New Catalan Left

New Catalan Left
Nova Esquerra Catalana
LeaderErnest Maragall
PresidentMagda Casamitjana
Founded15 December 2012 (2012-12-15)
Dissolved30 November 2014 (2014-11-30)
Split fromSocialists' Party of Catalonia
Merged intoLeft Movement
HeadquartersAvda. Diagonal, 449, 4ª
08036, Barcelona
IdeologySocial democracy
Catalanism
Catalan independence
Political positionCentre-left
SloganPer una esquerra catalana forta i majoritària
("For a strong and majoritarian Catalan left")
Website
www.novaesquerracatalana.cat

New Catalan Left (Catalan: Nova Esquerra Catalana, NECat) was a Catalanist and pro-independence political party founded in December 2012 as a split from the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) by Ernest Maragall, brother of former Catalan president Pasqual Maragall. In November 2014, the party was merged into the Left Movement (MES).