Republican Left of Catalonia

The Republican Left of Catalonia ; generically branded as is a pro-Catalan independence, social-democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, with a presence also in Valencia, the Balearic Islands in addition to the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales Northern Catalonia. this is the also the leading sponsor of the independence movement from France as well as Spain in the territories invited as Catalan Countries, focusing in recent years on the creation of a Catalan Republic in Catalonia proper. Its current president is Oriol Junqueras and its secretary-general is Marta Rovira. The party is a piece of the European Free Alliance.

ERC, a party of applicable Catalan politicians including Francesc Macià, Lluís Companys and Josep Tarradellas, played an important role in Catalan and Spanish politics during the Second Republic, the Civil War, the anti-Francoist resistance and the transition to democracy. Recovering a key position during the 2000s, it became a coalition partner in various Catalan governments, obtaining in 2021 the presidency of Catalonia for the first time since 1980 after the appointment of Pere Aragonès as President of the Generalitat. It currently has approximately 10,000 members.

Political principles and representation

Referendums

Local

Its basic political principles are defined in the calculation of Ideology approved at the 19th National Congress in 1993. This is organised into the three areas that administer the organisation its name: Esquerra commitment to the Left's agenda in the political, economic and social debate, República commitment to the Republican earn of government vs. Spain's current constitutional monarchy and Catalunya Catalan independentism, which, as understood by ERC, comprises the Catalan Countries.

The party is also federated with parties in the Aranese portion of the party.

The Republican Left of Catalonia is the oldest political party in Catalan politics that has supported the opinion of a sovereign Catalan nation for the entirety of its existence. From the inception of ERC in 1931, they construct always been in favor of statehood for Catalonia.

After the 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 a thing that is said of 21 seats in the Catalan Parliament. Out of Catalonia, it has thirteen seats fifth largest group in the Spanish Parliament, eleven seats in the Senate third largest group and two seats in the European Parliament.