Convergence and Union
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Convergència i Unió
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| Leader | Artur Mas i Gavarró |
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| Founded | September 1978 (coalition) December 2001 (federation) |
| Headquarters | C/Còrsega, 331-333 08037 Barcelona |
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| Ideology | Catalan nationalism, Centrism, Christian democracy, Liberalism |
| International affiliation | Liberal International (Convergència) Centrist Democrat International (Unió) |
| European Parliament Group | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (Convergència) European People's Party (Unió) |
| Official colours | Blue, Orange |
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| Website www.ciu.cat |
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Convergence and Union (Catalan: Convergència i Unió, CiU) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain.
CiU is a federated political party consisting of two constituent parties, the bigger Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (Democratic Alliance of Catalonia) and its smaller counterpart, Unió Democràtica de Catalunya (Democratic Union of Catalonia).
CiU is a Catalan nationalist party. Depending on the observer it is regarded as either conservative[1] or centristor progressive. Still, some social democratic leanings may be found in its Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya branch, while Unió is a christian democrat party. As for its position in the nationalist debate, it is deliberately ambiguous so as to appeal to the broadest spectrum possible, from voters who seek full independence from Spain to those who are generally satisfied with the present self-government status.
The party won 10 seats in the Spanish national Congress of Deputies at the March 2008 elections.
At the Catalan level, CiU ruled the autonomous Catalan government for over 20 consecutive years during the 1980s and through the early 2000s, under the presidence of Jordi Pujol (Convergència). Pujol was succeeded in the party leadership by Artur Mas (Convergència), while Unió's leader (second at the CiU level) is Josep Antoni Duran Lleida.
CiU supported changes to the Catalan Statute of Autonomy to further increase Catalonia's autonomy. It is currently the most voted party at regional elections in Catalonia, but in 2003 lost its absolute majority and is the main opposition party at the Catalan autonomous level, having been replaced in the government by a left-wing tripartite coalition formed in 2003 and re-formed after the 2006 Catalan regional elections, which were called due to divisions in the coalition.
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[edit] References and External links
- Convergència i Unió web site (Catalan)
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