Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya
Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |