Catalonia in Common Catalunya en Comú | |
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| Abbreviation | CatEnComú, CatComú |
| Coordinator-National | Ada Colau,Jéssica Albiach andCandela López |
| Founded | 19 December 2016 (2016-12-19) |
| Headquarters | C/ Or, 44, 3º-2ª 08012,Barcelona |
| Youth wing | Joves Ecosocialistes |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Unidas Podemos (2016–2023) Sumar (since 2023) |
| Regional affiliation | En Comú Podem (2016–2024) Catalunya en Comú–Podem (2017–2020) Comuns Sumar (since 2024) |
| European affiliation | European Green Party (associate member) |
| European Parliament group | Greens/EFA |
| International affiliation | Progressive International[2] |
| Members | Seelist of members |
| European Parliament (Spanish seats) | 1 / 61 |
| Congress of Deputies (Catalan seats) | 6 / 48 |
| Spanish Senate (Catalan seats) | 0 / 23 |
| Parliament of Catalonia | 5 / 135 |
| Mayors | 8 / 946 |
| Town councillors | 244 / 9,077 |
| Website | |
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Catalunya en Comú (English:"Catalonia in Common", CatEnComú or CatComú), previouslyUn País en Comú (English:"A Country in Common") and collectively dubbed asComuns (English:Commons),[3][4] is aCatalan-basedpolitical party established in December 2016 as an umbrella forBarcelona en Comú,Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV),United and Alternative Left (EUiA) andEquo, which until then had been collaborating throughelectoral alliances under theCatalunya Sí que es Pot andEn Comú Podem labels in theSeptember 2015 regional andDecember 2015 andJune 2016 general elections.
Its spokesman until 2018 was En Comú Podem's spokesperson in theCongress of Deputies,Xavier Domènech, with the new party being sponsored byMayor of BarcelonaAda Colau.[5] It contested the2017 Catalan regional election under theCatalunya en Comú–Podem label, in coalition withPodemos, then joined theEn Comú Podem alliance ahead of theApril andNovember 2019 Spanish general elections.
The first steps for constituting the political space previously represented by theCatalunya Sí que es Pot andEn Comú Podem alliances into a permanent political party can be traced to January 2016, when the party's trademark was provisionally registered in theinterior ministry andMayor of BarcelonaAda Colau announced her intention of establishing her own, autonomous party separate fromPodemos.[3][6][7] On 19 December 2016, the "Un País en Comú" (English:"A Country in Common") platform was launched with the aim of constituting the political space previously represented by theCatalunya Sí que es Pot andEn Comú Podem alliances into a permanent political party.[8]
The platform's establishment had been supported byInitiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV),United and Alternative Left (EUiA),Barcelona en Comú andEquo,[9] with it holding its first public event on 29 January 2017 inBarcelona,[10][11] and the party's founding congress on 8 April.[12] Organizational disagreements in March over the voting system selected to elect the leadership team and the ideological principles that should govern the new platform had seen regional Podemos/Podem leader, Albano Dante Fachin, opting out of the founding congress at the last moment, promising future collaboration with the other constituent parties but rejecting to integrate Podem into the new party.[13][14][15] Despite this, several Podem members disaffected with Fachin's leadership, such as Jéssica Albiach o Marc Bertomeu, did join the new party on their own accord.[16][17][18]
The definitive name of the party was to be chosen in a voting among party members following the founding assembly, with several proposals being registered in advance to prevent a similar case as what happened to the "Guanyem" trademark in 2014: Catalunya en Comú (Catalan for "Catalonia in Common"), En Comú Podem ("In Common We Can"), En Comú ("In Common") or Comuns ("Commons").[19][20] In a final voting held on 22 May 2017, name "Catalunya en Comú" was picked by party members over "En Comú Podem" in a 54–46% vote.[21][22]
Catalunya en Comú is considered to be ademocratic socialist party with an emphasis onsocial equality, strengthening of thewelfare state, expansivefiscal policy and in favor ofdegrowth andredistributive mesures. As a merger of several parties, they come from aeurocommunist,left-wing ecologist andanti-austerity tradition. They have their main political hold in the city ofBarcelona and itsmetro area, and therefore they hold strongmunicipalist stances and tend to focus onurban issues. The party is a strong supporter offeminism,environmentalism,LGBTQ+ rights,immigration and the fight againstracism andcolonialism. Given this, they are consideredanti-fascist and are strong supporters of thePalestinian cause.[23] They arepro-european, but they are critical of the Union's moreneoliberal stances.[24]
Catalunya en Comú is acatalanist party and therefore defends the status of Catalonia as anation, is in favor of furtherdevolution to the Catalan government and advocates for a Catalan-favoringlanguage policy.[25][26] The party, however, is considered to not be eitherpro-independence noranti-independence, often classified as "other", leaving the issue up to the individual members and supporters.[27] Mostly, both its leaders and voting base are in favor of Catalan statehood but not full separation from Spain and propose afederalist orconfederalist relationship with the rest of Spain.[28] Despite this, significant leaders and close to 25% of voters are pro-independence. The party, nevertheless, does openly support the celebration of anindependence referendum.
| Party | Notes | |
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| Barcelona in Common (BComú) | ||
| Greens Equo (VQ) | ||
| United Left Catalonia (EUCat) | Founded in July 2019.[29] | |
| Green Left (EV) | Founded in March 2021.[30] | |
| Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Podem (Podemos/Podem) | Left in 2017. | |
| Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) | Dissolved in 2019. | |
| United and Alternative Left (EUiA) | Expelled in 2019. | |
| Parliament of Catalonia | |||||||
| Election | Votes | % | # | Seats | +/– | Leading candidate | Status in legislature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | WithinCatComú–Podem | 5 / 135 |  1[a] | Xavier Domènech | Opposition | ||
| 2021 | WithinECP-PEC | 6 / 135 | 1 | Jéssica Albiach | Opposition | ||
| 2024 | WithinComuns Sumar | 5 / 135 |  1 | Jéssica Albiach | Confidence and supply | ||
| Cortes Generales | |||||||
| Election | Catalonia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congress | Senate | ||||||
| Votes | % | # | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| 2019 (Apr) | WithinECP–GeC | 5 / 48 | 4[b] | 0 / 16 | 2[b] | ||
| 2019 (Nov) | WithinECP–GeC | 5 / 48 |  0 | 0 / 16 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | WithinSumar–ECP | 5 / 48 | 0 | 0 / 16 | 0 | ||
| European Parliament | |||||||
| Election | Leading candidate | Votes | % | # | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ernest Urtasun | WithinUPCE | 1 / 59 | 1 | Greens/EFA | ||
| 2024 | Jaume Asens | WithinSumar | 1 / 61 | 0 | |||
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| Represented in the Parliament of Catalonia (135) |
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| Represented in the Spanish Congress of Deputies (48 out of 350) | |
| Represented in the Spanish Senate (24 out of 266) | |
(*) With an asterisk, candidates who do not have their own parliamentary group. | |
