Left Movement

Left Movement
Moviment d'Esquerres de Catalunya
LeaderJosep Serra i Marimon
Founded30 November 2014
Merger ofNew Catalan Left
Catalonia Movement
Split fromSocialists' Party of Catalonia
HeadquartersBarcelona
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Catalan independence[1]
Political positionCentre-left
Regional affiliationJunts pel Sí (2015–17)
Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (2017–20)
Together for Catalonia (2020–present)
Parliament of Catalonia
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Website
mesesquerres.cat

Left Movement of Catalonia[2] (Catalan: Moviment d'Esquerres de Catalunya, MESCat) is a social-democratic, pro-independence political party in Catalonia.[1] The party was founded in November 2014 from the merger of New Catalan Left (NECat) and Catalonia Movement (Moviment Catalunya), which had both been formed by dissident members of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) who were dissatisfied with what they saw as the party's lack of support for the independence movement.[3][4] Its founders included Marina Geli (Moviment Catalunya) and Ernest Maragall (NECat), but both have ever since left for other parties—Geli joined the Together for Catalonia alliance ahead of the 2017 Catalan regional election,[5] whereas Maragall defected to Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) in 2018.[6]

  1. ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Catalonia/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ Gillespie, Richard (11 November 2019). Barcelona, the Left and the Independence Movement in Catalonia. Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-3510-4685-5.
  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.
  5. ^ "Marina Geli irá finalmente en la lista de JuntsxCat". El Nacional (in Spanish). Barcelona. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Ernest Maragall se afilia a ERC tras cuatro años colaborando con el partido". eldiario.es (in Spanish). EFE. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2020.