Catalan Alliance From Scratch: January 9 Is the Political Launch

TVS News AI, editorially supervised, presents Catalan Alliance From Scratch: January 9 Is the Political Launch.

On January 9, a new political initiative from the Basque nationalist left is due to make its first public appearance: Aliança Catalana “a la vasca”. According to ABC.es, Basque nationalists on the left are preparing a new alliance under the name “Dissidence of the Basque Nationalist Left”. If you have been following the previously unnamed alliance, the question that is likely to matter most is: What political line will it bring to the election campaign in the Basque Country and Navarra?

Those involved also want to build a party with which they can contest the foral and autonomous elections in May in Euskal Herria and Navarra. A first draft of their political program is already available, but according to ABC.es it became known through a press leak. Formal organization is still pending: The movement still has neither a name nor any visible faces.

It is therefore important to distinguish between the political intention and the paper already available. The public presentation is scheduled for January 9. The program and statutes, by contrast, are due to be adopted at a first assembly in early next year.

What Will Become Visible on January 9

The public presentation

According to the report, the initiative's visible phase begins on January 9. Until then, those involved apparently remain without a publicly known name and without faces that can be identified. The launch therefore resembles the presentation of a political program more than the appearance of an already fully established organization.

For prospective voters, that is a clear distinction: On January 9, you will be able to learn about the political direction, but you cannot yet assume that a finished party organization is in place. The actual formal foundation follows with the first assembly. According to ABC.es, both the political program and the statutes are due to be adopted there.

The Program Draft Stands for Autonomy and Sovereignty

A Basque nationalist and municipal-political approach

The leaked draft describes a party with a Basque nationalist orientation. According to ABC.es, the program is intended to include measures with an autonomist, sovereigntist and anti-migration-policy character. The focus is therefore not solely on the question of independence, but also on political and municipal autonomy.

The position on immigration is particularly clear-cut. The new initiative explicitly wants to distance itself from positions held by the “postmodern left” on immigration policy. ABC.es summarizes the line of the program draft with a distinctly anti-migration-policy addition.

All of Africa and all of Latin America do not fit into Euskal Herria.

A New Left Against the “Postmodern Left”

Differentiation as the programmatic center

According to the report, the planned party is emerging from dissenters within the Basque nationalist left. Its distancing from the “postmodern left” is therefore a central feature. According to ABC.es's summary, this primarily concerns immigration policy.

It is precisely this combination that makes the launch interesting: The movement wants to combine Basque nationalist goals with a markedly restrictive immigration policy. At the same time, the picture remains incomplete. The draft provides programmatic signals; the names of those involved, the concrete party organization and the final adoption of the program and statutes remain unknown.

By May, It Is Supposed to Become a Party for Two Electoral Arenas

Party building, assembly and electoral goal

The political timetable is clearly laid out: January 9 for the public presentation, a first assembly in early next year to adopt the program and statutes, and then participation in the foral and autonomous elections in May in Euskal Herria and Navarra.

Aliança Catalana “a la vasca” is therefore pursuing an ambitious goal: Within a few months, an initiative that has so far been visible only programmatically is to become an election-ready party. For its political positioning in both electoral territories, it will be crucial to see what is presented concretely after January 9 and which statutes the assembly adopts.

The current state can be summarized as follows: A new Basque nationalist party is taking shape, a first draft of its program is known, and its political line is unambiguous. Its name, faces and final organizational form remain unresolved. The January 9 launch provides the next concrete date on which to check whether this political alliance translates the announced line into practice.