New Catalan Left

New Catalan Left (Catalan: Nova Esquerra Catalana, Spanish: Nueva Izquierda Catalana, NECat) was a Catalanist and pro-independence political party founded in 2012 as a split from the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) by Ernest Maragall, brother of former President of Catalonia Pasqual Maragall.[1] In 2014 it merged into the Left Movement (MES).

New Catalan Left

Nova Esquerra Catalana
LeaderErnest Maragall
PresidentMagda Casamitjana
Founded5 November 2012
Dissolved30 November 2014
Split fromSocialists' Party of Catalonia
Merged intoLeft Movement
IdeologySocial democracy
Catalanism
Catalan independence
Political positionCentre-left
Website
catalunyasi.cat

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