New Catalan Left

New Catalan Left
Nova Esquerra Catalana
LeaderErnest Maragall
PresidentMagda Casamitjana
Founded15 December 2012 (2012-12-15)
Dissolved30 November 2014 (2014-11-30)
Split fromSocialists' Party of Catalonia
Merged intoLeft Movement
HeadquartersAvda. Diagonal, 449, 4ª
08036, Barcelona[1]
IdeologySocial democracy
Catalanism
Catalan independence
Political positionCentre-left
SloganPer una esquerra catalana forta i majoritària
("For a strong and majoritarian Catalan left")
Website
www.novaesquerracatalana.cat

New Catalan Left (Catalan: Nova Esquerra Catalana, NECat) was a Catalanist and pro-independence political party founded in December 2012 as a split from the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) by Ernest Maragall, brother of former Catalan president Pasqual Maragall.[2] In November 2014, the party was merged into the Left Movement (MES).[3][4]

  1. ^ "Informació de contacte". www.novaesquerracatalana.cat (in Catalan). New Catalan Left. Archived from the original on 2013-11-22. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. ^ "El futuro partido de Ernest Maragall empieza a caminar con un acto este jueves" (in Spanish). Barcelona: Europa Press. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ^ Julià, Núria (30 November 2014). "Neix Moviment d'Esquerres, partit del socialisme sobiranista" (in Catalan). VilaWeb. ACN. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Moviment d'Esquerres cierra 45 listas con ERC para las elecciones municipales". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. EFE. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2020.