- Bloc Català
The Bloc Català ( _ca. Catalan Block) is a Catalan nationalist political party of
Northern Catalonia established inOctober 23 ,2001 . It defines itself as a center-left wing political party. It promulgates a "Catalan identity opened to the world". One of its proposals is the establishment of a "northern Catalan region" inside the french state. This party was one of the organizations that promoved a movement against the denomination "Septimanie ", that the president of the region ofLlenguadoc-Rosselló Georges Frêche wanted to impose. As symbol of the Catalan resistance against that forced change they will adopt as pet a donkey disguised.It participates since
2002 in all the elections of Northern Catalonia: cantonal, legislative, regional and european elections.In
December 3 ,2006 , the Bloc Català changed its name and it was converted in an autonomous federation, representative of Northern Catalonia, of the political partyConvergència Democràtica de Catalunya .External links
* [http://www.cdccat.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1&limit=5&limitstart=15&lang=cat Web page of the federation of CDC at Northern Catalonia] (Catalan)
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