Citizens for Change explained

Country:Spain
Citizens for Change
Native Name:Ciutadans pel Canvi
Foundation:1999
Dissolution:13 December 2011
Ideology:Social democracy
Catalanism
Federalism
Republicanism
Position:Centre-left

Citizens for Change (Catalan; Valencian: Ciutadans pel Canvi, CpC) was a political platform in Catalonia created in 1999 to support Pasqual Maragall's bid to the presidency of the Government of Catalonia in order to put an end to the hegemony of Jordi Pujol's Convergence and Union after two decades in government. After Maragall's first and only term in office, CpC was reformed as a civic-political association. It contested the 1999, 2003 and 2006 regional elections in alliance with the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC).

The alliance with the PSC was not maintained for the 2010 election.[1] In an extraordinary assembly held on 13 December 2011, the organization chose to disband.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Rico . Jose . 17 September 2010 . Montilla rompe con Ciutadans pel Canvi tras 11 años de coalición . Spanish . El Periódico de Catalunya . Barcelona . 2 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160324143156/http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/politica/20100917/montilla-rompe-con-ciutadans-pel-canvi-tras-anos-coalicion/482462.shtml . 24 March 2016 . dead .
  2. News: . 15 December 2011 . Ciutadans pel Canvi acuerda su disolución . Spanish . La Vanguardia . Barcelona . 2 July 2017.