Democrats of Catalonia

Not to be confused with Catalan European Democratic Party.

Democrats of Catalonia
Demòcrates de Catalunya
AbbreviationDC
PresidentNúria de Gispert
Secretary-GeneralAntoni Castellà
Founded12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)
Registered31 August 2015 (2015-08-31)
Split fromDemocratic Union of Catalonia
HeadquartersC/ Calàbria, 149-151, ent. 2ªA
08015, Barcelona
Membership (2020)2,562[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[10] to right-wing,[11][12] with far-right factions[13]
Regional affiliationJunts pel Sí (2015–17)
Democracy and Freedom (2015–16)
Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (2017–20)
Together for Catalonia (2020) (since 2020)
Parliament of Catalonia
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Website
www.democrates.cat

Democrats of Catalonia (Catalan: Demòcrates de Catalunya, DC) is a Christian-democratic, pro-Catalan independence political party in Catalonia founded in July 2015 from a split in Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC).[14] Its members included the then-Speaker of the Catalan parliament Núria de Gispert and former UDC president Joan Rigol. The party has received accusations of xenophobia for its controversial statements against Spaniards,[15][16] and for having ties with xenophobic organizations.[17]

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  2. ^ "L'Independentisme prepara les eleccions amb deu candidatures".
  3. ^ "La democracia cristiana independentista toma cuerpo". 29 January 2016.
  4. ^ "JxCat y Demòcrates se unen para declarar la independencia unilateral". 29 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Demòcrates pide 'levantar la suspensión' de la DUI cuando acabe la pandemia". 9 April 2020.
  6. ^ "La República que volem | DEMÒCRATES". 28 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Demòcrates, un parásito del independentismo que oficializa su xenofobia".
  8. ^ "Demòcrates, un parásito del independentismo que oficializa su xenofobia".
  9. ^ "Demòcrates reivindica el 24 de juny com el "Dia Nacional dels Països Catalans"". 23 June 2020.
  10. ^ https://www.blogdeasuntospublicos.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/2007_Del-proc%C3%A9s-al-enigma-las-claves-del-catalanismo.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  11. ^ "ERC rompe con Demòcrates tras reunirse con ultras independentistas". 6 December 2020.
  12. ^ "PDECat-Demòcrates: Una història de deteriorament progressiu | NacióDigital".
  13. ^ "La reunión de Costa precipita el divorcio entre Demòcrates y ERC". Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  14. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Catalonia/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Demòcrates, un parásito del independentismo que oficializa su xenofobia". Crónica Global (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Un cargo de Demòcrates, aliados de ERC, dice que "no son fascistas, son españoles, que es peor" | El Catalán" (in Spanish). 21 November 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  17. ^ Ara (6 December 2020). "ERC rompe con Demòcrates por haber asistido a la cumbre independentista con partidos xenófobos". Ara en Castellano (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2021.