United to Advance

United to Advance
Units per Avançar
AbbreviationEls Units
PresidentOriol Molins
Vice PresidentIgnasi Rafel
Secretary-GeneralRamon Espadaler
Founded19 June 2017 (2017-06-19)
Registered26 June 2017 (2017-06-26)
Preceded byDemocratic Union of Catalonia
HeadquartersC/ Tuset, 23, 4ª
08006, Barcelona
IdeologyChristian humanism
Christian democracy
Catalanism
Political positionCentre-right[1]
National affiliationCEUS (2019–2024)
Regional affiliationIn coalition with PSC
Parliament of Catalonia[a]
1 / 135
Local seats
6 / 9,077
Website
www.unitsperavancar.cat

United to Advance (Catalan: Units per Avançar, Els Units) is a Catalan centrist and Christian democratic political party founded in June 2017 by former members of the defunct Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) and non-independentist Catalan nationalists.[3][4] The party defines itself as moderate Catalan nationalist and opposes Catalan independence.[5]

  1. ^ "El PSC mira a izquierda y derecha para muscular su candidatura". La Razón (in Spanish). 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  2. ^ "Grup Parlamentari Socialistes i Units per Avançar". www.parlament.cat (in Catalan). Parliament of Catalonia. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Registro de Partidos Políticos". sede.mir.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Nace Units per Avançar, partido catalanista y liberal que rechaza el referéndum". El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Carlos Losada: "L'endemà de la independència tindrem molts més problemes"". El Món (in Catalan). 9 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2020.


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