Back Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya AN اليسار الجمهوري لكتالونيا Arabic ايسكيرا ريبوپليكانا ARZ Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya AST Левая рэспубліканская партыя Каталоніі Byelorussian Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya Breton Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya Catalan Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya Welsh Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya German Ρεπουμπλικανική Αριστερά της Καταλονίας Greek
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Republican Left of Catalonia Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya | |
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| Abbreviation | ERC |
| President | Oriol Junqueras |
| Secretary-General | Elisenda Alamany |
| Founded | 19 March 1931 |
| Merger of | Estat Català Catalan Republican Party L'Opinió |
| Headquarters | C/Calàbria, 166 08015 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Youth wing | Republican Youth |
| Membership (2024) |  8,335[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| National affiliation | Ahora Repúblicas (since 2019)[nb 1] Left for Independence (since 2023) |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
| European Parliament group | Greens–European Free Alliance |
| Colours | Orange |
| Congress of Deputies (Catalan seats) | 7 / 47 |
| Spanish Senate (Catalan seats) | 4 / 24 |
| European Parliament (Spanish seats) | 1 / 59 |
| Parliament of Catalonia | 20 / 135 |
| Parliament of the Balearic Islands | 0 / 59 |
| Mayors in Catalonia | 329 / 947 |
| Town councillors in Catalonia | 2,898 / 9,077 |
| Town councillors in the Balearic Islands | 16 / 925 |
| Website | |
| esquerra.cat | |
The Republican Left of Catalonia (Catalan: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC; IPA: [əsˈkɛrə rəpubːliˈkanə ðə kətəˈluɲə]; generically branded as Esquerra Republicana)[2] 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 and the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales (Northern Catalonia).[3][4] It is also the main sponsor of the independence movement from France and Spain in the territories known 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 Elisenda Alamany.[5] The party is a member of the European Free Alliance.
ERC, a party of relevant 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. In 2022, it had 9,047 members.[6]
- ^ "ERC ha perdido 1.500 militantes desde 2019". 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Estatuts d'Esquerra Republicana" (PDF) (in Catalan). Retrieved 12 January 2019.
El partit assumeix com a marca genèrica Esquerra Republicana
- ^ Jaume Renyer Alimbau, ERC: temps de transició. Per una esquerra forta, renovadora i plural (Barcelona: Cossetània, 2008).
- ^ "ERC pide independizar Cataluña con Valencia, Baleares y parte de Aragón". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Qui som". esquerra.cat. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Temor en ERC: Sangría de militantes desde que Aragonès es presidente - Economía Digital". July 2022.
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