Acció Catalana
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Accio Catalana was a political movement Catalanist the first third of the 20th century, created in 1922 around the Catalan National Conference, which brought elements of the Joventut Nacionalista the Regionalist League, former members of the Federal Unió Republicana Nacionalista and youth independent intellectuals. Dissatisfied with the performance of Lliga, rated low by the new nationalist party, the first central committee was formed by Jaume Bofill i Mates, President, Lluís d'Olwer Nicolau, Antoni Rovira i Virgili, Carlos Jordán, Ramon d'Abadal i Vinyals and Leandre Cervera. The daily "Advertising", acquired by the new party and Catalanised full (it was renamed "The Publicitat ') became his means of expression.
In the first elections in which he participated achieved excellent results. In the summer of 1923 pact with Basque and Galician nationalists called Triple Alliance. In 1927, the most leftist Acció, led by Antoni Rovira i Virgili, left the party to create Acció Republicana de Catalunya.
After the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
, the party was a signatory to the Pact of San Sebastián
(1930), represented by Manuel Carrasco Formiguera
. Lluis Nicolau d'Olwer was appointed to the Provisional Government of the Republic, headed into hiding for Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
. In March 1931, the party merged with Acció Republicana de Catalunya and became Accio Catalana Republicana.
In the first elections in which he participated achieved excellent results. In the summer of 1923 pact with Basque and Galician nationalists called Triple Alliance. In 1927, the most leftist Acció, led by Antoni Rovira i Virgili, left the party to create Acció Republicana de Catalunya.
After the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, 22nd Count of Sobremonte, Knight of Calatrava was a Spanish dictator, aristocrat, and a military official who was appointed Prime Minister by the King and who for seven years was a dictator, ending the turno system of alternating...
, the party was a signatory to the Pact of San Sebastián
Pact of San Sebastián
The Pact of San Sebastián was a meeting led by Niceto Alcalá Zamora and Miguel Maura, which took place in San Sebastián, Spain on August 17, 1930. Representatives from practically all republican political movements in Spain at the time attended the meeting. Presided over by Fernando Sasiaín , the...
(1930), represented by Manuel Carrasco Formiguera
Manuel Carrasco Formiguera
Manuel Carrasco i Formiguera , Spanish lawyer and Christian democrat Catalan nationalist politician, in the twentieth century.- Early life :...
. Lluis Nicolau d'Olwer was appointed to the Provisional Government of the Republic, headed into hiding for Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served, briefly, as the first premier minister of the Second Spanish Republic, and then — from 1931 to 1936—as its president....
. In March 1931, the party merged with Acció Republicana de Catalunya and became Accio Catalana Republicana.