Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya

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Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya
PSC logo
Angel Ros
Party leader Angel Ros
Secretary General Miquel Iceta
Spokeswoman Eva Granados
founding July 16, 1978
Place of foundation Barcelona
Headquarters Calle de Nicaragua , 75-77
08029 Barcelona
Youth organization Joventut Socialista de Catalunya (JSC)
newspaper Endavant Digital
Alignment Social democracy ,
federalism ,
moderate Catalanism
Colours) Red White
Spanish House of Representatives
12/350
Spanish Senate
3/266
Catalan Parliament
15/135
International connections Progressive Alliance , Socialist International
MEPs
2/59

of the Spanish MPs

2/705

in the European Parliament

2/146

of the group in the European Parliament

European party Party of European Socialists (PES)
EP Group Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats  (S&D)
Website www.socialistes.cat

The Party of Socialists of Catalonia ( Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya , PSC for short , also PSC-PSOE for short) is a social democratic party in Catalonia . It is constituted as an independent party, but at the same time fulfills the function of a regional sister party of the social democratic party PSOE .

background

The party emerged in 1978 as a merger of the Partit Socialista de Catalunya-Reagrupament , founded in 1974 by Josep Pallach , the Partit Socialista de Catalunya-Congrés, founded in 1976, and the regional association of the PSOE, which had existed since 1880, which was replaced by the newly formed PSC. Leading officials of the PSC belong to the national governing bodies of the PSOE. The PSC MPs in the Spanish Congress, the first chamber of the Spanish Parliament , are members of the PSOE Group . In the second chamber, the Senate, they form, however, under the name Entesa Catalana de Progrés , in short: ENTESA, (German for "Progressive Catalan Alliance") a joint parliamentary group with the senators of the Catalan left-wing nationalists ( Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya , ERC), the Catalan Greens ( Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds , ICV) and the left-wing party Esquerra Unida i Alternativa (EUA).

Under Pasqual Maragall , the PSC became the most elected party in Catalonia for the first time in the Catalan regional elections in 1999 (37.7%, 52 seats), but had fewer MPs than the ruling party Convergència i Unió (CiU) (37.7%, 56 seats) who could then continue her government. In the elections on November 16, 2003, the Catalan socialists lost votes, but with 31.2% (42 seats) they were again the strongest party in terms of votes and this time they were able to form a three-party coalition with the ERC and the ICV. Pasqual Maragall was elected Prime Minister of Catalonia.

The main project of the following legislative period was a comprehensive expansion of the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, which led to repeated tensions between the PSC-led Catalan regional government and the Spanish PSOE government under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as well as between the PSC and the ERC within the Catalan three-party coalition. The rejection of the reformed statute by the ERC led to a government crisis in May 2006, as a result of which ERC members left the government. Pasqual Maragall then called new elections and announced that he no longer wanted to run for prime minister himself. Instead, the candidate was the party's general secretary, José Montilla , who had previously been industry minister in the Zapatero cabinet. In the parliamentary elections in Catalonia in 2006 , the socialists suffered losses and only achieved 26.8% (37 seats). Nevertheless, Montilla then continued the three-party coalition with ERC and ICV. The parliamentary elections that took place in November 2010 brought the Socialist Party another loss. Secretary General Montilla then resigned and was replaced by Pere Navarro in December 2011.

This did not succeed in stopping the downward trend and the PSC again suffered heavy losses in the early regional elections in November 2012.

In parallel to the social and political discussions about statehood of Catalonia and a "consultative poll" planned for November 9, 2014 about a secession of Catalonia from Spain, the PSC also argued about its intra-party course.

Pere Navarro was seen as an advocate of a stronger federalization of Spain and vehemently opposed secession. The opposing opinions within the party (and dissenters in the Catalan parliament) as well as the discussions held in the context of the reorganization of the PSOE throughout Spain finally brought the PSC to the brink of split. In June 2014, Pere Navarro resigned.

Since then, Miquel Iceta i Llorens has been running the party as the new General Secretary.

General Secretaries of the PSC

Term of office Secretary General
1978-1983 Joan Raventós i Carner
1983-1996 Raimon Obiols i Germà
1996-2000 Narcís Serra i Serra
2000-2011 José Montilla Aguilera
2011-2014 Pere Navarro
since 2014 Miquel Iceta i Llorens

Party leader of the PSC

Term of office Party leader
1983-1996 Joan Raventós i Carner
1996-2000 Raimon Obiols i Germà
2000-2007 Pasqual Maragall i Mira
2007-2008 José Montilla Aguilera
2008-2011 Isidre Molas i Batllori
after 2011 Position dissolved
since 2014 Angel Ros i Domingo

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