Centre Union of Catalonia

Centre Union of Catalonia (Catalan: Unió de Centre de Catalunya, UCC) was a political party based in Catalonia, created in 1978 as a result of the merging of Catalan Centre, League of Catalonia–Catalan Liberal Party, People's Party of Catalonia, Union of the Christian Democrats of Catalonia–Jacques Maritain Club, Social Democratic Party of Catalonia and Party of the Catalan People.[1][2] The party was led by Joaquim Molins as secretary-general and Carles Güell as party president.[3]

Centre Union of Catalonia

Unió de Centre de Catalunya
PresidentCarles Güell de Sentmenat
Secretary-GeneralJoaquim Molins
Founded1978
Dissolved1981
Merger ofCatalan Centre
League of Catalonia–Catalan Liberal Party
People's Party of Catalonia
Union of the Christian Democrats of Catalonia–Jacques Maritain Club
Social Democratic Party of Catalonia
Party of the Catalan People
Merged intoDemocratic Convergence of Catalonia
IdeologyLiberalism
Progressivism
Christian democracy
Social democracy
Catalanism
Political positionCentre

The party would join the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) and the Democratic Union Broad Centre (UDCA) into the Centrists of Catalonia (CC–UCD) alliance ahead of the 1979 general and local elections,[4][5][6] but would not join the UCD and UDCA move to transform the coalition into a full-fledged party and would not field any candidates in the 1980 Catalan regional election,[7][8][9] leading to Güell and other party members to abandon UCC in disagreement.[10] The party would later merge into Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC).[11]

References
  1. "Próxima constitución de la Unión de Centro de Cataluña". El País (in Spanish). 27 November 1977. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. "Presentación de la Unión de Centro de Cataluña". El País (in Spanish). 1 April 1978. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. "Molins y Güell, reelegidos dirigentes de Unió de Centre de Catalunya". El País (in Spanish). 12 June 1979. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. "Unión de Centro de Cataluña y UCD acudirán juntas a las municipales". El País (in Spanish). 24 March 1978. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  5. "Coalición de la UCD catalana con la Unión de Centro de Cataluña". El País (in Spanish). 18 June 1978. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. "Cañellas insiste en vertebrar a todos los partidos del centro catalán". El País (in Spanish). 19 September 1978. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  7. "Dificultades para la fusión de los tres grupos centristas catalanes". El País (in Spanish). 21 December 1979. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  8. "Folchi no asistirá al congreso de fusión de los centristas catalanes". El País (in Spanish). 22 December 1979. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  9. "UCC no irá a las elecciones al Parlamento catalán". El País (in Spanish). 31 January 1980. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  10. "Carlos Güell dimite y abandona la UCC". El País (in Spanish). 5 February 1980. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  11. "Acuerdo para la integración de UCC en Convergencia". El País (in Spanish). 14 September 1980. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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