Catalan European Democratic Party
Catalan European Democratic Party Partit Demòcrata Europeu Català | |
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| Abbreviation | PDeCAT |
| Founder | Artur Mas |
| Founded | 10 July 2016 |
| Dissolved | 23 October 2023 |
| Preceded by | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia |
| Headquarters | C/ Calàbria, 169, 1ª 08015, Barcelona |
| Youth wing | Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (until 2020) |
| Membership (2020) | 5,000 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
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| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (until 2018) |
| Colors | Blue Yellow |
| Website | |
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The Catalan European Democratic Party (Catalan: Partit Demòcrata Europeu Català, PDeCAT, sometimes stylized as PDECat), initially branded as the Catalan Democratic Party (Catalan: Partit Demòcrata Català, PDC), was a liberal political party in Spain that supported Catalan independence. The party was founded in Barcelona on 10 July 2016 and dissolved on 28 October 2023. PDeCAT was regarded as the successor party to Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC), which for most its history was a constituent party of the Convergence and Union (CiU) political formation.
The party declared to have 14,000 members in the 2018–2019 period, but this number has recently been revised down to figures as low as 5,000 as a result of internal infighting over former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont's strategy and a number of party splits.