Ahora Repúblicas Explained

Republics Now
Native Name:Ahora Repúblicas
Ara Repúbliques
Orain Errepublikak
Agora Repúblicas
Agora Republicas
Agora Repúbliques
Ara Republicas
Leader:Oriol Junqueras (2019-2020)
Diana Riba (2020-present)
Foundation:3 April 2019
Ideology:Secessionism
Souverainism
Republicanism
Regionalism
Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Left-wing nationalism
Merger:The Left for the Right to Decide
The Peoples Decide
Blank1 Title:Members
Position:Centre-left to left-wing
Europarl:G/EFA (ERC and BNG)
The Left (EH Bildu)
Seats1 Title:European Parliament
Country:Spain

Republics Now[1] [2] (Spanish; Castilian: Ahora Repúblicas, Catalan; Valencian: Ara Repúbliques, Basque: Orain Errepublikak, Galician: Agora Repúblicas, Aragonese: Agora Republicas,[3] [4] Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese: Agora Repúbliques,[5] [4] Occitan (post 1500);: Ara Republicas) is an electoral alliance formed for the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain by Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) and Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) and with Oriol Junqueras as its leading candidate.[6] The second list candidate was Diana Riba (wife of Raül Romeva, also imprisoned). The following candidates on the list were shared between EH Bildu, BNG and ERC.[7] Moreover, Andecha Astur, Puyalón de Cuchas, Canarian Nationalist Alternative, National Congress of the Canaries and Unity of the People also participated in the candidature.[8] [9] [10] It is a successor to The Left for the Right to Decide and The Peoples Decide coalitions in the 2014 election. ERC said that the alliance is open to other "Souverainist, republican and progressive forces".[11]

Composition

2019 election

PartyScope
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)Catalan Countries
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)Basque Country
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)Galicia
Andecha Astur (AA)Asturias
Puyalón de Cuchas (Puyalón)Aragon
Unity of the People (UP)Canary Islands
Canarian Nationalist Alternative (ANC)Canary Islands

2024 election

PartyScope
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)Catalan Countries
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)Basque Country
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)Galicia
Now More (Ara Més)Balearic Islands
Andecha Astur (AA)Asturias
Puyalón de Cuchas (Puyalón)Aragon
Ahora Canarias (AC)Canary Islands

Electoral performance

European Parliament

European Parliament
ElectionVotes%Seats+/–Leading candidate
20191,252,1395.58%6th0Oriol Junqueras
2024856,5004.9%4th0Diana Riba

Notes and References

  1. News: 1 March 2019 . EFA’s campaign for a Europe of ALL peoples to be launched in Brussels . English . European Free Alliance . 7 March 2024.
  2. News: 27 May 2019 . EFA parties win 12 seats at European Parliament elections . English . European Free Alliance . 7 March 2024.
  3. https://arainfo.org/ahora-republicas-un-voto-de-ilusion-que-llega-para-vencer-desde-la-palabra-y-la-coherencia/ Ahora Repúblicas un “voto de ilusión” para “llevar la voz del Aragón rebelde a Madrid y a Europa”
  4. https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2019/04/30/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-6475.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado
  5. https://www.infoasturies.com/es/2019/03/25/agora-republiques-se-presenta-en-asturies-de-la-mano-de-andecha-astur/ Agora Repúbliques se presenta en Asturies de la mano de Andecha Astur
  6. News: Puente . Arturo . 15 January 2019 . Ahora Repúblicas, la marca de la candidatura de Junqueras con Bildu y BNG para las europeas . Spanish . eldiario.es . 16 January 2019.
  7. Camps, C. (2019). Ara Repúbliques, la marca d'ERC, Bildu i el BNG a les europees. El Nacional.
  8. News: Andecha Astur anuncia en su Conceyu Nacional que participará en las elecciones europeas con la coalición "Agora Repúbliques" . InfoAsturies . Spanish . 29 January 2019.
  9. News: Puyalón de Cuchas participará en las europeas en la coalición "Agora Republicas" . AraInfo . Spanish . 6 February 2019.
  10. News: Una coalición independentista canaria se presentará a las elecciones autonómicas . El Confidencial Autonómico . Spanish . 29 January 2019.
  11. http://www.elpuntavui.cat/politica/article/17-politica/1521199-diana-riba-dona-de-romeva-sera-numero-dos-d-erc-per-a-eleccions-europees.html Diana Riba, dona de Romeva, serà número dos d’ERC per a les eleccions europees