Catalan Solidarity for Independence Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència | |
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| Leader | Roger San Millán |
| Founded | 20 July 2010 |
| Headquarters | Barcelona |
| Ideology | Catalan independentism |
| Colours | Black White |
| Slogan | Let's make independence possible |
| Parliament of Catalonia | 0 / 135 |
| Municipalities | 0 / 9,137 |
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Catalan Solidarity for Independence (Catalan:Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència,SI;IPA:[suliðəɾiˈtatkətəˈlanəpəɾləjndəpənˈdɛnsi.ə]) is anelectoral coalition inCatalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassrootssocial movement that initiated and organized theCatalan independence referendums of 2009 and 2010. It was organized as a common political platform forCatalan independentism, dissatisfied with what they considered a pragmatist and conformist policy of other Catalan parties (including the independentistEsquerra Republicana de Catalunya) towards the issue of independence.
It was formed on 20 July 2010 by formerFC Barcelona presidentJoan Laporta, the juristAlfons López Tena (former activist of theDemocratic Convergence of Catalonia) and the Catalan MPUriel Bertran (formerERC member) as an umbrella group for various supporters ofCatalan independence and the creation of asovereign state for Catalonia.[1][2][3][4][5] It was named afterCatalan Solidarity, a political coalition of all pro-Catalan parties which existed between 1906 and 1909.[citation needed]
Catalan Solidarity for Independence was formed as anelectoral coalition of sixpolitical parties (Catalan Democracy, Solidarity for Independence, Catalan Republican Party,The Greens–Green Alternative, Catalunya Nació Independència andSocialist Party of National Liberation) to stand for the2010 Catalan regional election. Negotiations to incorporate the groupRealignment for Independence failed due to a disagreement regarding the compilation of electoral list, and divergence in both tactical and strategic considerations. Its slogans are: "Catalonia the next state of Europe" and "Let's make independence possible". Various public figures supported the movement, for exampleHèctor López Bofill,Toni Strubell,Isabel-Clara Simó,Carles Solà andJosep Guia.
In the2010 Catalan regional election, it won 3.28% of the vote and 4 deputies in theParliament of Catalonia, among them the three co-founders. Three were elected in theconstituency of Barcelona, and one in theconstituency of Girona. In 2011, the party's co-founderJoan Laporta left the group. The new party leader was Alfons López Tena.
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| Represented in the Spanish Congress of Deputies (48 out of 350) | |
| Represented in the Spanish Senate (24 out of 266) | |
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