National Front of Catalonia (2013)

The National Front of Catalonia (Catalan: Front Nacional de Catalunya, FNC) is a Catalan xenophobic[1][3][4][5] and pro-independence[1][2] political party, presented in 2013.[6] It had a local councilor in Ripoll between 2019 and 2020.[3][7] Their main ideological principles are Catalan nationalism and opposition to immigration.[8]

This article is about the current radical right party. For the past progressive party, see National Front of Catalonia.
National Front of Catalonia

Front Nacional de Catalunya
Founded18 November 1999
IdeologyCatalan nationalism
Anti-immigration
Social market economy
Political positionFar-right[1][2]
Councillors
0 / 9,069
Website
https://elfront.cat

History

Foundation

The party was registered in 1999 with the same name as the National Front of Catalonia, which had dissolved in 1990.[9] In 2013 Jordi Casacubera i Pérez, Pere Soler i Montoliu, Miquel Àngel Rodríguez i Fernàndez and Moisès Font i Casademont publicly launched the party. Jordi Casacuberta had been a member of the National Front of Catalonia, Catalan State, Republican Left of Catalonia, Catalan National Unity and Reagrupament. Pere Soler and Miquel Àngel Rodríguez had been members of the Democratic Union of Catalonia, and Moisès Font had been councilor of Platform for Catalonia in Olot and territorial president of PxC in Girona.[6][10][11]

Former members of the original FNC made a statement saying that when they had dissolved the FNC in 1990, they had approved in the last General Assembly that no-one would use the name in future, and that the ideology defended by the new FNC was different from the progressivism that the original FNC stood for.[6] On June 27, 2014, Jordi Casacuberta i Pere Soler re-introduced the party with the name of National Democratic Bloc in Girona. They were defined as social conservatives and republicans.[12]

They wanted to present tenths of lists for the 2015 local elections, but finally they didn't do so. The party announced they would not participate in Catalan regional elections before independence in order to avoid dividing the vote.[12][10]

2019 local elections

In the 2019 local elections, the party presented a list in Ripoll, with the same name as the National Front of Catalonia, dissolved in 1990. The first on the list was Sílvia Orriols Serra and the second candidate was Fina Guix, who had been a councilor for Convergència i Unió in the previous legislature.[13] Alternative for Ripoll, the Republican Left of Catalonia, Together for Catalonia and the Socialists' Party of Catalonia pledged not to negotiate or work with the other two candidates from the FNC and Som Catalans, because they believed they were racist.[14] The FNC denied this allegation.[15] The party obtained 503 votes (9.44%) and Sílvia Orriols Serra was elected as a councilor.[16]

During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, Sílvia Orriols left the FNC because of differences with the party on how to «face the serious national situation and the problem of immigration». As she continued to be councilor, the FNC was left without representation.[7]

References
  1. Pareja, Pol. "La ultraderecha se hace fuerte en Ripoll dos años después del atentado del 17A". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  2. Faus, Joan (2019-05-23). "La ultradreta es presenta a 52 municipis catalans". EL PAÍS (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  3. 324cat (2019-05-26). "Vox obté 3 regidors a Salt i el Front Nacional de Catalunya entra a Ripoll". CCMA (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  4. "JxCat manté el bastió de Girona i Madrenas repetirà com a alcaldessa". Ara.cat (in Catalan). 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  5. Pàmies, Carme Martínez, Raül Muxach, Jordi Altesa Cabanas, David Parreño Mont, Clara (2019-05-25). "JxCat guanya a la demarcació". Cadena SER (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  6. "They prepare the presentation of a "new" National Front of Catalonia". Llibertat.cat. 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  7. "La regidora del Front Nacional a Ripoll estripa el carnet arran del coronavirus". El Món (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  8. "Front Nacional de Catalunya presenta candidatura a Ripoll". Ripollès Digital (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  9. "Formaciones policies inscribed" (in Spanish). Spanish Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved March 8, 2006.
  10. "Exmilitantes de Unió, ERC and Plataforma recast the FNC" (in Spanish). E-News. 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  11. Valeri, X. (2012-04-18). "Moses Source Plega and Rosa Llandrich enters PxC at the Town Council of Olot". Diari de Girona. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  12. Artigas, Lurdes. "Es presenta un partit sobiranista conservador - 30 juny 2014". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  13. "L'alcalde de Ripoll cessa una regidora de govern després de saber que es presentarà de 2 per una altra candidatura". el9nou.cat. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  14. NacióRipollès. "Front Nacional de Catalunya i Som Catalans, aïllats per la resta de partits a Ripoll | NacióRipollès". www.naciodigital.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  15. "Apareixen dues candidatures islamòfobes a Ripoll". ElNacional.cat. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  16. NacióDigital. "Resultats eleccions municipals 2019 a Ripoll, Ripollès (Girona) | NacióDigital". www.naciodigital.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.