Together for Catalonia (2020)

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Together for Catalonia (Catalan: Junts per Catalunya, JxCat), often shortened to Junts (Catalan: [ˈʒuns]), is a Catalan pro-independence and populist 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). The party adopted the name of the homonym alliance, founded in 2017 and held its founding congress between 25 July and 3 October 2020. 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. The new Together for Catalonia was formed by the merger of the National Call for the Republic (CNxR), the Action for the Republic (AxR), The Greens...

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