Socialists'_Party_of_Catalonia

Socialists' Party of Catalonia

Socialists' Party of Catalonia

Political party in Spain


The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (Catalan: Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC–PSOE) is a social-democratic[6] political party in Catalonia, Spain, resulting from the merger of three parties: the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping, led by Josep Pallach i Carolà, the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress, and the Catalan Federation of the PSOE. It is the Catalan instance of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), and its Aranese section is Unity of Aran. The party had also been allied with federalist and republican political platform Citizens for Change (Ciutadans pel Canvi) until the 2010 election. PSC–PSOE has its power base in the Barcelona metropolitan area and the comarques of Tarragonès, Montsià, and Val d'Aran.

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Party leaders

First Secretaries

Presidents

Political positions

Economic and social issues

Environment

The party advocates for the preservation of the natural environment by implementing sustainable development strategies that promote economic advancement and the welfare of everyone.[7]

Market

The Socialists' Party of Catalonia promotes individual initiative, entrepreneurial freedom, and innovation within the context of a socially accountable market.[7]

Foreign policy

European Union

The PSC promotes the European Union and its expansion to the Mediterranean. They believe in a reform policy in the goal to achieve an inclusive and cohesive society.[7]

Electoral performance

Parliament of Catalonia

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Cortes Generales

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European Parliament

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See also

Notes

  1. Electoral alliance with Citizens for Change, and with Initiative for Catalonia–Greens in Girona, Lleida and Tarragona.
  2. Electoral alliance with Citizens for Change.

References

  1. "Parties and Elections in Europe".
  2. Orriols, Lluís (3 December 2010). "¿Por qué el PSC es "catalanista"?". El País.
  3. Faber, Sebastiaan; Seguín, Bécquer (29 December 2017). "Catalonia's Elections Take Spain Back to Square One". The Nation. United States.
  4. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Catalonia/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. "Coneix-nos". Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 May 2024.

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