The Popular Unity Candidacy (Catalan:Candidatura d'Unitat Popular, CUP) is a far-left, pro-Catalan independence political party active in the Catalan Countries. The CUP has traditionally concentrated on municipal politics, and is made up of a series of autonomous candidatures that run in local elections. Its presence is strongest in Catalonia proper.
In 2012, the CUP decided for the first time to run for Catalan parliamentary elections, gaining 3 MPs out of 135. In the 2015 elections they obtained 10 MPs.
Organization
The CUP is made up of autonomous local assemblies representing towns or neighbourhoods. These assemblies may have some ideological differences, but their common ground is independence for the Catalan Countries and clear left-wing politics, often in the form of anti-capitalism, socialism, eco-socialism.
The different local candidatures are coordinated through the Municipal Assembly of the Independentist Left (AMEI in Catalan) where the details regarding their party platform are discussed. On both the local and national level, decisions are made in assembly according to the principles of deliberative democracy.
Catalan separatist candidate fails to win regional presidency
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Tariq Ali talks to Quim Arrufat, one of the leaders of Popular Unity Candidacy, the radical socialist independence party, about Catalunya’s fight for independence. teleSUR http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/the-world-today-478170/
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Pro-independence parties claim victory
(27 Sep 2015) Pro-secession parties pushing for Spain's northeastern Catalonia region to break away and form a new Mediterranean nation captured a majority of seats in the region's parliament on Sunday - but failed to take 50 per cent of the popular vote.
With 97 per cent of the vote counted (2140GMT Sunday), the "Together for Yes" group of secessionists had 62 seats in the 135-member parliament.
The left-wing pro-independence Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) party also won 10 seats
If Together for Yes could persuade the CUP to join them, they would exceed the 68 seats needed to push forward their plan to make Catalonia independent from Spain by 2017.
But CUP had insisted that it would only join an independence bid if secessionist parties won more than 50 percent of the popular vote.
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'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya', ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia) candidate Marta Rovira casts her ballot for the Catalan regional election at a polling station in Vic. IMAGES
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Catalan Socialist party finishes first as secessionists win more than half on turnout of only 53%
Catalan election. The inner battle within the executive to lead a reform project that resonates with progressive voters is taking place as Catalonia enters the last week of campaigning ahead of a regional election on February 14. https://www.eudebates.tv/ #eudebates #justice #Puigdemont #Spain #elections #Catalans #Catalonia The PSOE is hoping to make significant gains in the nationalist-dominated parliament with its candidate, former health minister Salvador Illa.
The executive’s proposal is part of a broader plan to reform the Spanish criminal code that also includes a review of the crime of sedition. Such a move could end up reducing the prison terms for convicted leaders of the 2017 unilateral secession attempt in Catalonia.
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Barcelona - 3 January 2016
1. Various of Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) politicians leaving after meeting
2. Various of media
3. Elected CUP lawmakers during news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Catalan) Gabriela Serra, elected regional lawmaker for Popular Unity Candidacy party:
"I hope that it will be clear that nobody is against the 'process' (towards independence). Because the 'process' didn't start on September 27 neither ends today. Neither will be over regardless if we are able to elect a president or not.This process taking place at home started way before that and it will continue with or without (Artur) Mas."
5. Cutaway
6. SOUNDBITE: (Catalan) Gabriela Serra, elected regional lawmaker for Popu...
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Tariq Ali talks to Quim Arrufat, one of the leaders of Popular Unity Candidacy, the radical socialist independence party, about Catalunya’s fight for independen...
Tariq Ali talks to Quim Arrufat, one of the leaders of Popular Unity Candidacy, the radical socialist independence party, about Catalunya’s fight for independence. teleSUR http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/the-world-today-478170/
Tariq Ali talks to Quim Arrufat, one of the leaders of Popular Unity Candidacy, the radical socialist independence party, about Catalunya’s fight for independence. teleSUR http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/the-world-today-478170/
(27 Sep 2015) Pro-secession parties pushing for Spain's northeastern Catalonia region to break away and form a new Mediterranean nation captured a majority of s...
(27 Sep 2015) Pro-secession parties pushing for Spain's northeastern Catalonia region to break away and form a new Mediterranean nation captured a majority of seats in the region's parliament on Sunday - but failed to take 50 per cent of the popular vote.
With 97 per cent of the vote counted (2140GMT Sunday), the "Together for Yes" group of secessionists had 62 seats in the 135-member parliament.
The left-wing pro-independence Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) party also won 10 seats
If Together for Yes could persuade the CUP to join them, they would exceed the 68 seats needed to push forward their plan to make Catalonia independent from Spain by 2017.
But CUP had insisted that it would only join an independence bid if secessionist parties won more than 50 percent of the popular vote.
They won only about 46 percent because of a quirk in Spanish election law that gives a higher proportion of legislative seats to rural areas with fewer voters.
Still, Catalonia leader Artur Mas claimed victory as a jubilant crowd interrupted him with cheers and chants of "Independence!"
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(27 Sep 2015) Pro-secession parties pushing for Spain's northeastern Catalonia region to break away and form a new Mediterranean nation captured a majority of seats in the region's parliament on Sunday - but failed to take 50 per cent of the popular vote.
With 97 per cent of the vote counted (2140GMT Sunday), the "Together for Yes" group of secessionists had 62 seats in the 135-member parliament.
The left-wing pro-independence Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) party also won 10 seats
If Together for Yes could persuade the CUP to join them, they would exceed the 68 seats needed to push forward their plan to make Catalonia independent from Spain by 2017.
But CUP had insisted that it would only join an independence bid if secessionist parties won more than 50 percent of the popular vote.
They won only about 46 percent because of a quirk in Spanish election law that gives a higher proportion of legislative seats to rural areas with fewer voters.
Still, Catalonia leader Artur Mas claimed victory as a jubilant crowd interrupted him with cheers and chants of "Independence!"
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'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya', ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia) candidate Marta Rovira casts her ballot for the Catalan regional election at a polling s...
'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya', ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia) candidate Marta Rovira casts her ballot for the Catalan regional election at a polling station in Vic. IMAGES
'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya', ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia) candidate Marta Rovira casts her ballot for the Catalan regional election at a polling station in Vic. IMAGES
Catalan election. The inner battle within the executive to lead a reform project that resonates with progressive voters is taking place as Catalonia enters the ...
Catalan election. The inner battle within the executive to lead a reform project that resonates with progressive voters is taking place as Catalonia enters the last week of campaigning ahead of a regional election on February 14. https://www.eudebates.tv/ #eudebates #justice #Puigdemont #Spain #elections #Catalans #Catalonia The PSOE is hoping to make significant gains in the nationalist-dominated parliament with its candidate, former health minister Salvador Illa.
The executive’s proposal is part of a broader plan to reform the Spanish criminal code that also includes a review of the crime of sedition. Such a move could end up reducing the prison terms for convicted leaders of the 2017 unilateral secession attempt in Catalonia.
Separatist parties in Catalonia have boosted their parliamentary majority in the regional elections, held amid a third wave of coronavirus.
The pro-union Socialist Party, led by former health minister Salvador Illa, won the most votes to claim a narrow victory, but will struggle to form a government.
With 99% of the votes counted, the three main parties working toward an independence from Spain increased their number of seats in the 135-seat regional parliament to 74. In 2017 they won 70.
The Socialist party of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looked set to take 33 seats with 625,000 votes, but would require help from other parties - including pro-independence ones - to form a majority.
The pro-independence Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) was set for 33 seats as well, with 580,000 votes. The centre-right Together for Catalonia (JxC), won 32 seats. The far-left, pro-secession CUP party won nine seats.
The separatist parties therefore once again have the seats to form a majority in the Parliament, and negotiations over how that government will come together are expected to be held over the next few days.
The result potentially boosts pro-independence power in Catalonia, a region that saw an illegal referendum on independence held in 2017, sparking a national crisis.
The far-right Vox party entered the Catalan parliament for the first time with 11 seats, continuing its surge across Spain in recent years.
Aside from the arithmetic, the election will be remembered for being held in the midst of a third wave of coronavirus.
Stringent safety measures were put in place, with polling workers in protective gear and voter use of face masks and hand disinfectant mandatory.
Catalonia election: pro-independence parties increase majority
Catalan Socialist party finishes first as secessionists win more than half the vote on turnout of only 53%
Catalan pro-independence parties have increased their parliamentary majority following a regional election in which the unionist Socialists took the largest share of the vote and the far-right Vox party outperformed its conservative rivals to win its first seats in the northeastern Spanish region.
Sunday’s election was overshadowed by the Covid pandemic and dominated by the continuing debate over independence that has shaped and divided Catalan politics for the past decade.
For the first time, pro-independence parties took more than half the votes, winning 51% – up from 47.5% in the last regional election in December 2017. Between them, they now hold 74 of the 135 seats in the Catalan parliament, an increase of four seats.
The Catalan Socialist party (PSC) finished first, winning 33 seats – up from 17 last time – and 23% of the vote. It was followed by the pro-independence Catalan Republican Left (ERC), which took 33 seats and 21.3% of the vote, and the centre-right, pro-independence Together for Catalonia party, which came third with 32 seats and 20% of the vote.
Vox, which is the third biggest party in the national parliament, won 11 seats, breaking into the Catalan parliament for the first time and taking more seats than its rivals in the conservative People’s party (PP) and the centre-right Citizens party combined. The election was a humiliating event for both parties: Citizens, which finished first in 2017 with 36 seats, dropped to just six, while the PP – for decades the hegemonic party of the Spanish right – slumped from four seats to three.
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En Comú Podem, the coalition that includes the regional branch of the far-left anti-austerity Unidas Podemos, retained its eight seats, and the pro-independence anti-capitalist Popular Unity Candidacy won nine.
The poll was triggered last September after the region’s separatist president, Quim Torra, was banned from office for displaying pro-independence symbols on public buildings during the 2019 general election campaign.
With the election over, attention will now focus on the formation of the new regional government.
https://www.eudebates.tv/ #eudebates
Catalan election. The inner battle within the executive to lead a reform project that resonates with progressive voters is taking place as Catalonia enters the last week of campaigning ahead of a regional election on February 14. https://www.eudebates.tv/ #eudebates #justice #Puigdemont #Spain #elections #Catalans #Catalonia The PSOE is hoping to make significant gains in the nationalist-dominated parliament with its candidate, former health minister Salvador Illa.
The executive’s proposal is part of a broader plan to reform the Spanish criminal code that also includes a review of the crime of sedition. Such a move could end up reducing the prison terms for convicted leaders of the 2017 unilateral secession attempt in Catalonia.
Separatist parties in Catalonia have boosted their parliamentary majority in the regional elections, held amid a third wave of coronavirus.
The pro-union Socialist Party, led by former health minister Salvador Illa, won the most votes to claim a narrow victory, but will struggle to form a government.
With 99% of the votes counted, the three main parties working toward an independence from Spain increased their number of seats in the 135-seat regional parliament to 74. In 2017 they won 70.
The Socialist party of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looked set to take 33 seats with 625,000 votes, but would require help from other parties - including pro-independence ones - to form a majority.
The pro-independence Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) was set for 33 seats as well, with 580,000 votes. The centre-right Together for Catalonia (JxC), won 32 seats. The far-left, pro-secession CUP party won nine seats.
The separatist parties therefore once again have the seats to form a majority in the Parliament, and negotiations over how that government will come together are expected to be held over the next few days.
The result potentially boosts pro-independence power in Catalonia, a region that saw an illegal referendum on independence held in 2017, sparking a national crisis.
The far-right Vox party entered the Catalan parliament for the first time with 11 seats, continuing its surge across Spain in recent years.
Aside from the arithmetic, the election will be remembered for being held in the midst of a third wave of coronavirus.
Stringent safety measures were put in place, with polling workers in protective gear and voter use of face masks and hand disinfectant mandatory.
Catalonia election: pro-independence parties increase majority
Catalan Socialist party finishes first as secessionists win more than half the vote on turnout of only 53%
Catalan pro-independence parties have increased their parliamentary majority following a regional election in which the unionist Socialists took the largest share of the vote and the far-right Vox party outperformed its conservative rivals to win its first seats in the northeastern Spanish region.
Sunday’s election was overshadowed by the Covid pandemic and dominated by the continuing debate over independence that has shaped and divided Catalan politics for the past decade.
For the first time, pro-independence parties took more than half the votes, winning 51% – up from 47.5% in the last regional election in December 2017. Between them, they now hold 74 of the 135 seats in the Catalan parliament, an increase of four seats.
The Catalan Socialist party (PSC) finished first, winning 33 seats – up from 17 last time – and 23% of the vote. It was followed by the pro-independence Catalan Republican Left (ERC), which took 33 seats and 21.3% of the vote, and the centre-right, pro-independence Together for Catalonia party, which came third with 32 seats and 20% of the vote.
Vox, which is the third biggest party in the national parliament, won 11 seats, breaking into the Catalan parliament for the first time and taking more seats than its rivals in the conservative People’s party (PP) and the centre-right Citizens party combined. The election was a humiliating event for both parties: Citizens, which finished first in 2017 with 36 seats, dropped to just six, while the PP – for decades the hegemonic party of the Spanish right – slumped from four seats to three.
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En Comú Podem, the coalition that includes the regional branch of the far-left anti-austerity Unidas Podemos, retained its eight seats, and the pro-independence anti-capitalist Popular Unity Candidacy won nine.
The poll was triggered last September after the region’s separatist president, Quim Torra, was banned from office for displaying pro-independence symbols on public buildings during the 2019 general election campaign.
With the election over, attention will now focus on the formation of the new regional government.
https://www.eudebates.tv/ #eudebates
(3 Jan 2016) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY
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Barcelona - 3 January 2016
1. Various of Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) ...
(3 Jan 2016) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY
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Barcelona - 3 January 2016
1. Various of Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) politicians leaving after meeting
2. Various of media
3. Elected CUP lawmakers during news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Catalan) Gabriela Serra, elected regional lawmaker for Popular Unity Candidacy party:
"I hope that it will be clear that nobody is against the 'process' (towards independence). Because the 'process' didn't start on September 27 neither ends today. Neither will be over regardless if we are able to elect a president or not.This process taking place at home started way before that and it will continue with or without (Artur) Mas."
5. Cutaway
6. SOUNDBITE: (Catalan) Gabriela Serra, elected regional lawmaker for Popular Unity Candidacy party:
"We've taken this decision with decency, coherence and dignity. And we have taken it convinced that we still have days ahead for negotiations. Those who haven't made any moves have still time to do so. There are no (elections) summoned. So there is still time for negotiations. And in the meantime what will we do? Our jobs."
7. Antonio Gaudi's La Pedrera house
8. Various of street
9. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Josep Rivalta, local resident:
"We will see what happens in March. And also what will the decision of Artur Mas be. If I were him I would be leaving by the back door. But with him you never know. Because he wants to become King Arthur I of Catalonia. Let's see what happens."
10. Cutaway
11. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Antonio Turossaus, local resident:
"I think this isn't over. This continues in a new phase. It is possible they will propose another candidate, it is possible that there will be new elections, we have to wait. This is a long process."
12. Traffic in Barcelona
STORYLINE:
A small, far-left party on Sunday voted against backing Artur Mas as leader of Catalonia's regional parliament, temporarily halting a push toward independence from Spain by the powerful northeastern region and almost certainly triggering a new local election.
Mas heads the separatist "Together for Yes" alliance that won 62 seats in the 135-seat regional parliament last September and needed the support of Popular Unity Candidacy's 10 seats to secure a workable majority.
After three months of debates, CUP members finally decided at a meeting Sunday afternoon not to support Mas as leader of a separatist coalition.
Although CUP members have said they favor the establishment of a Catalan republic separate from Spain, they have on repeated occasions said Mas was unacceptable to them as a coalition leader.
Mas ran for election in September on a platform of setting the region bordering France on a path toward independence by 2017.
As the other groups in the parliament had warned Mas they had no intention of negotiating with him and had set January 10 as a deadline for an agreement, a new regional election in March now looks inevitable.
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Barcelona - 3 January 2016
1. Various of Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) politicians leaving after meeting
2. Various of media
3. Elected CUP lawmakers during news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Catalan) Gabriela Serra, elected regional lawmaker for Popular Unity Candidacy party:
"I hope that it will be clear that nobody is against the 'process' (towards independence). Because the 'process' didn't start on September 27 neither ends today. Neither will be over regardless if we are able to elect a president or not.This process taking place at home started way before that and it will continue with or without (Artur) Mas."
5. Cutaway
6. SOUNDBITE: (Catalan) Gabriela Serra, elected regional lawmaker for Popular Unity Candidacy party:
"We've taken this decision with decency, coherence and dignity. And we have taken it convinced that we still have days ahead for negotiations. Those who haven't made any moves have still time to do so. There are no (elections) summoned. So there is still time for negotiations. And in the meantime what will we do? Our jobs."
7. Antonio Gaudi's La Pedrera house
8. Various of street
9. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Josep Rivalta, local resident:
"We will see what happens in March. And also what will the decision of Artur Mas be. If I were him I would be leaving by the back door. But with him you never know. Because he wants to become King Arthur I of Catalonia. Let's see what happens."
10. Cutaway
11. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Antonio Turossaus, local resident:
"I think this isn't over. This continues in a new phase. It is possible they will propose another candidate, it is possible that there will be new elections, we have to wait. This is a long process."
12. Traffic in Barcelona
STORYLINE:
A small, far-left party on Sunday voted against backing Artur Mas as leader of Catalonia's regional parliament, temporarily halting a push toward independence from Spain by the powerful northeastern region and almost certainly triggering a new local election.
Mas heads the separatist "Together for Yes" alliance that won 62 seats in the 135-seat regional parliament last September and needed the support of Popular Unity Candidacy's 10 seats to secure a workable majority.
After three months of debates, CUP members finally decided at a meeting Sunday afternoon not to support Mas as leader of a separatist coalition.
Although CUP members have said they favor the establishment of a Catalan republic separate from Spain, they have on repeated occasions said Mas was unacceptable to them as a coalition leader.
Mas ran for election in September on a platform of setting the region bordering France on a path toward independence by 2017.
As the other groups in the parliament had warned Mas they had no intention of negotiating with him and had set January 10 as a deadline for an agreement, a new regional election in March now looks inevitable.
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Tariq Ali talks to Quim Arrufat, one of the leaders of Popular Unity Candidacy, the radical socialist independence party, about Catalunya’s fight for independence. teleSUR http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/the-world-today-478170/
(27 Sep 2015) Pro-secession parties pushing for Spain's northeastern Catalonia region to break away and form a new Mediterranean nation captured a majority of seats in the region's parliament on Sunday - but failed to take 50 per cent of the popular vote.
With 97 per cent of the vote counted (2140GMT Sunday), the "Together for Yes" group of secessionists had 62 seats in the 135-member parliament.
The left-wing pro-independence Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) party also won 10 seats
If Together for Yes could persuade the CUP to join them, they would exceed the 68 seats needed to push forward their plan to make Catalonia independent from Spain by 2017.
But CUP had insisted that it would only join an independence bid if secessionist parties won more than 50 percent of the popular vote.
They won only about 46 percent because of a quirk in Spanish election law that gives a higher proportion of legislative seats to rural areas with fewer voters.
Still, Catalonia leader Artur Mas claimed victory as a jubilant crowd interrupted him with cheers and chants of "Independence!"
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'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya', ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia) candidate Marta Rovira casts her ballot for the Catalan regional election at a polling station in Vic. IMAGES
Catalan election. The inner battle within the executive to lead a reform project that resonates with progressive voters is taking place as Catalonia enters the last week of campaigning ahead of a regional election on February 14. https://www.eudebates.tv/ #eudebates #justice #Puigdemont #Spain #elections #Catalans #Catalonia The PSOE is hoping to make significant gains in the nationalist-dominated parliament with its candidate, former health minister Salvador Illa.
The executive’s proposal is part of a broader plan to reform the Spanish criminal code that also includes a review of the crime of sedition. Such a move could end up reducing the prison terms for convicted leaders of the 2017 unilateral secession attempt in Catalonia.
Separatist parties in Catalonia have boosted their parliamentary majority in the regional elections, held amid a third wave of coronavirus.
The pro-union Socialist Party, led by former health minister Salvador Illa, won the most votes to claim a narrow victory, but will struggle to form a government.
With 99% of the votes counted, the three main parties working toward an independence from Spain increased their number of seats in the 135-seat regional parliament to 74. In 2017 they won 70.
The Socialist party of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looked set to take 33 seats with 625,000 votes, but would require help from other parties - including pro-independence ones - to form a majority.
The pro-independence Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) was set for 33 seats as well, with 580,000 votes. The centre-right Together for Catalonia (JxC), won 32 seats. The far-left, pro-secession CUP party won nine seats.
The separatist parties therefore once again have the seats to form a majority in the Parliament, and negotiations over how that government will come together are expected to be held over the next few days.
The result potentially boosts pro-independence power in Catalonia, a region that saw an illegal referendum on independence held in 2017, sparking a national crisis.
The far-right Vox party entered the Catalan parliament for the first time with 11 seats, continuing its surge across Spain in recent years.
Aside from the arithmetic, the election will be remembered for being held in the midst of a third wave of coronavirus.
Stringent safety measures were put in place, with polling workers in protective gear and voter use of face masks and hand disinfectant mandatory.
Catalonia election: pro-independence parties increase majority
Catalan Socialist party finishes first as secessionists win more than half the vote on turnout of only 53%
Catalan pro-independence parties have increased their parliamentary majority following a regional election in which the unionist Socialists took the largest share of the vote and the far-right Vox party outperformed its conservative rivals to win its first seats in the northeastern Spanish region.
Sunday’s election was overshadowed by the Covid pandemic and dominated by the continuing debate over independence that has shaped and divided Catalan politics for the past decade.
For the first time, pro-independence parties took more than half the votes, winning 51% – up from 47.5% in the last regional election in December 2017. Between them, they now hold 74 of the 135 seats in the Catalan parliament, an increase of four seats.
The Catalan Socialist party (PSC) finished first, winning 33 seats – up from 17 last time – and 23% of the vote. It was followed by the pro-independence Catalan Republican Left (ERC), which took 33 seats and 21.3% of the vote, and the centre-right, pro-independence Together for Catalonia party, which came third with 32 seats and 20% of the vote.
Vox, which is the third biggest party in the national parliament, won 11 seats, breaking into the Catalan parliament for the first time and taking more seats than its rivals in the conservative People’s party (PP) and the centre-right Citizens party combined. The election was a humiliating event for both parties: Citizens, which finished first in 2017 with 36 seats, dropped to just six, while the PP – for decades the hegemonic party of the Spanish right – slumped from four seats to three.
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En Comú Podem, the coalition that includes the regional branch of the far-left anti-austerity Unidas Podemos, retained its eight seats, and the pro-independence anti-capitalist Popular Unity Candidacy won nine.
The poll was triggered last September after the region’s separatist president, Quim Torra, was banned from office for displaying pro-independence symbols on public buildings during the 2019 general election campaign.
With the election over, attention will now focus on the formation of the new regional government.
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1. Various of Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) politicians leaving after meeting
2. Various of media
3. Elected CUP lawmakers during news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Catalan) Gabriela Serra, elected regional lawmaker for Popular Unity Candidacy party:
"I hope that it will be clear that nobody is against the 'process' (towards independence). Because the 'process' didn't start on September 27 neither ends today. Neither will be over regardless if we are able to elect a president or not.This process taking place at home started way before that and it will continue with or without (Artur) Mas."
5. Cutaway
6. SOUNDBITE: (Catalan) Gabriela Serra, elected regional lawmaker for Popular Unity Candidacy party:
"We've taken this decision with decency, coherence and dignity. And we have taken it convinced that we still have days ahead for negotiations. Those who haven't made any moves have still time to do so. There are no (elections) summoned. So there is still time for negotiations. And in the meantime what will we do? Our jobs."
7. Antonio Gaudi's La Pedrera house
8. Various of street
9. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Josep Rivalta, local resident:
"We will see what happens in March. And also what will the decision of Artur Mas be. If I were him I would be leaving by the back door. But with him you never know. Because he wants to become King Arthur I of Catalonia. Let's see what happens."
10. Cutaway
11. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Antonio Turossaus, local resident:
"I think this isn't over. This continues in a new phase. It is possible they will propose another candidate, it is possible that there will be new elections, we have to wait. This is a long process."
12. Traffic in Barcelona
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A small, far-left party on Sunday voted against backing Artur Mas as leader of Catalonia's regional parliament, temporarily halting a push toward independence from Spain by the powerful northeastern region and almost certainly triggering a new local election.
Mas heads the separatist "Together for Yes" alliance that won 62 seats in the 135-seat regional parliament last September and needed the support of Popular Unity Candidacy's 10 seats to secure a workable majority.
After three months of debates, CUP members finally decided at a meeting Sunday afternoon not to support Mas as leader of a separatist coalition.
Although CUP members have said they favor the establishment of a Catalan republic separate from Spain, they have on repeated occasions said Mas was unacceptable to them as a coalition leader.
Mas ran for election in September on a platform of setting the region bordering France on a path toward independence by 2017.
As the other groups in the parliament had warned Mas they had no intention of negotiating with him and had set January 10 as a deadline for an agreement, a new regional election in March now looks inevitable.
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The Popular Unity Candidacy (Catalan:Candidatura d'Unitat Popular, CUP) is a far-left, pro-Catalan independence political party active in the Catalan Countries. The CUP has traditionally concentrated on municipal politics, and is made up of a series of autonomous candidatures that run in local elections. Its presence is strongest in Catalonia proper.
In 2012, the CUP decided for the first time to run for Catalan parliamentary elections, gaining 3 MPs out of 135. In the 2015 elections they obtained 10 MPs.
Organization
The CUP is made up of autonomous local assemblies representing towns or neighbourhoods. These assemblies may have some ideological differences, but their common ground is independence for the Catalan Countries and clear left-wing politics, often in the form of anti-capitalism, socialism, eco-socialism.
The different local candidatures are coordinated through the Municipal Assembly of the Independentist Left (AMEI in Catalan) where the details regarding their party platform are discussed. On both the local and national level, decisions are made in assembly according to the principles of deliberative democracy.