Catalunya en Comú

{{Infobox political party

| name = Catalonia in Common

| native_name = Catalunya en Comú

| logo = Catalunya en Comú 2024 (2) Logo.svg

| colorcode = {{party color|Catalunya en Comú}}

| abbreviation = CatEnComú, CatComú

| leader1_title = Coordinator-National

| leader1_name = Ada Colau, Jéssica Albiach and Candela López

| founded = {{Start date|df=yes|2016|12|19}}

| headquarters = C/ Or, 44, 3º-2ª
08012, Barcelona

| youth_wing = Joves Ecosocialistes

| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|Green politics{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |year=2017 |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/catalonia.html |title=Catalonia/Spain |website=Parties and Elections in Europe |access-date=3 October 2018}}|Left-wing populism|Catalanism}}

| position = Left-wing

| national = Unidas Podemos (2016–2023)
Sumar (since 2023)

| regional = En Comú Podem (2016–2024)
Catalunya en Comú–Podem (2017–2020)
Comuns Sumar (since 2024)

| european = European Green Party (associate member)

| europarl = Greens/EFA

| international = Progressive International{{Cite web|url=https://progressive.international/movement/article/2020-10-14-progressive-international-election-observer-mission-lands-in-bolivia/en|title = Progressive International election observer mission lands in Bolivia}}

| blank1_title = Members

| blank1 = See list of members

| seats1_title = European Parliament (Spanish seats)

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|61|hex={{party color|Catalunya en Comú}}}}

| seats2_title = Congress of Deputies (Catalan seats)

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|6|48|hex={{party color|Catalunya en Comú}}}}

| seats3_title = Spanish Senate (Catalan seats)

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|23|hex={{party color|Catalunya en Comú}}}}

| seats4_title = Parliament of Catalonia

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|5|135|hex={{party color|Catalunya en Comú}}}}

| seats5_title = Mayors

| seats5 = {{Composition bar|8|946|hex={{party color|Catalunya en Comú}}}}

| seats6_title = Town councillors

| seats6 = {{Composition bar|244|9077|hex={{party color|Catalunya en Comú}}}}

| website = {{url|https://comuns.cat/}}

| country = Spain

| state = Catalonia

}}

Catalunya en Comú ({{langx|en|"Catalonia in Common"}}, CatEnComú or CatComú), previously Un País en Comú ({{langx|en|"A Country in Common"}}) and collectively dubbed as Comuns ({{langx|en|Commons}}),{{cite news |last=Pérez Oliva |first=Milagros |date=6 November 2016 |url=http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2016/11/06/catalunya/1478448806_134878.html |title=El nuevo espacio de Els Comuns |language=Spanish |newspaper=El País |access-date=13 March 2017}}{{cite news |last=De Delàs |first=Marià |date=24 January 2017 |url=http://www.publico.es/politica/els-comuns-apuestan-republica-catalana.html |title='Els Comuns' apuestan por una república catalana, sin precisar qué relación desean con el Estado español |language=Spanish |newspaper=Público |access-date=13 March 2017}} is a Catalan-based political party established in December 2016 as an umbrella for Barcelona en Comú, Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV), United and Alternative Left (EUiA) and Equo, which until then had been collaborating through electoral alliances under the Catalunya Sí que es Pot and En Comú Podem labels in the September 2015 regional and December 2015 and June 2016 general elections.

Its spokesman until 2018 was En Comú Podem's spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies, Xavier Domènech, with the new party being sponsored by Mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau.{{cite news |last=Sallés |first=Quico |date=29 January 2017 |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20170129/413817059149/colau-comunes-presentacion-un-pais-en-comu.html |title=Colau insta a los comunes a "no mirarse el ombligo" y superar las siglas |language=Spanish |newspaper=La Vanguardia |location=Barcelona |access-date=13 March 2017}} It contested the 2017 Catalan regional election under the Catalunya en Comú–Podem label, in coalition with Podemos, then joined the En Comú Podem alliance ahead of the April and November 2019 Spanish general elections.

History

The first steps for constituting the political space previously represented by the Catalunya Sí que es Pot and En Comú Podem alliances into a permanent political party can be traced to January 2016, when the party's trademark was provisionally registered in the interior ministry and Mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau announced her intention of establishing her own, autonomous party separate from Podemos.{{cite news |last1=Blanchar |first1=Clara |last2=Piñol |first2=Àngels |date=26 January 2016 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2016/01/25/catalunya/1453720323_269509.html |title=Colau y sus socios impulsan un nuevo partido separado de Podemos |language=Spanish |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=19 July 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://sede.mir.gob.es/nfrontal/webpartido_politico.html |title=Registro de Partidos Políticos |language=Spanish |website=sede.mir.gob.es |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=19 July 2020}} On 19 December 2016, the "Un País en Comú" ({{langx|en|"A Country in Common"}}) platform was launched with the aim of constituting the political space previously represented by the Catalunya Sí que es Pot and En Comú Podem alliances into a permanent political party.{{cite news |agency=EFE |date=16 December 2016 |url=http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2016/12/16/catalunya/1481910317_621688.html |title=Un País en Comú, nombre provisional de la nueva formación de Ada Colau |language=Spanish |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=13 March 2017}}

The platform's establishment had been supported by Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV), United and Alternative Left (EUiA), Barcelona en Comú and Equo,{{cite news |agency=Europa Press |date=19 December 2016 |url=https://www.infolibre.es/noticias/politica/2016/12/19/pais_comu_constituira_abril_impulsado_por_117_promotores_entre_ellos_xavi_domenech_58942_1012.html |title=Un País en Comú se constituirá en abril impulsado por 117 promotores, entre ellos Xavier Domènech |language=Spanish |newspaper=infoLibre |access-date=19 July 2020}} with it holding its first public event on 29 January 2017 in Barcelona,{{cite news |agency=EFE |date=19 December 2016 |url=http://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2016/12/19/585829bc468aeb5f7e8b46d9.html |title=Los 'comunes' buscan ser fuerza "ganadora" en su manifiesto fundacional |language=Spanish |newspaper=El Mundo |location=Barcelona |access-date=13 March 2017}}{{cite news |last=Pascual |first=Roger |date=19 December 2016 |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20161219/en-comu-podem-presenta-promotora-nueva-sede-5701557 |title=En Comú Podem nacerá el 1 de abril |language=Spanish |newspaper=El Periódico de Catalunya |access-date=18 July 2020}} and the party's founding congress on 8 April.{{cite news |last=Casado |first=Marta |date=8 April 2017 |url=https://www.elnacional.cat/es/politica/asamblea-partido-colau_149898_102.html |title=La asamblea fundacional de los comuns en ocho claves |language=Spanish |newspaper=El Nacional |location=Barcelona |access-date=18 July 2020}} Organizational disagreements in March over the voting system selected to elect the leadership team and the ideological principles that should govern the new platform had seen regional Podemos/Podem leader, Albano Dante Fachin, opting out of the founding congress at the last moment, promising future collaboration with the other constituent parties but rejecting to integrate Podem into the new party.{{cite news |last=Rubio |first=Cristina |date=6 March 2017 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2017/03/06/58bd515046163f7a3c8b45bd.html |title=La dirección de Podem se desmarca del nuevo partido de Colau |language=Spanish |newspaper=El Mundo |location=Barcelona |access-date=19 July 2020}}{{cite news |last=Pascual |first=Roger |date=19 March 2017 |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20170319/la-baja-participacion-invalida-la-consulta-de-podem-5909794 |title=La baja participación pone en duda la validez de la consulta de Podem |language=Spanish |newspaper=El Periódico de Catalunya |access-date=19 July 2020}}{{cite news |agency=Agencias |date=29 March 2017 |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20170329/421292519837/podem-condiciones-participar-fundacion-comuns.html |title=Fachin rompe con el nuevo partido de Colau antes de su fundación |language=Spanish |newspaper=La Vanguardia |location=Barcelona |access-date=19 July 2020}} Despite this, several Podem members disaffected with Fachin's leadership, such as Jéssica Albiach o Marc Bertomeu, did join the new party on their own accord.{{cite news |date=4 February 2017 |url=https://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/politica/jessica-albiach-direccion-podem-catalunya_1_3596677.html |title=Jéssica Albiach dimite de la dirección de Podem Catalunya |language=Spanish |newspaper=eldiario.es |access-date=19 July 2020}}{{cite news |agency=Agencias |date=23 March 2017 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2017/05/23/59248f75ca4741f72e8b466b.html |title=Podem cesa al crítico Bertomeu |language=Spanish |newspaper=El Mundo |location=Barcelona |access-date=19 July 2020}}{{cite news |date=27 March 2017 |url=https://www.europapress.es/catalunya/noticia-albiach-presenta-lista-podem-alternativa-fachin-dirigir-comuns-20170327151640.html |title=Albiach presenta una lista de Podem alternativa a la de Fachin para dirigir los 'comuns' |language=Spanish |publisher=Europa Press |location=Barcelona |access-date=19 July 2020}}

The definitive name of the party was to be chosen in a voting among party members following the founding assembly, with several proposals being registered in advance to prevent a similar case as what happened to the "Guanyem" trademark in 2014: Catalunya en Comú (Catalan for "Catalonia in Common"), En Comú Podem ("In Common We Can"), En Comú ("In Common") or Comuns ("Commons").{{cite news |last1=Pascual |first1=Roger |last2=Regué |first2=Júlia |date=10 January 2017 |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20170110/comuns-registran-varios-nombres-evitar-caso-guanyem-5734119 |title=Los 'comuns' registran varios nombres para evitar el caso de Guanyem |language=Spanish |newspaper=El Periódico de Catalunya |location=Barcelona |access-date=19 July 2020}}{{cite news |last=Pascual |first=Roger |date=27 March 2017 |url=http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/politica/xavier-domenech-lista-ejecutiva-comuns-5928995 |title=Domènech presenta su lista y Podem agudiza su fractura |language=Spanish |newspaper=El Periódico de Catalunya |access-date=28 March 2017}} In a final voting held on 22 May 2017, name "Catalunya en Comú" was picked by party members over "En Comú Podem" in a 54–46% vote.{{cite news |agency=EFE |date=22 May 2017 |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20170522/422808172928/catalunya-en-comu-nombre-partido-ada-colau.html |title=Catalunya en Comú, nombre definitivo del partido de Ada Colau |language=Spanish |newspaper=La Vanguardia |location=Barcelona |access-date=22 May 2017}}{{cite news |last=Pascual |first=Roger |date=22 May 2017 |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20170522/catalunya-en-comu-nombre-partido-ada-colau-comuns-6052799 |title=El partido de Ada Colau se llamará Catalunya en Comú |language=Spanish |newspaper=El Periódico de Catalunya |access-date=28 March 2017}}

Composition

=Current members=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"
colspan="2"\| Party ! Notes
width="1" bgcolor="{{party color\|Barcelona en Comú}}"\| \| Barcelona in Common (BComú) \|
bgcolor="{{party color\|Greens Equo}}"\| \| Greens Equo (VQ) \|
bgcolor="{{party color\|United Left Catalonia}}"\| \| United Left Catalonia (EUCat) \| Founded in July 2019.{{cite news \|last=Camps \|first=Carlota \|date=3 July 2019 \|url=https://www.elnacional.cat/es/politica/ruptura-euia-izquierda-unida-garzon_400573_102.html \|title=La ruptura entre EUiA e IU se consuma: Garzón promueve una escisión en Catalunya \|language=Spanish \|newspaper=El Nacional \|location=Barcelona \|access-date=10 July 2020}}
bgcolor="{{party color\|Green Left (Catalonia)}}"\| \| Green Left (EV) \| Founded in March 2021.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ara.cat/politica/icv-completa-seva-refundacio-esquerra-verda-constitueix-partit-comuns_1_3900099.html\|title = ICV completa la seva refundació: Esquerra Verda es constitueix com a partit dins dels comuns\|date = 13 March 2021}}

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colspan="2"| Party

! Notes

width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Barcelona en Comú}}"|

| Barcelona in Common (BComú)

bgcolor="{{party color|Greens Equo}}"|

| Greens Equo (VQ)

bgcolor="{{party color|United Left Catalonia}}"|

| United Left Catalonia (EUCat)

| Founded in July 2019.{{cite news |last=Camps |first=Carlota |date=3 July 2019 |url=https://www.elnacional.cat/es/politica/ruptura-euia-izquierda-unida-garzon_400573_102.html |title=La ruptura entre EUiA e IU se consuma: Garzón promueve una escisión en Catalunya |language=Spanish |newspaper=El Nacional |location=Barcelona |access-date=10 July 2020}}

bgcolor="{{party color|Green Left (Catalonia)}}"|

| Green Left (EV)

| Founded in March 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ara.cat/politica/icv-completa-seva-refundacio-esquerra-verda-constitueix-partit-comuns_1_3900099.html|title = ICV completa la seva refundació: Esquerra Verda es constitueix com a partit dins dels comuns|date = 13 March 2021}}

=Former members=

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colspan="2"\| Party ! Notes
bgcolor="{{party color\|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"\| \| Podem (Podemos/Podem) \| Left in 2017.
bgcolor="{{party color\|Initiative for Catalonia Greens}}"\| \| Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) \| Dissolved in 2019.
bgcolor="{{party color\| United and Alternative Left}}"\| \| United and Alternative Left (EUiA) \| Expelled in 2019.

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colspan="2"| Party

! Notes

bgcolor="{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"|

| Podem (Podemos/Podem)

| Left in 2017.

bgcolor="{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia Greens}}"|

| Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV)

| Dissolved in 2019.

bgcolor="{{party color| United and Alternative Left}}"|

| United and Alternative Left (EUiA)

| Expelled in 2019.

Electoral performance

=Parliament of Catalonia=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
colspan="8" align="center"\| Parliament of Catalonia
width="75"\| Election ! width="70"\| Votes ! width="35"\| % ! width="25"\| # ! Seats ! width="35"\| +/– ! Leading candidate ! Status in legislature
2017 \| colspan="3"\| Within CatComú–Podem \| {{Composition bar\|5\|135\|hex={{party color\|Catalunya en Comú}}}} \| 10px1{{efn\|Compared to Initiative for Catalonia Greens and United and Alternative Left totals (within Catalunya Sí que es Pot) in the 2015 regional election.}} \| Xavier Domènech \| style="background:#fcc;"\| Opposition
2021 \| colspan="3"\| Within ECP-PEC \| {{Composition bar\|6\|135\|hex={{party color\|Catalunya en Comú}}}} \| 10px1 \| Jéssica Albiach \| style="background:#fcc;"\| Opposition
2024 \| colspan="3"\| Within Comuns Sumar \| {{Composition bar\|5\|135\|hex={{party color\|Catalunya en Comú}}}} \| 10px1 \| Jéssica Albiach \| style="background:#efb;" align="center"\|Confidence and supply

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"

colspan="8" align="center"| Parliament of Catalonia

width="75"| Election

! width="70"| Votes

! width="35"| %

! width="25"| #

! Seats

! width="35"| +/–

! Leading candidate

! Status in legislature

2017

| colspan="3"| Within CatComú–Podem

| {{Composition bar|5|135|hex={{party color|Catalunya en Comú}}}}

| 10px1{{efn|Compared to Initiative for Catalonia Greens and United and Alternative Left totals (within Catalunya Sí que es Pot) in the 2015 regional election.}}

| Xavier Domènech

| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition

2021

| colspan="3"| Within ECP-PEC

| {{Composition bar|6|135|hex={{party color|Catalunya en Comú}}}}

| 10px1

| Jéssica Albiach

| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition

2024

| colspan="3"| Within Comuns Sumar

| {{Composition bar|5|135|hex={{party color|Catalunya en Comú}}}}

| 10px1

| Jéssica Albiach

| style="background:#efb;" align="center"|Confidence and supply

=Cortes Generales=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;"
colspan="8" align="center"\| Cortes Generales
rowspan="3" width="75"\| Election ! colspan="7"\| Catalonia
colspan="5"\| Congress ! colspan="2"\| Senate
width="70"\| Votes ! width="35"\| % ! width="25"\| # ! Seats ! width="35"\| +/– ! Seats ! width="35"\| +/–
2019 (Apr) \| colspan="3"\| Within ECP–GeC \| {{Composition bar\|5\|48\|hex={{party color\|En Comú Podem}}}} \| 10px4{{efn\|name="ECP"\|Compared to Barcelona en Comú, Initiative for Catalonia Greens and United and Alternative Left totals (within En Comú Podem) in the 2016 general election.}} \| {{Composition bar\|0\|16\|hex={{party color\|En Comú Podem}}}} \| 10px2{{efn\|name="ECP"}}
2019 (Nov) \| colspan="3"\| Within ECP–GeC \| {{Composition bar\|5\|48\|hex={{party color\|En Comú Podem}}}} \| 10px0 \| {{Composition bar\|0\|16\|hex={{party color\|En Comú Podem}}}} \| 10px0
2023 \| colspan="3"\| Within Sumar–ECP \| {{Composition bar\|5\|48\|hex={{party color\|En Comú Podem}}}} \| 10px0 \| {{Composition bar\|0\|16\|hex={{party color\|En Comú Podem}}}} \| 10px0

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colspan="8" align="center"| Cortes Generales

rowspan="3" width="75"| Election

! colspan="7"| Catalonia

colspan="5"| Congress

! colspan="2"| Senate

width="70"| Votes

! width="35"| %

! width="25"| #

! Seats

! width="35"| +/–

! Seats

! width="35"| +/–

2019 (Apr)

| colspan="3"| Within ECP–GeC

| {{Composition bar|5|48|hex={{party color|En Comú Podem}}}}

| 10px4{{efn|name="ECP"|Compared to Barcelona en Comú, Initiative for Catalonia Greens and United and Alternative Left totals (within En Comú Podem) in the 2016 general election.}}

| {{Composition bar|0|16|hex={{party color|En Comú Podem}}}}

| 10px2{{efn|name="ECP"}}

2019 (Nov)

| colspan="3"| Within ECP–GeC

| {{Composition bar|5|48|hex={{party color|En Comú Podem}}}}

| 10px0

| {{Composition bar|0|16|hex={{party color|En Comú Podem}}}}

| 10px0

2023

| colspan="3"| Within Sumar–ECP

| {{Composition bar|5|48|hex={{party color|En Comú Podem}}}}

| 10px0

| {{Composition bar|0|16|hex={{party color|En Comú Podem}}}}

| 10px0

=European Parliament=

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colspan="8" align="center"\| European Parliament
width="75"\| Election ! Leading candidate ! width="70"\| Votes ! width="35"\| % ! width="25"\| # ! Seats ! width="35"\| +/– ! EP Group
2019 \| Ernest Urtasun \| colspan="3"\| Within UPCE \| {{Composition bar\|1\|59\|hex={{party color\|Catalunya en Comú}}}} \| 10px1 \| rowspan=2 \| Greens/EFA
2024 \| Jaume Asens \| colspan="3"\| Within Sumar \| {{Composition bar\|1\|61\|hex={{party color\|Catalunya en Comú}}}} \| 10px0

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"

colspan="8" align="center"| European Parliament

width="75"| Election

! Leading candidate

! width="70"| Votes

! width="35"| %

! width="25"| #

! Seats

! width="35"| +/–

! EP Group

2019

| Ernest Urtasun