Democratic Left of Catalonia

Democratic Left of Catalonia (in Catalan: Esquerra Democràtica de Catalunya, EDC) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. EDC was founded in 1975, shortly after the death of Francisco Franco, by Joan Baptista Cendrós. The party had a social-liberal and federalist ideology. It was merged into Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) on 27 June 1978.[2]

Democratic Left of Catalonia

Esquerra Democràtica de Catalunya
Secretary-GeneralRamón Trías Fargas
Founded1975 (1975)
Dissolved27 June 1978
Merged intoDemocratic Convergence of Catalonia
IdeologyLiberalism
Catalan nationalism
Federalism
Social liberalism[1]
Political positionCentre
Centre-left
National affiliationDemocratic Pact for Catalonia (1977–1978)
Congress of Deputies (1977–1978)
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History

EDC was initially known as the Catalan Liberal Party (PLC) and as such, was a member of the Liberal International. The PLC/EDC was also a part of the Coordinating Commission of Political Forces of Catalonia, the main pro-democracy opposition body of Catalonia at the time. The original ideology of the group was radical liberalism, including federalism, co-management and the nationalization of large enterprises. In April 1976 a sector led by Jaume Casanovas[3] split from the party and founded the Social Democratic Party of Catalonia (PSDC). On 24 September 1976, together with the People's Democratic Party, the Social-Liberal Coalition was established.[4]

In the 1977 Spanish general election, EDC joined the Democratic Pact for Catalonia coalition to the Congress of Deputies together with Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC), the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping (PSC–R) and the National Front of Catalonia (FNC), gaining two seats of the eleven that were won by the coalition, occupied by Ramón Trías Fargas and Maciá Alavedra, both for Barcelona. In the concurrent Spanish Senate election, EDC had also joined, along with CDC and the Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC), the Democracy and Catalonia coalition, which won two seats, although none of both was for EDC.

In December 1977, a group of party members left the party to found the Catalan Association of the Liberal Left,[5] which would end up joining Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) in August 1978. The rest of the party would merge with CDC in June 1978.[2][6]

See also

References
  1. Esquerra Democràtica de Catalunya. Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  2. "Consumada la fusión de CDC y Esquerra Democrática de Catalunya". El País (in Spanish). 28 June 1978. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. Don Jaume Casanovas abandona Esquerra Democrática de Catalunya. Informaciones, 23/04/1976.
  4. "El Partido Demócrata Popular (PDP)". El País (in Spanish). 25 September 1976. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. "Escisión en Esquerra Democrática de Catalunya". El País (in Spanish). 27 December 1977. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. "Inminente fusión de los partidos de Pujol y Trías Fargas". El País (in Spanish). 21 May 1978. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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