Som Catalans | |
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Founded | 2014 |
Split from | Plataforma per Catalunya |
Ideology | Catalan independence |
Political position | Far-right |
Councillors in Catalonia | 0 / 9,069
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Som Catalans (SOM; English: "We are Catalans") is a xenophobic and independentist party, [1] [2] active in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia and founded in 2014 by Ester Gallego and Enric Ravello, following a scission from Platform for Catalonia. [3]
The party, classified as part of the identitarian movement, [4] maintains relations with other European movements such as Vlaams Belang ( Flanders, Belgium), Lega Nord ( Italy), and Casal Europa ( Northern Catalonia, France). [3] [5]
In the 2015 local elections, the party contested in Vic without obtaining any representation. [6] In the 2019 local elections, the party contested in Llagostera, Sabadell, Sant Feliu de Guíxols and Ripoll without obtaining any representation anywhere. [7] [8] [9] [10]