New Catalan Left Nova Esquerra Catalana | |
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Leader | Ernest Maragall |
President | Magda Casamitjana |
Founded | 15 December 2012 |
Dissolved | 30 November 2014 |
Split from | Socialists' Party of Catalonia |
Merged into | Left Movement |
Headquarters | Avda. Diagonal, 449, 4ª 08036, Barcelona[1] |
Ideology | Social democracy Catalanism Catalan independence |
Political position | Centre-left |
Slogan | Per 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]