Together for Catalonia (2020)

Not to be confused with Together for Catalonia (2017).
Together for Catalonia
Junts per Catalunya
AbbreviationJxCat, Junts
PresidentCarles Puigdemont
Secretary-GeneralJordi Turull
Vice PresidentsAnna Erra
Josep Rius
Francesc de Dalmases
Aurora Madaula
FounderCarles Puigdemont
Founded18 July 2020 (2020-07-18)[1]
Registered11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)[2]
Split fromCatalan European Democratic Party
HeadquartersPassatge de Bofill, 9
08013, Barcelona
Youth wingNationalist Youth of Catalonia
Membership (2024)Increase 6,583[3]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[9][10][11][A]
European Parliament groupNon-Inscrits
Colours  Turquoise
SloganJunts, per Catalunya
("Together, for Catalonia")
MembersSee list of members
European Parliament (Spanish seats)
1 / 61
Congress of Deputies (Catalan seats)
7 / 48
Spanish Senate (Catalan seats)
4 / 24
Parliament of Catalonia
35 / 135
Mayors
334 / 947
Town councilors
2,683 / 9,139
County councils
20 / 40
County councilors
321 / 1,028
Website
junts.cat
^ A: The party has also been described as a big tent/catch-all party.

Together for Catalonia (Catalan: Junts per Catalunya, JxCat), frequently shortened to Junts, is a Catalan nationalist and pro-independence political party that sits on the centre-right of the political spectrum. It is the second-largest party in the Parliament of Catalonia, holding 35 of the 135 seats. The current party president since 2024 is Carles Puigdemont.

Junts was established in July 2020 by former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, as a result of his rupture with the Catalan nationalist Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT).[12] The party adopted the name of the homonym alliance, founded in 2017 and held its founding congress between 25 July and 3 October 2020.[13] The party soon divided between the most moderate separatist faction formed by former members of the PDeCAT and those more radical who came from the civil society.[14]

The new Together for Catalonia was formed by the merger of the National Call for the Republic (CNxR),[15][16][17] the Action for the Republic (AxR),[18][19] The Greens–Green Alternative (EV–AV) and splinter elements from the PDeCAT[20][21] such as Independence Rally (RI.cat),[22] but it also aims at the eventual incorporation of members from the Democrats of Catalonia (DC) and the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) parties.[23][24] The party is to co-exist with the old Together for Catalonia alliance as a result of the Puigdemont–PDeCAT clash over the trademark's property rights, with those of the party having been taken over by the former but the latter still retaining the rights over the electoral coalition and the public funding.[25][26]

Ahead of the 2024 Catalan regional election, the party announced that it would run under the Together+Carles Puigdemont for Catalonia platform (abbreviated as Cat–Junts+ or Junts+, Catalan: Junts+Carles Puigdemont per Catalunya).[27]

  1. ^ "Junts per Catalunya arrenca el procés de creació del partit i actualitza la seva imatge". www.junts.cat (in Catalan). Together for Catalonia. 18 July 2020. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Registro de Partidos Políticos". sede.mir.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. ^ Lamelas, Marcos (28 October 2024). "Puigdemont entierra la idea del 'president' legítimo para armar un partido de derechas". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Lasalas, Marta (2 July 2020). "Puigdemont anuncia el nuevo partido". El Nacional (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  5. ^ Fernández, Antonio (25 July 2020). "Puigdemont abre ciclo político en Cataluña con su partido y el 1-O como única ideología". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  6. ^ Querol, Jordi (16 September 2020). ""Más que criticar a los políticos populistas, habría que convencer a sus votantes"". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Puigdemont creará Junts en congreso telemático del 25 de julio al 3 de octubre". El Nacional (in Spanish). Barcelona. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  8. ^ Tomàs, Neus (10 July 2020). "¿Un partido sin ideología? Puigdemont lo intentará". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  9. ^ Redacción (14 February 2021). "Catalonia election: pro-independence parties increase majority". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  10. ^ Faus, Joan (19 May 2021). "Catalan separatist parties agree to renew governing coalition". Reuters. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Spain in stalemate after right fails to win predicted majority". ABC News (Australia). 24 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  12. ^ Masreal, Fidel; García Sastre, Daniel (2 July 2020). "Puigdemont anuncia la creación de un partido al margen del PDECat". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  13. ^ Regué, Júlia (18 July 2020). "El congreso fundacional de JxCat se alargará hasta el 3 de octubre". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  14. ^ Pujol, Guillem (3 February 2021). "Radiografia de Junts per Catalunya: qui és qui i qui mana a qui". Catalunya Plural (in Catalan). Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  15. ^ Quitian, Sergi (8 July 2020). "La dirección de la Crida apuesta por disolver la entidad y sumarse al partido de Puigdemont". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  16. ^ Gisbert, Josep (16 July 2020). "La Crida se convertirá en fundación del nuevo partido de Carles Puigdemont". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  17. ^ "La Crida aprueba convertirse en fundación del partido de Puigdemont". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. EFE. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Comunicat després de l'assemblea general extraordinària d'Acció". www.acciorepublica.cat (in Catalan). Action for the Republic. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Junts per Catalunya, el partit". www.acciorepublica.cat (in Catalan). Action for the Republic. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  20. ^ Quitian, Sergi (25 July 2020). "El partido de Puigdemont echa a andar con los asociados del PDECat a la fuga". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  21. ^ Hernández Valls, Fernando (15 July 2020). "Puigdemont plantea llevar las catalanas a noviembre y enreda los PGE a Sánchez". La Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  22. ^ "Reagrupament se desliga del PDeCAT y apoya el nuevo partido de Puigdemont". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. EFE. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  23. ^ Lamelas, Marcos (17 June 2020). "La coalición de Puigdemont busca romper la CUP, sumar a Demòcrates y diluir el PDeCAT". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  24. ^ Reino, Cristian (25 July 2020). "Puigdemont lanza un nuevo partido para competir contra Esquerra". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  25. ^ Gisbert, Josep (10 July 2020). "Puigdemont arrebata la marca JxCat a la dirección del PDECat". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  26. ^ Piñol, Àngels (12 July 2020). "El partido que impulsa Carles Puigdemont renuncia a los derechos electorales del PDeCAT". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  27. ^ Navarro, Raquel (27 March 2024). "La candidatura de Puigdemont para el 12M ya tiene nombre: se llamará "Junts+Puigdemont"". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2024.