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 ipedia.com: Catalonia Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Spanish: Cataluña, French: Catalogne) is a region and Spanish autonomous region (Comunidad autónoma) in the north-east of the Spanish state.
The official name of the Government of Catalonia (including the Council, the Parliament and the President) is Generalitat de Catalunya in Catalan (Generalidad de Cataluña in Spanish though in practice this form is rare, the tendency being to use the Catalan name in Spanish).
Catalonia constitutes the original nucleus and the most important and extensive territory of Catalan language and culture, but the norm in Catalonia is Catalan-Castilian bilingualism, and this is one of the first things the visitor notices upon entering the territory.
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 Catalonia - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Spanish: Cataluña, Aranese: Catalonha, French: Catalogne) is an Autonomous Community of Spain, in the north-east corner of the country.
The marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (1469) unified Christian Spain; in 1492, the last of al-Andalus was conquered and the Spanish conquest of the Americas began.
The Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia borders on Valencia to the south, Aragon to the west, France and Andorra to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east and southeast.
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 Initiative for Catalonia Greens - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Initiative for Catalonia - Greens (Iniciativa per Catalunya - Verds, ICV) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain.
IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the referrent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia.
ICV was given responsibility for the Ministry of the Environment in the share-out of power in the new government.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/ICV   (449 words)

  
 History of Catalonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His marriage to Petronila of Aragon implied the union of the County of Barcelona and the Kingdom of Aragon in a new state, this union later being confirmed in the 14th century by Peter IV of Aragon ("Peter the Ceremonious").
Catalonia saw a prosperous period at the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th.
Along with Asturias, Catalonia in general and Barcelona in particular was a center of radical labor agitation, marked by numerous general strikes, assassinations (especially in the late 1910s), and the rise of the anarchist Confederación Nacional del Trabajo ("National Confederation of Labour" or "CNT").
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Catalonia   (5126 words)

  
 Convergence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Democratic Convergence Party either of two unrelated political parties that includes either Democratic Convergence Party (Cape Verde) Islands or Democratic Convergence Party-Reflection Group in Portugal.
Convergence and Unity is a coalition of the two political parties Democratic Convergence of Catalonia and the Democratic Union of Catalonia in Catalonia Spain.
Democratic Convergence of Catalonia is a Catalan nationalist political party in Catalonia Spain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Convergence   (1108 words)

  
 Politics of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Politics of Spain takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy, whereby the monarch is the Head of State and the President of the Government is the head of government and of a pluriform multi-party system.
One of the first moves of Prime Minister Zapatero was to pull all Spanish troops out of Iraq, but at the same time he increased the amount of soldiers in Afghanistan, believing that the nation represented a clear terrorist threat.
Free labour unions (authorized in April 1977, which meant the legalisation of previous clandestine unions and the creation of new ones).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Spain   (3308 words)

  
 Democratic Union of Catalonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Draft of New Statute of Autonomy for Catalonia of 2005
The Democratic Union of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain.
It describes itself as Catalan nationalist, and is a conservative party, to the right of Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (its partner in CiU).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Union_of_Catalonia   (129 words)

  
 Political parties and leaders. The World Factbook. 2003
Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire-African Democratic Rally or PDCI-RDA [Aime Henri Konan BEDIE]; Ivorian Popular Front or FPI [Laurent GBAGBO]; Ivorian Worker's Party or PIT [Francis WODIE]; Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Alassane OUATTARA]; Union for Democracy and Peace or UDPCI [leader NA]; over 20 smaller parties
Democratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Mahoran Popular Movement or MPM [Ahmed MADI]; Federation of Mahorans or RPR [Mansour KAMARDINE]; Movement for Department Status Mayotte or MDM [Mouhoutar SALIM]; Socialist Party or PS (local branch of French Parti Socialiste) [Ibrahim ABUBACAR]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Henri JEAN-BAPTISTE]
Democratic Party or PD [Traian BASESCU]; Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania or UDMR [Bela MARKO]; National Liberal Party or PNL [Theodor STOLOJAN]; Romania Mare Party (Greater Romanian Party) or PRM [Corneliu Vadim TUDOR]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [Adrian NASTASE], formerly known as the Party of Social Democracy in Romania or PDSR
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 NationMaster - Spanish Government statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Spain is bound to the east by Mediterranean Sea (containing the Balearic Islands), to the north by the Bay of Biscay and to its west by the Atlantic Ocean, where the Canary Islands off the African coast are found.
Spain became a unified crown with the union of Castile and Aragon and the conquest of Granada in 1492, and the annexation of Navarre in 1515.
Politics of Spain takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the President of the Government is the head of government and of a pluriform multi-party system.
www.nationmaster.com /country/sp-spain/gov-government   (303 words)

  
 WheretodoResearch.com - Major Democratic Conservative Parties in Democracies
Denotes party is a member of Americas Democrat Union, a regional body of the
Denotes party is a member of Asia-Pacific Democrat Union, a regional body of the
Denotes party is a member of Caribbean Democrat Union, a regional body of the
www.wheretodoresearch.com /International/Conservative_Parties.htm   (394 words)

  
 EU: Political Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Austrian Social Democratic Party (Aus-7); Socialist Party (Flemish.
United Democratic Coalition (Com-2); Portuguese Socialist Party (Soc-12); Social Democratic Party (Consv-9); People's Party (ES-2.
United Left (Com-4); Andalusian Party (Grn-1); Basque Solidarity (Grn-1); Basque Nationalist Party (Grn-1); Galician Nationalist Bloc (Grn-1); Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Soc-24); Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (Lib-2); Canarian Coalition (Lib-1); Popular Party (Consv-27); Democratic Union of Catalonia (Consv-1); We Basques (Reg-1.
www.gis.net /~pldr/EUPP.html   (495 words)

  
 The recent Spanish election results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The CiU is an alliance of the conservative liberal Convergència Democrática de Catalunya (Democratic Convergence of Catalonia) and the christian-democratic Unió Democrática de Catalunya (Democratic Union of Catalonia), the latter being member of the Christian Democratic International and the European People's Party)
The PNV was expelled from the Christian Democratic International.
Closely afffiliated with the PSOE are the Catalan Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (Party of Socialists of Catalonia), the Galician Partido dos Socialistas de Galicia (Party of Socialists of Galicia) and the Basque Partido Socialista de Euskadi-Euskadiko Ezkerra (Basque Socialist Party-Basque Left).
www.politicalforum.com /viewtopic.php?t=630   (783 words)

  
 Political Leaders: Spain
On 25 Mar 1995 the Centrist Union (UC) was born as a federation comprised by the CDS and some liberal and green groups.
Initiative for Catalonia (IC) was introduced on 23 Feb 1987 as a federation of three Catalonian, leftist parties: PSUC, the Party of Catalonia's Communists (PCC, splinter of PSUC and retired in Mar 1989) and the Entity (Entesa) of Nationalists of the Left (ENE).
EUiA was launched on 29-31 May 1998 as the regional branch of IU in Catalonia.
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 Governments on the WWW: Political Parties
Hrvatska Krscanska Demokratska Unija Bosne i Hercegovine (HKDU BiH) [Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS) [Union for Democracy and Social Progres]
Unione Democratici per l'Europa (UDEUR) [Democratic Union for Europe] {Member of: L'Ulivo}
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 Country Reports
National Union for Development and Renewal or UNDR [Saleh KEBZABO]; Patriotic Salvation Movement or MPS [Maldom Bada ABBAS, chairman] (originally in opposition but now the party in power and the party of the president); Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Lal Mahamat CHOUA]; Union for Renewal and Democracy or URD [Gen. Wadal Abdelkader KAMOUGUE]
Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire or PDCI [Jean Konan BANNY, acting head]; Ivorian Popular Front or FPI [Laurent GBAGBO]; Ivorian Worker's Party or PIT [Francis WODIE]; Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Henriette DAGRI-DIABATE]; over 20 smaller parties
Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Arturo CORRALES Alvarez, president]; Democratic Unification Party or PUD [Gustavo GARCIA Espana, president]; Honduran National Party or PNH [leader NA]; Liberal Party or PL [Jorge REINA, president]; National Innovation and Unity Party-Social Democratic Party or PINU-SD [Olban VALLADARES, president]; National Party of Honduras or PN [Porfirio LOBO Sega, president]
www.classbrain.com /cb_cr/fields/political_parties_leaders.html   (3187 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders
Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire-African Democratic Rally or PDCI-RDA [Aime Henri Konan BEDIE]; Ivorian Popular Front or FPI [Laurent GBAGBO]; Ivorian Worker's Party or PIT [Francis WODIE]; Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Alassane OUATTARA]; Union for Democracy and Peace or UDPCI [Gen. Robert GUEI]; over 20 smaller parties
Democratic People's Party or DPP [CHO Sun, chairman]; Grand National Party or GNP [YI Hoe-chang, president]; Millennium Democratic Party or MDP [leader NA]; United Liberal Democrats or ULD [KIM Chong-p'il, honorary chairman, KIM Chong-ho, acting president]
Democratic Party or PD [Traian BASESCU]; Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania or UDMR [Bela MARKO]; National Liberal Party or PNL [Valeriu STOICA]; Romania Mare Party (Greater Romanian Party) or PRM [Corneliu Vadim TUDOR]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [Adrian NASTASE], formerly known as the Party of Social Democracy in Romania or PDSR
www.faqs.org /docs/factbook/fields/2118.html   (3394 words)

  
 ACDP - Links
Hrvatska kršcanska demokratska unija Croatian Christian Democratic Union (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Christian Social Union of Bavaria (Germany)
Unió Democrática de Catalunya Democratic Union of Catalonia (Spain)
www.acdp.org.za /links.asp   (322 words)

  
 Field Listing - Political parties and leaders :: CountrySeek.com - World Information Portal
Andorran Democratic Center Party or CDA (formerly Democratic Party or PD) [leader NA]; Liberal Party of Andorra or PLA (formerly Liberal Union or UL) [Albert PINTAT]; Social Democratic Party or PS (formerly part of National Democratic Group or AND) [Mariona GONZALEZ REOLIT]
Democratic Labor Party or DLP [KIM Hye-kyung, chairwoman]; Grand National Party or GNP [PARK Geun-hye, chairwoman]; Millennium Democratic Party or MDP [HAHN Hwa-kap, chairman]; United Liberal Democrats or ULD [KIM Hak-won, chairman]; Uri Party [MOON Hee-sang, chairman]
Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [SU Tseng-chang, chairman]; Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [LIEN Chan, chairman]; People First Party or PFP [James SOONG (SOONG Chu-yu), chairman]; Taiwan Solidarity Union or TSU [SU Chin-chiang, chairman]; other minor parties including the Chinese New Par
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 EPP-ED in the Member States: Spain
* CiU: Electoral coalition between the Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) and the Liberals of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC)
The last elections took place in March 2004.
In the Congress of Deputies, the People's Party (PP) won 148 seats and the Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC), in coalition with the Liberals of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC), won 15 seats.
www.epp-ed.org /inthememberstates/memberstates/en/spain_power.asp   (456 words)

  
 Factbook -- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders
Democratic National Party or PND [ADEN Robleh Awaleh]; Democratic Renewal Party or PRD [Abdillahi HAMARITEH]; Front pour la Restauration de l'Unite Democratique or FRUD [Ali Mohamed DAOUD]; People's Progress Assembly or RPP (governing party) [Ismail Omar GUELLEH]
Alliance '90/Greens [Angelika BEER and Reinhard BUETIKOFER]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Edmund STOIBER, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE, chairman]; the Greens [leader NA]; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Gabriele ZIMMER]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Gerhard SCHROEDER, chairman]
Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [Frank Chang-ting HSIEH, chairman]; Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [LIEN Chan, chairman]; People First Party or PFP [James Chu-yu SOONG, chairman]; Taiwan Solidarity Union or TSU [Chu-wen HUANG, chairman]; other minor parties
www.hrd1.org /world/fields/2118.html   (3588 words)

  
 World Map - Map of the World -- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders
Andorran Democratic Center Party or CDA (formerly Democratic Party or PD) [leader NA]; Liberal Party of Andorra or PLA (formerly Liberal Union or UL) [Albert PINTAT]; Social Democratic Party or PS (formerly part of National Democratic Group or AND) [leader NA]
Democratic Labor Party or DLP [KIM Hye-kyung, chairwoman]; Grand National Party or GNP [PARK Geun-hye, chairwoman]; Millennium Democratic Party or MDP [HAHN Hwa-kap, chairman]; United Liberal Democrats or ULD [KIM Hak-won, chairman]; Uri Party [LIM Chae-jung, interim chairman]
Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [SU Tseng-chang, chairman]; Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [LIEN Chan, chairman]; People First Party or PFP [James SOONG (SOONG Chu-yu), chairman]; Taiwan Solidarity Union or TSU [SU Chin-chiang, chairman]; other minor parties including the Chinese New Party or CNP
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 Politics of Spain
Administrative divisions: 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autónomas, singular - comunidad autónoma); Andalucía (Andalusia), Aragón, Asturias, Illes Balears (Balearic Islands), Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Catalunya (Catalonia), Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia), Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra (Navarre), and País Vasco (Basque Country).
Independence: 1492 (conquest of Granada and union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon).
In fact, each kingdom retained its separate institutions til 1715 (Decreto de Nueva Planta[?] by Philip V of Spain).
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 Spanish Autonomous Communities
on 23 Jan 1641, is proclaimed Prince of Catalonia.
8 Feb 1810 Napoléon annexes Catalonia to France.
16 Apr 1931 Union of Provinces of Catalonia
www.worldstatesmen.org /Spanish_autonomous_communities.html   (3240 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - World: Political Parties & Leaders of Countries Worldwide
Center Party [Maud OLOFSSON]; Christian Democratic Party [Alf SVENSSON]; Green Party [no formal leader but party spokespersons are Maria WETTERSTRAND and Peter ERIKSSON]; Left Party or VP (formerly Communist) [Ulla HOFFMAN (acting)]; Liberal People's Party [Lars LEIJONBORG]; Moderate Party (conservative) [Fredrik REINFELDT]; Social Democratic Party [Goran PERSSON]
Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [CHEN Shui-bian, chairman]; Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [LIEN Chan, chairman]; People First Party or PFP [James SOONG (SOONG Chu-yu), chairman]; Taiwan Solidarity Union or TSU [HUANG Chu-wen, chairman]; other minor parties including the Chinese New Party or CNP
Democratic Party or DP (Prachathipat Party) [BANTADTAN Banyat]; National Development Party or NDP (Chat Phattana) [KORN Dabbaransi]; Thai Nation Party or TNP (Chat Thai Party) [BANHAN Sinlapa-acha]; Thai Rak Thai Party or TRT [THAKSIN Chinnawat]
reference.allrefer.com /world/facts/political-parties1.html   (1939 words)

  
 Capitals.com - The World Atlas-- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders
Al-Ahrar Party [Helmi SALEM]; Nasserist Arab Democratic Party or Nasserists [Dia' al-din DAWUD]; National Democratic Party or NDP [Mohammed Hosni MUBARAK (governing party)]; National Progressive Unionist Grouping or Tagammu [Rifaat EL-SAID]; New Wafd Party or NWP [No'man GOMAA]
Alliance '90/Greens [Angelika BEER and Reinhard BUETIKOFER]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Edmund STOIBER, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE, chairman]; Left Party or PDS/WASG [Oskar LAFONTAINE and Gregor GYSI]; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Lothar BISKY]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Franz MUENTEFERING]
Democratic Labor Party or DLP [KIM Hye-kyung, chairwoman]; Democratic Party or DP [HAHN Hwa-kap, chairman]; Grand National Party or GNP [PARK Geun-hye, chairwoman]; United Liberal Democrats or ULD [KIM Hak-won, chairman]; Uri Party [MOON Hee-sang, chairman]
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