Democratic Union–Broad Centre

Democratic Union–Broad Centre (Catalan: Unió Democràtica–Centre Ampli, UDCA) was a Catalan political party founded in November 1978 by Antón Cañellas,[3][4] together with other former Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) members—such as Francesc Blanch i Terrades, Santiago Guillén or Josep-Rafel Carreras de Nadal—after being expelled from the UDC because of his support to the electoral platform established by the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) and the Union of the Centre of Catalonia (UCC).[1][2] The party would be officially registered in the interior ministry on 19 December 1978,[5] with Cañellas as its secretary-general.[6]

Democratic Union–Broad Centre

Unió Democràtica–Centre Ampli
Secretary-GeneralAntón Cañellas
Founded14 November 1978 (1978-11-14)
Dissolved22 December 1979 (1979-12-22)
Split fromDemocratic Union of Catalonia
Merged intoCentrists of Catalonia
NewspaperCentre Ampli
Membership (1979)300[1]
IdeologyChristian democracy[2]
Centrism[2]
Political positionCentre to centre-right
Regional affiliationCentrists of Catalonia

In December 1979 it would be merged into the Centrists of Catalonia alliance,[7][8] with Cañellas becoming the president of the newly unified party.[9] At the time of its dissolution, the party had 300 members.[1]

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales
Cortes Generales
Election Catalonia
Congress Senate
Votes % # Seats +/– Seats +/–
1979 Within CC–UCD
1 / 47
 1
0 / 16
 0

References
  1. Culla i Clarà, Joan B. (1989). "L'evolució de l'espai centrista a Catalunya (1976-1982)" (PDF). Working Papers (in Catalan). Barcelona: Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials (4). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. "Unió Democràtica/Centre Ampli". www.enciclopedia.cat (in Catalan). Diccionari dels Partits Polítics de Catalunya, segle XX. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. Llorens Pascual, F. (15 November 1978). "Denuncia a Unió Democrática de desviacionismo independentista". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  4. Llorens Pascual, F. (25 November 1978). "«Hem fet una Constitució per a l'autonomia: aprofitem-la»". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  5. "Cañellas presenta la inscripción del partido UDCA". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Madrid. Europa Press. 20 December 1978. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  6. "I Legislatura (1979-1982). Cañellas Balcells, Antón". www.congreso.es (in Spanish). Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. Canals, Enric (21 December 1979). "Dificultades para la fusión de los tres grupos centristas catalanes". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  8. Quintà, Alfons (22 December 1979). "Folchi no asistirá al congreso de fusión de los centristas catalanes". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  9. Quintà, Alfons; Solé, Ramón (23 December 1979). "Antón Cañellas, elegido presidente de los centristas catalanes en el congreso de Gerona". El País (in Spanish). Gerona. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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