Valents
{{Infobox political party
| name = Brave
| native_name = Valents
| logo = Logo Valents.cat.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| colorcode = {{party color|Valents}}
| president = Eva Parera
| leader2_title = Secretary General
| leader2_name = Albert Guivernau
| founder = Manuel Valls
| founded = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|03|28}}
| dissolved = 15 July 2023
| predecessor =
| merged =
| split =
| headquarters = Plaça de Sant Jaume, 1, planta 2
08002, Barcelona
| youth_wing =
| membership =
| national =
| international =
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| europarl =
| colors =
| ideology = Liberal conservatism
Spanish unionism
| position = Centre-right
| slogan = ¡Cataluña es mucho más!
| symbol =
| website = {{url|valents.cat}}
| country = Spain
| state = Catalonia
}}
Brave ({{langx|ca|Valents}}), founded as Barcelona for Change ({{langx|ca|link=no|Barcelona pel Canvi}}), was a political party in Catalonia, founded by former Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls to contest the 2019 Barcelona City Council election.{{cite news |last=Segura |first=Cristian |date=4 April 2019 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/04/03/catalunya/1554284547_420072.html |title=Manuel Valls registra su propio partido |language=Spanish |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=19 May 2021}} A month after the elections, BCNCanvi and Cs broke their collaboration in the Barcelona City Council, forming two separate groups in the city council, with 4 councillors for Cs and 2 for BCNcanvi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2019-06-17/ciudadanos-rompe-valls-concejales-ayuntamiento-barcelona_2075194/|title=Ciudadanos rompe oficialmente con Valls: Sus tres concejales tendrán grupo propio|date=17 June 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20190618/462956642911/corbacho-rompe-valls-une-grupo-municipal-cs.html|title = Celestino Corbacho rompe con Manuel Valls|date = 18 June 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/es/accion-de-gobierno/el-consejo-municipal|title=Consejo Municipal|date=15 October 2015}}
In June 2021, Marilén Barceló, one of the 4 councillors of Cs, would defect to BCNCanvi.{{Cite web|url=https://beteve.cat/politica/marilen-barcelo-deixa-ciutadans-passa-barcelona-pel-canvi/|title = Marilén Barceló deixa Cs per Barcelona pel Canvi | betevé| date=31 May 2021 }}{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2021-06-01/una-concejal-de-ciudadanos-de-barcelona-se-pasa-al-grupo-impulsado-por-manuel-valls.html|title=Una concejal de Ciudadanos de Barcelona se pasa al grupo impulsado por Manuel Valls|date=June 2021}} In December 2021, the party was refounded by Eva Parera with the current name: Valents.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/catalunya/politica/abci-valents-barcelona-canvi-salto-para-convertirse-partido-autonomico-202112200914_noticia.html?|title = 'Valents': Barcelona pel Canvi da el salto para convertirse en partido autonómico|date = 20 December 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.economiadigital.es/politica/barcelona-pel-canvi-transforma-valents-salto-politica-catalana.html|title = Barcelona pel Canvi se transforma en Valents para dar el salto a la política catalana}}
History
=Beginning=
Manuel Valls announced in a press conference in 2018 the name of the party focused on the 2019 Barcelona City Council election and his bid for the Mayor of Barcelona. On 23 October 2018, Valls positioned himself as the candidate of all the Barcelonese «elites», even the cultural ones. {{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
BCNcanvi was supported by other politicians from Cs such as Inés Arrimadas, Units per Avançar, Lliures and businessmen and media personalities such as Josep Maria Bricall
On 22 January 2019, Lliures decided to join the lists of BCNcanvi, followed by Unión Progreso y Democracia in February 2019.
Afterwards, in an attempt to gain votes from the PSC, Valls presented former socialist minister, Celestino Corbacho as number 3 on his lists, followed by politicians from Cs and Units per Avançar (Eva Parera)
=Elections Aftermath and Breakup=
The list obtained 6 councillors, however the coalition fell apart as soon as Valls announced his support for the re-election of Ada Colau, leaving BCNcanvi with 3 councillors, soon to be 2 after Celestino Corbacho defected to Cs{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/06/18/catalunya/1560849359_547252.html|title = Corbacho se suma a Ciudadanos y deja a Valls con dos concejales|newspaper = El País|last1 = Segura|first1 = Cristian}}
=Valents and establishment of a brand=
In December 2021, the party changed its name to Valents.
In January 2022, 2 former MPs of Citizens joined Valents with Eva Parera, Jorge Soler González becoming chair of Valents in Girona and Jean Castel in Lleida.
As well, the 3 councillors of Citizens in Sitges defected to Valents.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20220117/grupo-municipal-cs-sitges-valents-13108102|title = El grupo municipal de Cs en Sitges se pasa en bloque a Valents|date = 17 January 2022}}
On 24 January it was announced that the 80 members of Centrats per Tarragona switched over to Valents, along with the 2 councillors in La Pobla de Montornès.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/catalunya/abci-valents-incorpora-80-militantes-centrats-tarragona-202201240931_noticia.html|title=Valents incorpora a los 80 militantes de Centrats per Tarragona|date=24 January 2022}}