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39-518: Junts was established in July 2020 by former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont , as a result of his rupture with the Catalan nationalist Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT). The party adopted the name of the homonym alliance , founded in 2017 and held its founding congress between 25 July and 3 October 2020. The party soon divided between the most moderate separatist faction formed by former members of

78-621: A full-fledged party and the PDeCAT's dissolution into it, a proposal which was supported by members of the CNxR and Action for the Republic (AxR) as well. PDeCAT members replied with another manifesto vindicating the party's identity and legacy, showing their unwillingness to disappear as an organization and criticizing what they perceived as "one thinking" from Puigdemont's supporters. With negotiations foundering, Puigdemont announced on 2 July 2020 that he

117-417: A new party on 2 July 2020, with its founding congress starting telematically on 25 July and scheduled to last until 3 October. The new party's name , intending to make use of the "Together for Catalonia" label, sparked another conflict with the PDeCAT as the latter held the ownership rights over the trademark. Puigdemont's supporters within the PDeCAT took it over on 10 July by changing the registration data in

156-580: A regional election for 21 December 2017 . Catalan president Carles Puigdemont self-exiled in Belgium to avoid detention and several ministers of the Executive Council of Catalonia were put in pre-trial detention accused of sedition and rebellion. In this context, several PDeCAT leaders— Artur Mas , Marta Pascal and David Bonvehí—met with Puigdemont in Brussels after him having expressed interest in leading

195-519: A trick to ensure public funding was not repeated, as the PDeCAT could now count on such funding itself as a result of it having contested the April election. The alliance's performance in the various elections was mixed. It was able to hold its ground and maintain previous results in the general elections, but was clearly outperformed by ERC. In the 26 May elections, ERC secured victory in the local elections whereas JxCat capitalized on Puigdemont's candidacy to

234-601: Is Salvador Illa of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia , who won a plurality in the 2024 Catalan regional election and formed the first unionist government in Catalonia since 2010. The president is elected by the Parliament of Catalonia and appointed by the King of Spain . The office has both representative and governmental functions. The president holds the highest representation of

273-697: Is head of government of Catalonia , leading the executive branch of the Generalitat de Catalunya , the Catalan government. It is one of the bodies that the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia stipulates as part of the Generalitat de Catalunya , others being the Parliament , the Govern or Executive Council , the Council for Statutory Guarantees , and the Catalan Ombudsman ( Síndic de Greuges ). The current president

312-516: Is currently the subject of a political dispute between the PDeCAT and Puigdemont, the latter having used it as the foundation for a new party using the label . "Together for Catalonia" was registered as a trademark by Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in July 2016, being one of the names proposed to party members in the founding congress of the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) and after conflicting issues with

351-569: The 2017 Catalan regional election . Some of these independents went on to form the Action for the Republic (AxR) political party, which is also part of the alliance in the Parliament of Catalonia . The alliance was maintained for the April and November 2019 Spanish general elections , as well as for the European Parliament and local elections held on 26 May 2019. The alliance's trademark

390-499: The Catalan parliament which, given the case, can be ordered to be dissolved or hold a general debate. Moreover, the president must coordinate the legislative agenda of its government, the elaboration of general normatives and give all the information that Parliament may decide to request. Referendums Local Together for Catalonia (2017) Together for Catalonia ( Catalan : Junts per Catalunya , JxCat , also JuntsxCat)

429-499: The European Parliament to score a win in Catalonia. Throughout 2019, both the PDeCAT and Puigdemont would maintain discussions over the future of the post-CDC political space and of Together for Catalonia. Following the November 2019 general election, negotiations ensued about the possible dissolution of both the CNxR and the PDeCAT into JxCat, but the latter refused to either disband its party structure or renounce to its ownership of

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468-546: The Generalitat and the ordinary of the State in the autonomous community. He is also in charge of the domestic relations with the other bodies of the State and with the autonomous communities of Spain that Catalonia shares interests with. The President is also responsible for calling for elections (which must be done at least every four years) and appointing the regional ministers (officially called consellers ) and other high offices as stipulated by law. As ordinary representative of

507-527: The Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) parties. The party is to co-exist with the old Together for Catalonia alliance as a result of the Puigdemont–PDeCAT clash over the trademark's property rights, with those of the party having been taken over by the former but the latter still retaining the rights over the electoral coalition and the public funding. Ahead of the 2024 Catalan regional election ,

546-548: The University of Barcelona , commented on the new party promoted by Puigdemont by stating that, while it had been common for pro-independence parties to show different levels of support on the issue—ranging from unilateralism to more bilateral solutions inspired by the " Scottish way "—a new, unexpected situation was unveiling as "some of those [parties] who have been representative of the centre-right in Catalonia are increasingly revealing themselves more supportive of appealing to

585-488: The centre-left or left-wing", in what he considered a clear move to dispute voters to Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC). In an extraordinary assembly held on 19 July 2020, the small Action for the Republic party voted in favour of urging its members to "individually" join Junts and "actively participate in the process of constituting the new party", ideologically describing Junts as an organization "of progressive values, in

624-414: The fight against corruption . One of the reasons cited for the breakup of negotiations between the PDeCAT and Puigdemont was on the issue of ideology, as the former—advocating for a project in the political centre ground—considered that Puigdemont's platform had drifted to the left-wing of the political spectrum in recent times. Paris Grau, associate professor of Political and Constitutional System in

663-485: The interior ministry to reflect its new ownership, but the change did not affect the electoral coalition comprising the PDeCAT nor its electoral rights, which Puigdemont's party renounced to use. The new party unveiled its logo and corporate identity on 18 July, presented by Elsa Artadi and Marta Madrenas . Joan Canadell, the president of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, voiced his openness to collaborating with

702-412: The right to self-determination , the unilateral enforcement of the " 1 October commitment " to Catalan independence and a goal to "bring together the central current of Catalanism —today mostly pro-independence—with the articulation of a social, economic and modernizing agenda of a country small in size but large in aspirations", while advancing towards democratic souverainism , direct democracy and

741-454: The JxCat alliance but with not separate political activity at the time. From 2019, negotiations between the PDeCAT and Puigdemont's CNxR would ensue for the reorganization of the post-convergent space under the "Together for Catalonia" umbrella, but the former's insistence on refusing to dissolve itself as a party would lead to Puigdemont breaking ties with the PDeCAT and announcing the foundation of

780-469: The JxCat's trademark, and on 26 June the party's executive rejected Puigdemont's attempts to absorb the party. The next day, a manifesto was publicly launched by JxCat independents and elected members—including deputies, mayors and local councillors, and unveiled by interior regional minister Miquel Buch —in which all subscribers urged for the re-organization of the Together for Catalonia political space into

819-505: The May 2019 European Parliament and local elections ; running in 772 Catalan municipalities . It would count with the involvement of figures from the CNxR, who would run as independent members after the party rejected either to run on its own or explicitly give support to any candidacy in these elections. For the November 2019 general election , the formula of including CDC in the ballot as

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858-534: The PDeCAT and those more radical who came from the civil society . The new Together for Catalonia was formed by the merger of the National Call for the Republic (CNxR), the Action for the Republic (AxR), The Greens–Green Alternative (EV–AV) and splinter elements from the PDeCAT such as Independence Rally (RI.cat), but it also aims at the eventual incorporation of members from the Democrats of Catalonia (DC) and

897-428: The PDeCAT would provide the core of the platform and the party's organizational structure. This came after both Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) rejected a new Junts pel Sí coalition. The list emerged as the largest political force within the pro-independence camp, narrowly outperforming ERC despite earlier unfavourable opinion polls, prompting Puigdemont's influence within

936-463: The Spanish judiciary—as their leading candidate. In November 2017, Puigdemont launched an electoral list under the name Together for Catalonia (JuntsxCat), comprising independents close to Puigdemont and members of the PDeCAT, but exluding the leadership of the party. The election saw JuntsxCat becoming the main pro-independence force in the parliament , slightly ahead of ERC. The alliance's success in

975-537: The State in Catalonia, he promulgates laws in the autonomous community in name of the King. The president is member of the Catalan government and leads and coordinates it. He selects and may dismiss the ministers, call for a meeting of the Executive Council, and act as its chairman. Further, he signs decrees accorded by the Executive Council and orders them to be published. He can also call for an extraordinary meeting of

1014-577: The UDC split and established Democrats of Catalonia (DC), joining the CDC and Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), among others, to form Junts pel Sí (JxSí). Ultimately, JxSí fell short of a majority in the election and the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) forced Mas to step down, leading to the election of Carles Puigdemont as President of Catalonia . In 2016, CDC was re-founded into the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) in an attempt to distance itself from

1053-462: The collaboration agreement under which it had been allied with CDC/PDeCAT since 2013. From 29 August onwards and starting with the party's five senators , members from the PDeCAT aligned with Puigdemont started defecting en masse from the former, in response to it announcing a formal lawsuit against Puigdemont for taking over the JxCat's brand, with Puigdemont himself forfeiting his PDeCAT membership on 31 August. The party's overall political stance

1092-539: The corruption scandals involving CDC and elected Mas president of the party. The government of Puigdemont held the 2017 Catalan independence referendum , which culminated in the unilateral Declaration of independence of Catalonia and the removal of Puigdemont and his government, with the central government calling for an early election on 21 December. Following the rupture of JxSí, the PDeCAT chose Puigdemont—who had chosen to self-exile himself in Belgium to escape from

1131-552: The dominant political force in Catalonia since the Transition , having governed from 1980 to 2003 under Jordi Pujol . In 2010, CiU returned to the government under the leadership of Artur Mas , who embraced the pro-independence movement following the 2012 Diada . In the run-up to the 2015 regional election , CDC formed a joint list with other pro-independence parties, whereas UDC members narrowly voted to run independently, effectively dissolving CiU. The pro-independence faction of

1170-416: The election resulted in an increase of influence for Puigdemont within both the PDeCAT and the pro– Catalan independence camp, but his establishment of the National Call for the Republic (CNxR) as a rallying force for pro-independence parties would not achieve the expected results. Concurrently, the PDeCAT registered the trademark of Together for Catalonia as a political party on 11 July 2018, associated with

1209-539: The ideological big tent axis of [Catalonia's] centre-left majority, and decidedly republican ". Multiple sources refer to the party as being centre-right on the political spectrum. In 2022 and 2023, there have been a lesser number of sources that have called the party right-wing. Catalan President The president of the Government of Catalonia ( Catalan : President de la Generalitat de Catalunya , IPA: [pɾəziˈðen də lə ʒənəɾəliˈtad də kətəˈluɲə] )

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1248-410: The new organization, although he claimed he did not see himself leading a future list at the ballots. Jordi Puigneró , incumbent regional minister of Digital Policies and Public Administration, had been also commented as a potential candidate for Junts in a future regional election in a list to be symbolically led by Puigdemont. The party was joined by Independence Rally (RI.cat) on 24 July, which broke

1287-524: The party announced that it would run under the Together+Carles Puigdemont for Catalonia platform (abbreviated as Cat–Junts+ or Junts+ , Catalan : Junts+Carles Puigdemont per Catalunya ). Convergence and Union (CiU), a Catalan nationalist alliance between the liberal Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and the Christian democratic Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC), had been

1326-621: The party into the election, with him ultimately agreeing to run in the upcoming election on the condition that his list transcend the PDeCAT himself, instead proposing a list formed by pro-independence parties for the right of self-determination , against the use of Article 155 and in favour of "amnesty for political prisoners". It was eventually agreed that Puigdemont would run under the "Together for Catalonia" umbrella, structured as his personal list and including non-party members and figures from civil society such as ANC chairman Jordi Sànchez and future Catalan president Quim Torra . whereas

1365-489: The post-CDC space to increase, eventually leading to a rift between the PDeCAT and Puigdemont's sphere, which in July 2018 materialized into a new political platform, the National Call for the Republic (CNxR), which was then transmuted into a political party in January 2019. Together for Catalonia would be renewed as an electoral alliance between the PDeCAT and the late CDC ahead of the April 2019 Spanish general election and

1404-539: The registering of the initially chose label, "Catalan Democratic Party"; it was finally as the party was able to be registered as "Catalan European Democratic Party". Following the declaration of Catalan independence by the Parliament of Catalonia in October 2017 and the subsequent activation of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution , Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy dissolved the Catalan parliament and called

1443-463: Was an electoral and parliamentary alliance in Catalonia , registered as a political party in the interior ministry in July 2018, originally envisaged as a platform comprising the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT), successor of the late Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC), and independents and centered around the candidacy of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont ahead of

1482-406: Was laid out in the manifestos launched by independents within the parliamentary Together for Catalonia (JxCat) together with several PDeCAT elected members during the final stages of the failed negotiations between the PDeCAT and Puigdemont. Aside of urging for the reorganization of the post-convergent space under the umbrella of "Together for Catalonia", the manifestos advocated for the defense of

1521-502: Was to break up all ties with the PDeCAT and establish a new political party by merging the CNxR, AxR and PDeCAT's splinter elements. A legal and political struggle ensued, as both the PDeCAT under David Bonheví and Puigdemont vied for the control of the "Together for Catalonia" trademark. On 10 July, Puigdemont's supporters took over the label, modifying JxCat's data in the interior ministry register by appointing aligned PDeCAT member Carles Valls Arnó as its leader, while proclaiming that

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