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Party Review - ‘Unió’: “Catalanism doesn’t mean supporting independence”
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Last 3 Catalan Parliament Presidents and coach Pep Guardiola to symbolically close pro-independence unitary list
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Football coach Pep Guardiola to symbolically run in pro-independence list for Catalan elections
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Green light for unitary pro-independence electoral list with politicians and independents
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Pro-independence parties and civil society groups hold crucial meeting on unitary electoral list
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EU finds 27-S electoral list without politicians "a bit odd", UDC leader says
On Tuesday, Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida, Chairman of the Unió Democràtica de Catalunya (UDC) governing committee, said that the EU finds "a bit odd" the proposal of an electoral list without politicians for the 27-S elections. Speaking to the press from the European Parliament in Strasbourg, he said it is hard to "understand" how Catalonia will be governed."Although the post 27-S Executive's only goal will be Catalan independence, health care and education will need to be managed", he highlighted. UDC Secretary General, Ramon Espadaler, added that "UDC received the support of European Christian Democratic party leaders to run alone in the 27-S elections". In June, due to their differences on Catalonia's independence, UDC split from Artur Mas’ Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC), after running together in every election since 1978 and having forged a political "federation" between them.
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Governing centre-right coalition CiU breaks up over independence stance, after 37 years swaying Catalan politics
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UDC ministers quit Catalan government over independence row
Tensions over the issue of independence between the two parties forming the CiU coalition have caused a government crisis in Catalonia. Three ministers from the Christian-Democrat party UDC, the smaller party within the CiU, have left government after their allies of 37 years, CDC, presented them with an “ultimatum”. The governing council of UDC decided on Wednesday, with 16 votes in favour, 10 against and 2 abstentions, that Vice-president Joana Ortega, Minister of Agriculture Josep Maria Pelegrí and Minister of Home Affairs Ramon Espadaler, who is also the secretary general of UDC, should quit Artur Mas’ government. UDC voted on Sunday by a slim majority in favour of an ambiguous stance on the issue of independence, in which the party supported the right to self-determination but fell short of stating whether or not Catalonia should actually vote ‘yes’ to full independence from Spain. Following the result, the Liberal party CDC, led by Mas, urged their coalition partners to state clearly whether or not they are for independence. Elections to the Catalan Parliament are expected to be held on the 27 of September, and may be considered a plebiscite on independence. Tensions between CDC and UDC over the reluctance of the latter to clearly support independence make it unlikely that they will run together, although UDC has said it will still provide parliamentary support to CDC in the coming months and won’t split the coalition at local level.
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Governing CiU may split up after Christian-Democrat party UDC's consultation on Catalan independence
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Christian-Democrat UDC, the smaller party within the governing CiU, shakes over independence debate
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Centre-right pro-Catalan State coalition CiU agree to stop internal discussions on independence until 14 June
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