Sobiranistes

Sovereigntists (Catalan: Sobiranistes) is a political organization of the Republican and Catalan-sovereigntist left formed by a splinter group from Catalunya en Comú (CatComú) led by Joan Josep Nuet and Elisenda Alamany, deputies to the Parliament of Catalonia.[1][2]

Sovereigntists

Sobiranistes
Founded23 October 2018 (platform)
21 February 2019 (party)
Split fromCatalunya en Comú
HeadquartersC/ Eterna Memoria, 2 - 3r 2a, Barcelona
IdeologySouverainism
Catalan nationalism
Republicanism
Democratic socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationRepublican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists
Congress of Deputies
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Spanish Senate
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Parliament of Catalonia
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Website
www.sobiranistes.cat

History

It was initially constituted as a political platform within CatComú in October 2018,[3] under the motto Som comuns, som sobiranistes (We are in common, we are sovereigntist). The goal of the platform was to correct the course of what, they said, was the drift of CatComú, and they were very critical of the role played by Initiative for Catalonia Greens within Catalunya en Comú–Podem. In particularly, they accused them of having abandoned sovereigntism.[4] It was formally registered as a party on 21 February 2019.[5][6] Ahead of the 2019 Spanish general election it negotiated an electoral alliance with Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC),[7][8] agreeing to field candidates in ERC's list for Barcelona.[9]

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales
Cortes Generales
Election Congress Senate Status
Vote % Score %[lower-alpha 1] Score Seats +/– Seats +/–
2019 w. ERC–Sobiranistes
1 / 48
 1
0 / 16
 0 Opposition

Notes
  1. In Catalonia.

References
  1. "Riesgo de escisión en Catalunya en Comú". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 20 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. "Los comunes expulsan a Nuet del grupo parlamentario tras aliarse con ERC". El País (in Spanish). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. "Alamany se pone al frente de Sobiranistes para "enderezar el rumbo" de los comunes". El Nacional.cat (in Spanish). 23 October 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. VilaWeb (24 October 2018). Andreu Barnils (ed.). "'Iniciativa ha estat un entrebanc'" (in Catalan). Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. "La salida de Alamany de los 'comuns' pone el partido en alerta ante el riesgo de una escisión soberanista". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 20 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  6. "Registro de Partidos Políticos". servicio.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  7. "Un sector de los 'comuns' deja a Colau y negocia con ERC una coalición al Congreso y al Ayuntamiento de Barcelona". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 13 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  8. "ERC debate unas listas con Rufián de dos y un miembro de Sobiranistes de cuatro". Europa Press (in Spanish). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  9. "Junqueras, Rufián i Telechea encapçalaran la llista d'Esquerra Republicana al Congrés". esquerra.cat (in Catalan). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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