Democratic Convergence of Catalonia

The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (Catalan: Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya, CDC; ) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with Democratic Union of Catalonia, it forms part of the Convergence and Union (Convergència i Unió, CiU) coalition. It is affiliated with the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party and with the Liberal International. Between the early 1980s and early 2000s, it was the main ruling party in Catalonia. Jordi Pujol, the leader of CDC, was president of Catalonia for 23 years. After spending 7 years in opposition, it came back to power in the 2010 parliamentary elections.

It is the most important political organization in Catalonia with more than 60,000 members, and about 30% of the votes in national elections.

It describes itself as Catalan nationalist and takes more or less the position of a centre-right liberal party in Catalan politics. During the decade of the late 70s and 80s it claimed a social democratic strand within its ranks, namely personified in militants such as Ramon Trias Fargas or Miquel Sellarès.

The President of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia is Jordi Pujol i Soley, and its General Secretary is Artur Mas, who is the party's leader.

The section of CDC in the Occitan-speaking Val d'Aran is known as the Aranese Democratic Convergence.

In the press and in the media, it is frequently called just Convergència, and its members are known as convergents in Catalan and convergentes in Spanish.

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