Republican Left of Catalonia

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Republican Left of Catalonia Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya
Abbreviation	ERC
President	Oriol Junqueras
Secretary-General	Marta Rovira
National Coordinator	Pere Aragonès
Founded	19 March 1931
Merger of	Estat Català Catalan Republican Party L'Opinió
Headquarters	C/Calàbria, 166 08015 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Youth wing	Republican Youth
Membership (2022)	9,047
Ideology	Catalan nationalism Catalan independence Eco-nationalism Left-wing nationalism Republicanism Social democracy Regionalism Catch-all party Faction: Federalism
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
National affiliation	Left Front (1936–1939) Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples (1987–1989) For the Europe of the Peoples (1989–1994) For the Europe of the Peoples (1994–1999) CN-EP (1999–2004) Europe of the Peoples (2004–2009) EdP-V (2009–2014) EPDD (2014–2019) Ahora Repúblicas (since 2019) Left for Independence (since 2023)
European affiliation	European Free Alliance
European Parliament group	Greens–European Free Alliance
Colours	Orange
Congress of Deputies (Catalan seats)	7 / 47
Spanish Senate (Catalan seats)	6 / 23
European Parliament	2 / 59
Parliament of Catalonia	20 / 135
Parliament of the Balearic Islands	0 / 59
Mayors in Catalonia[1]	359 / 947
Town councillors in Catalonia	3,109 / 9,077
Town councillors in the Balearic Islands	16 / 925
Website
www.esquerra.cat
Politics of Catalonia Political parties Elections

The Republican Left of Catalonia (Catalan: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC; IPA: [əsˈkɛrə rəpubːliˈkanə ðə kətəˈluɲə]; generically branded as Esquerra Republicana)^[2] is a pro-Catalan independence, social democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, with a presence also in Valencia, the Balearic Islands and the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales (Northern Catalonia).^[3][4] It is also the main sponsor of the independence movement from France and Spain in the territories known as Catalan Countries, focusing in recent years on the creation of a Catalan Republic in Catalonia proper. Its current president is Oriol Junqueras and its secretary-general is Marta Rovira.^[5] The party is a member of the European Free Alliance.

ERC, a party of relevant Catalan politicians including Francesc Macià, Lluís Companys and Josep Tarradellas, played an important role in Catalan and Spanish politics during the Second Republic, the Civil War, the anti-Francoist resistance and the transition to democracy. Recovering a key position during the 2000s, it became a coalition partner in various Catalan governments, obtaining in 2021 the presidency of Catalonia for the first time since 1980 after the appointment of Pere Aragonès as President of the Generalitat. In 2022, it had 9,047 members.^[6]