Citizens for Change

Citizens for Change
Ciutadans pel Canvi
Founded1999
Dissolved13 December 2011
IdeologySocial democracy
Catalanism
Federalism
Republicanism
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationSocialists' Party of Catalonia (1999–2010)

Citizens for Change (Catalan: Ciutadans pel Canvi, CpC) was a political platform in Catalonia created in 1999 to support Pasqual Maragall's bid to the presidency of the Government of Catalonia in order to put an end to the hegemony of Jordi Pujol's Convergence and Union after two decades in government. After Maragall's first and only term in office, CpC was reformed as a civic-political association. It contested the 1999, 2003 and 2006 regional elections in alliance with the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC).

The alliance with the PSC was not maintained for the 2010 election.[1] In an extraordinary assembly held on 13 December 2011, the organization chose to disband.[2]

  1. ^ Rico, Jose (17 September 2010). "Montilla rompe con Ciutadans pel Canvi tras 11 años de coalición". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Ciutadans pel Canvi acuerda su disolución". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2017.