Catalan Solidarity for Independence ( Catalan: ''Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència'', ''SI''; ) is an

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Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...

, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalan independence referendums of 2009 and 2010. It was organized as a common political platform for

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, dissatisfied with what they considered a pragmatist and conformist policy of other Catalan parties (including the independentist Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya) towards the issue of independence.

History

It was formed on 20 July 2010 by former

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president

Joan Laporta Joan Laporta Estruch (; born 29 June 1962) is a Spanish politician and current president of FC Barcelona. Laporta is a lawyer (he graduated from the University of Barcelona) with his own firm, Laporta & Arbós, which has a number of notable Sp ...

, the jurist Alfons López Tena (former activist of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia) and the Catalan MP Uriel Bertran (former ERC member) as an umbrella group for various supporters of

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and the creation of a

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for Catalonia.Laporta launches new alliance for Catalan independence
, Demotix. It was named after Catalan Solidarity, a political coalition of all pro-Catalan parties which existed between 1906 and 1909. Catalan Solidarity for Independence was formed as an

of six political parties (Catalan Democracy, Solidarity for Independence, Catalan Republican Party,

The Greens–Green Alternative The Greens–Green Alternative ( ca, Els Verds–Alternativa Verda, EV–AV) is a political party based in Catalonia, founded in September 1999 by former members of The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia (EV–CEC), after the party ha ...

, Catalunya Nació Independència and

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) to stand for the

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. Negotiations to incorporate the group Realignment for Independence failed due to a disagreement regarding the compilation of electoral list, and divergence in both tactical and strategic considerations. Its slogans are: "Catalonia the next state of Europe" and "Let's make independence possible". Various public figures supported the movement, for example Hèctor López Bofill, Toni Strubell,

Isabel-Clara Simó Isabel-Clara Simó i Monllor (4 April 1943 – 13 January 2020) was a Spanish journalist and writer. She is considered one of the most important writers in the Catalan language. Simó was awarded several prizes, including the Premi Sant Jordi i ...

Carles Solà Carles Solà was born in Xàtiva, Valencia Province on 1 January 1945. He awarded a PhD degree in Chemistry at the UV, he has carried out research in Biochemical Engineering with 130 publications, having tutored 22 doctoral theses and directed ...

and

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. In the 2010 Catalan election, it won 3.28% of the vote and 4 deputies in the

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, among them the three co-founders. Three were elected in the constituency of Barcelona, and one in the constituency of Girona. In 2011, the party's co-founder

left the group. The new party leader was Alfons López Tena.

References

External links

Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
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