.0	10 / 135	11	Opposition	5th
2012	498,124	13.7%	+6.7	19 / 135	9	Opposition	**	government support
2015	1,628,714	39.6%	n/a	20 / 135	1	Government	***
2017	935,861	21.4%	n/a	32 / 135	12	Government	**

• * Within Esquerra Catalana.


• ** Within Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes.


• *** Within Junts pel Sí.

Parliament of the Balearic Islands

Date	Votes			Seats		Status	Size
	#	%	±pp	#	±
1995	2,082	0.6%	—	0 / 59	—	N/A	7th
1999	1,106	0.3%	–0.6	0 / 59	0	N/A	8th
2003	1,667	0.4%	+0.1	0 / 59	0	N/A	9th
2007*	37,572	9.0%	+8.6	1 / 59	1	Government	**
2011***	5,325	1.3%	–7.7	0 / 59	1	N/A	8th
2015	766	0.2%	–1.1	0 / 59	0	N/A	17th

• * In Ibiza, within PSOE–Ibiza for Change.


• ** Within Bloc for Majorca.


• *** In Ibiza, within PSOE–Pact for Ibiza.

Cortes Generales

Spain

Congress of Deputies Date Votes Seats Status Size Notes # % ±pp # ± 1977 143,954 0.8% — 1 / 350 — Opposition * 1979 123,452 0.7% –0.1 1 / 350 0 Opposition 13th 1982 138,118 0.7% ±0.0 1 / 350 0 Opposition 9th 1986 84,628 0.4% –0.2 0 / 350 1 Opposition 12th 1989 84,756 0.4% ±0.0 0 / 350 0 Opposition 16th 1993 189,632 0.8% +0.4 1 / 350 1 Opposition 9th 1996 167,641 0.7% −0.1 1 / 350 0 Opposition 9th 2000 194,715 0.8% +0.1 1 / 350 0 Opposition 9th 2004 652,196 2.5% +1.7 8 / 350 7 Opposition 5th government support 2008 298,139 1.2% −1.3 3 / 350 5 Opposition 7th 2011 256,985 1.1% −0.1 3 / 350 0 Opposition 8th 2015 604,285 2.4% +1.3 9 / 350 6 Opposition 6th 2016 639,652 2.7% +0.3 9 / 350 0 Opposition 5th

Senate Date Seats Size # ± 1977 1 / 208 — * 1979 2 / 208 1 ** 1982 2 / 208 0 *** 1986 0 / 208 2 12th 1989 0 / 208 0 16th 1993 0 / 208 0 9th 1996 0 / 208 0 9th 2000 1 / 208 1 **** 2004 3 / 208 2 **** 2008 3 / 208 0 **** 2011 0 / 208 3 8th 2015 6 / 208 6 4th 2016 10 / 208 4 3rd

• * Within Left of Catalonia–Democratic Electoral Front/Entesa dels Catalans.


• ** Within Nova Entesa.


• *** Within Catalunya al Senat.


• **** Within Catalan Agreement of Progress.

Catalonia

Congress of Deputies Date Votes Seats Size # % ±pp # ± 1977 143,954 4.7% — 1 / 47 — * 1979 123,452 4.2% –0.5 1 / 47 0 5th 1982 138,118 4.0% –0.2 1 / 47 0 5th 1986 84,628 2.7% –1.3 0 / 47 1 6th 1989 84,756 2.7% ±0.0 0 / 46 0 6th 1993 186,784 5.1% +2.4 1 / 47 1 5th 1996 162,545 4.2% −0.9 1 / 46 0 5th 2000 190,292 5.6% +1.4 1 / 46 0 4th 2004 638,902 15.9% +10.3 8 / 47 7 3rd 2008 291,532 7.8% –8.1 3 / 47 5 4th 2011 244,854 7.1% –0.7 3 / 47 0 5th 2015 601,782 16.0% +8.9 9 / 47 6 2nd 2016 632,234 18.2% +2.2 9 / 47 0 2nd

Senate Date Seats Size # ± 1977 1 / 16 — * 1979 2 / 16 1 ** 1982 2 / 16 0 *** 1986 0 / 16 2 6th 1989 0 / 16 0 6th 1993 0 / 16 0 5th 1996 0 / 16 0 5th 2000 1 / 16 1 **** 2004 3 / 16 2 **** 2008 3 / 16 0 **** 2011 0 / 16 3 4th 2015 6 / 16 6 1st 2016 10 / 16 4 1st

• * Within Left of Catalonia–Democratic Electoral Front/Entesa dels Catalans.


• ** Within Nova Entesa.


• *** Within Catalunya al Senat.


• **** Within Catalan Agreement of Progress.

Balearic Islands

Congress of Deputies Date Votes Seats Size # % ±pp # ± 1993 2,848 0.7% — 0 / 7 — 8th 1996 1,802 0.4% −0.3 0 / 7 0 7th 2000 1,340 0.3% –0.1 0 / 7 0 7th 2004 40,289 8.6% +8.3 0 / 8 0 * 2008 25,454 5.4% –3.2 0 / 8 0 ** 2011 4,681 1.1% –4.3 0 / 8 0 6th 2015 N/A 2016 7,418 1.6% — 0 / 8 — ***

Senate Date Seats Size # ± 1993 0 / 5 — 8th 1996 0 / 5 0 8th 2000 0 / 5 0 11th 2004 0 / 5 0 * 2008 0 / 5 0 ** 2011 0 / 5 0 7th 2015 N/A 2016 0 / 5 — ***

• * Within Progressives for the Balearic Islands.


• ** Within Unity for the Isles.


• *** Within Sovereignty for the Isles.

European Parliament

Spain Date Votes Seats Size # % ±pp # ± 1987 326,911 1.7% — 0 / 60 — * 1989 238,909 1.5% –0.2 0 / 60 0 * 1994 239,339 1.3% –0.2 0 / 64 0 * 1999 613,968 2.9% +1.6 0 / 64 0 * 2004 380,709 2.5% –0.4 1 / 54 1 * 2009 394,938 2.5% ±0.0 1 / 54 0 * 2014 630,072 4.0% +1.5 1 / 54 0 **

Catalonia Date Votes Size # % ±pp 1987 112,107 3.7% — 6th 1989 78,408 3.3% –0.4 6th 1994 141,285 5.5% +2.2 5th 1999 174,374 6.1% +0.6 4th 2004 249,757 11.8% +5.7 4th 2009 181,213 9.2% –2.6 4th 2014 595,493 23.7% +14.5 1st

Balearic Islands Date Votes Size # % ±pp 1987 533 0.2% — 16th 1989 458 0.2% ±0.0 * 1994 2,350 0.8% +0.6 8th 1999 20,155 5.6% +4.8 * 2004 7,498 2.9% –2.7 5th 2009 7,651 3.0% +0.1 4th 2014 19,602 7.3% +4.3 5th

• * Within Europe of the Peoples.


• ** Within Left for the Right to Decide.

See also

• List of political parties in Catalonia


• Young Republican Left of Catalonia


• Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia

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External links

• 
  Official website (in Catalan)
  


• 
  Ideological declaration (in English) (PDF)


• 
  ERC’s brief history (in English) (PDF)


• 
  Joventuts de l'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya Youth section's site (in Catalan)
  

v t e Catalan nationalism and independence movement
Events	2009–11 independence referendums support 2010 autonomy protest 2012 independence demonstration 2013 Catalan Way 2014 Catalan Way 2014 self-determination referendum 2015 Free Way 2016 We are ready 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis 2017 National Day for Yes 2017 Yes Campaign 2017 Operation Anubis 2017 independence referendum reactions 2017 Catalan general strike 2017 Wake Up Europe! Catalan regional election, 2017 2018 We Do the Catalan Republic Trial of Catalonia independence leaders
Documents	Declaration of Sovereignty (23 Jan 2013) White Paper on the National Transition of Catalonia (Sep 2014) Initiation of the Process of Independence (9 Nov 2015) Let Catalans Vote (May 2017) Law on the Referendum on Self-determination (6 Sep 2017) Law of juridical transition (8 Sep 2017) Catalan declaration of independence (10/27 Oct 2017)
People	Valentí Almirall Enric Prat de la Riba Lluís Domènech i Montaner Francesc Macià Lluís Companys Josep Irla Josep Tarradellas Jordi Pujol Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Artur Mas Oriol Junqueras Muriel Casals Carme Forcadell Jordi Sànchez Jordi Cuixart Carles Puigdemont Roger Torrent Anna Gabriel Quim Torra
Organisations	Independentist Association of Municipalities for Independence Assemblea Nacional Catalana Catalan Solidarity for Independence Committees for the Defense of the Republic Estat Català Catalan European Democratic Party Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes ERC DC MES Òmnium Cultural Popular Unity Candidacy–Constituent Call CUP Endavant Més per Mallorca PSM Més per Menorca PSMe Reagrupament Republican Left of the Valencian Country Autonomist CDC Initiative for Catalonia Greens Proposta per les Illes Youth Nationalist Youth of Catalonia Young Republican Left of Catalonia Arran La Forja Maulets†
Sign † marks defunct organisations.

v t e Political parties in Catalonia
Represented in the Parliament of Catalonia (135)	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (36) Together for Catalonia (34) PDeCAT (33) Independent (1) Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (32) ERC (30) DC (1) MES (1) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (17) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (16) United to Advance (1) Catalonia in Common-Podem (8) CatComú Podem BComú ICV EUiA eQuo Popular Unity Candidacy–Constituent Call* (4) CUP People's Party of Catalonia* (4)
Represented in the Spanish Congress of Deputies (47)	In Common We Can* (12) Podem BComú ICV EUiA eQuo Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (9) ERC CatSí Catalan European Democratic Party (8) Socialists' Party of Catalonia* (7) People's Party of Catalonia* (6) Citizens–Party of the Citizenry* (5)
Represented in the Spanish Senate (24)	Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (12) ERC CatSí In Common We Can* (5) Podem BComú ICV EUiA eQuo Catalan European Democratic Party (4) Citizens–Party of the Citizenry* (1) Socialists' Party of Catalonia* (1) People's Party of Catalonia* (1)
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Far-left	Lutte Ouvrière (LO) New Anticapitalist Party (NPA)
Left	Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) La France Insoumise (FI) French Communist Party (PCF) Socialist Party (PS)
Centre	La République En Marche! (REM) Democratic Movement (MoDem) Radical Movement (MR) Radical Party of the Left (PRG) Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI)
Right	Debout la France (DLF) The Republicans (LR)
Far-right	National Rally (RN)
See also: Miscellaneous left (DVG) and Miscellaneous right (DVD)

v t e Members of the European Free Alliance
Elected to the European Parliament	Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie For Human Rights in United Latvia† Party of the Corsican Nation Plaid Cymru Republican Left of Catalonia Scottish National Party
Other members	Andalusian Party Aralar Party Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology Bavaria Party Catalan Unity Chunta Aragonesista Eusko Alkartasuna Frisian National Party Future of Åland Galician Nationalist Bloc Hungarian Christian Democratic Association Liga Veneta Repubblica List for Fiume Lusatian Alliance Majorca Socialist Party Mebyon Kernow Moravané Occitan Party Our Land Rainbow Sardinian Action Party Savoy Region Movement Savoyan League Silesian Autonomy Movement Slovene Union South Schleswig Voters' Association South Tyrolean Freedom The Frisians United Macedonian Organization Ilinden–Pirin Unity List Unvaniezh Demokratel Breizh Valencian Nationalist Bloc The Yorkshire Party
Observers	Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania Latvian Russian Union New Canaries Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace Pro Lombardy Independence The Other South

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