Assemblea Nacional Catalana
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The Assemblea Nacional Catalana (in English: Catalan National Assembly, ANC by its Catalan acronym) is an organization that seeks the political
Its current president is
History
The origin of the organization was the National Conference for the Catalan State (Conferència Nacional per l'Estat Propi), held on 30 April 2011 in Barcelona, in which 1,500 people participated.[citation needed] A Permanent Council and the interim secretariat were elected at this conference.[5][6]
The formal incorporation as a civic association was held on 10 March 2012, at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.[7][8] in which the statutes, internal workings, and road map to independence were approved. In April 2012, Carme Forcadell was chosen as president of the ANC, Carles Castellanos was elected vice president, Llorenç Sotorres was elected treasurer, and Jordi Martínez was elected secretary.
On 8 June 2013, the ANC held elections in which Carme Forcadell was re-elected president. Jaume Marfany was elected vice president, replacing Carles Castellanos. Jordi Martínez remained as secretary and Oriol Sallas replaced Llorenç Sotorres as treasurer.
In May 2015, Jordi Sanchez i Picanyol replaced Carme Forcadell as president of the ANC.
Campaigns and activity
The regional chapters of the ANC periodically organize a series of events in their respective areas with respect to the independence of Catalonia in preparation for the
2012
At the end of June, 2012, the so-called "March toward Independence" begun in Seu Vella (Lleida). After a series of festive, symbolic, and protest events, this march would culminate on 11 September with a massive march on Barcelona, with the slogan "Catalonia, new state in Europe". It was a historic day for the separatist camp, both for the number of people in attendance as well as the markedly pro-independence tone of the march, never before seen in such a well-attended event (estimates of the crowds range widely, from 600,000 people quoted by some media,[9] statisticians such as Llorenç Badiella from the Autonomous University of Barcelona[10] or the delegation of the Spanish government in Catalonia[11][12][13] to 1.5 million according to Catalan public sources such as Barcelona's Municipal Police or Catalonia's Department of the Interior, with a maximum estimate of about 2 million according to the organizers)[9]
Two days after the demonstration, the president of the ANC, Carme Forcadell, and four additional members of the group's board were officially received at the
As a result of the demonstration, Mas called a
2013
At the beginning of 2013, the ANC began a Fiscal Sovereignty campaign so that private citizens, businesses, and local institutions could pay taxes en masse to the Catalan Tax Agency. From May to July, 2013, they organized a crowdfunding campaign at totSuma in order to offer support to all the interested parties.
On 1 June 2013, the ANC began the "Sign a Vote for Independence" campaign, in which, through the
The Catalan National Assembly and Òmnium Cultural organized a concert, the Concert for Freedom, in Camp Nou on 29 June 2013 to show off mass support in favor of independence. Around 90,000 people attended the concert.[citation needed]
The Catalan Assembly also organized a
2014
On 29 May 2014, the ANC, with other associations, presented at El Born, the campaign El País que Volem (The Country We Want), an open participative process for citizens whose goal is to collect their proposals about how should Catalonia be when it becomes an independent state.[clarification needed][14]
The Catalan Assembly and Òmnium Cultural organized the 2014 edition of the demonstration of the Catalan national day in Barcelona. This demonstration formed a huge Catalan flag all along 11 kilometers between Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes and Diagonal avenue forming a big V for voluntat (will), as well as voting and victory. According to police there were 1.8 million and according to organizations 2.5 million people to demand for a poll on 9 November 2014.[15]
On 14 September the Catalan Assembly gave to the parliament president, Núria de Gispert, nearly 750,000 signatures collected in the campaign "Sign a vote for independence", to ask Catalan government to declare independence if the 9 November poll could not be held.[16]
2023
Of note was the abstention in Catalonia during the
Finances
The budget for 2015 was slightly over 5 million euros, from which 3.4 million were dedicated to various advertising campaigns.
See also
- Catalan Republic
- Catalan Countries
- Catalan nationalism
- History of Catalonia
- Catalan language
- Anna Arqué i Solsona
- Carles Castellanos i Llorenç
References
- ^ «L’ANC supera els 40.000 membres de ple dret per encarar un any definitiu»
- Vilaweb(in Catalan). 26 March 2015.
- ^ "L'ANC ja té 51.000 adherits, el doble de fa un any". Vilaweb (in Catalan). 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Foreign Assemblies (Assemblees Exteriors)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ La Conferència per l'Estat Propi inicia la ruta sobiranista, El Punt.
- ^ Consens i unitat per impulsar l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana, Llibertat.
- ^ Neix oficialment l'Assemblea Nacional de Catalunya per traçar el camí cap a la independència, Ara.
- ^ Neix l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana amb l'objectiu de promoure un referèndum per la independència el 2014, 324.
- ^ a b Cálculo de manifestantes >> Defensora del Lector >> Blogs El País
- ^ Badiella, Llorenç (14 September 2012). "Unas 600.000 personas en la manifestación independentista" (in Spanish). Barcelona. La Vanguardia. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ Piñol, Àngels (11 September 2012). "El independentismo catalán logra una histórica exhibición de fuerza" (in Spanish). Barcelona. El País. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Diada.- El Govern central xifra l'assistència en 600.000 persones" (in Catalan). Barcelona. Europa Press. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "La delegació del govern espanyol a Catalunya xifra en 600.000 els assistents a la manifestació de la Diada" (in Catalan). Madrid. Agència Catalana de Notícies. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- Diari Ara. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "1,8 milions de catalans reclamen votar amb una històrica V a Barcelona". elpuntavui.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ "L'ANC entrega 750,000 signatures per l'estat propi". ara.cat (in Catalan). 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ a b Europa Press (24 July 2023). "Catalunya registra la abstención más alta desde las generales del 2011". Europa Press (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ González, Germán (20 June 2023). "El soberanismo unilateral insta a la "abstención independentista" en las elecciones del 23 de julio". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Lamelas, Marcos (23 July 2023). "Mayor abstención en Cataluña que en España por la campaña de los independentistas" [Higher rate of abstention in Catalonia than in [the rest of] Spain due to the campaign of the independentists]. El Confidencial. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ Baquero, Camilo S; García Bueno, Jesús (24 July 2023). "El bloque independentista pierde el 46% de apoyos lastrado por el voto en clave estatal". El País. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ L'ANC paga més de 250.000 euros a l'Estat - Notícies societat - e-noticies
- ^ "La Asamblea Nacional Catalana paga su deuda fiscal para «blindarse cuatro años»". 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Protección de Datos sanciona a la ANC y a Òmnium por la 'gigaencuesta'". 20 November 2015.
External links
- Assemblea Nacional Catalana Archived 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in English, Catalan, and Spanish)
- Assemblea Nacional Catalana International (in English)