Proposta per les Illes (Catalan for "Proposal for the Islands"), or simply El Pi (pi means pine in Catalan), is a liberal Balearic autonomist political party, formed in November 2012 from the merger of several nationalist and regionalist parties: Convergència per les Illes (the successor of the Majorcan Union), the Lliga Regionalista de les Illes Balears, the Menorcan Union and Es Nou Partit.[6] The party's two main leaders are Jaume Font (former leader of the Lliga Regionalista) and Josep Melià (former leader of Convergència). As the merger of parties from Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, el PI has elected representatives on each of these three islands, including 6 mayors and 82 councillors in 34 municipalities.[7]
El Pi–Proposta per les Illes | |
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| President | Tolo Gili[1] |
| Founded | 2 November 2012 |
| Merger of | Regionalist League of the Balearic Islands Convergence for the Isles Menorcan Union Es Nou Partit Aliança Liberal de Manacor New Local Independents Sud Unificat Independents de Marratxí Coalition for Manacor (from 2013) Más Eivissa (from 2020) |
| Headquarters | Plaça Porta Pintada, 6. 1r esquerra 07002 Palma, Mallorca[2] |
| Membership (2021) | 586[1] |
| Ideology | Liberalism Balearic regionalism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right[3] |
| National affiliation | Coalition for a Solidary Europe (since 2019) |
| Colours | Turquoise Purple (until 2021) |
| Parliament of the Balearic Islands | 0 / 59 |
| Island Council of Mallorca | 3 / 33 |
| Mayors in Mallorca[4] | 11 / 68 |
| Town councillors in the Balearic Islands[a] | 88 / 925 |
| Website | |
| el–pi.com | |
Ideology
editEl Pi aims to seek political dialogue and moderation, rejecting what it considers dogmatism and political posturing, defining its values as centrist and autonomist. While defending the Spanish Constitution and the Balearic Islands' Statute of Autonomy, the party also aims to promote the language, culture and traditions of the islands as well as its natural resources.[6] El Pi defines itself as "socially and politically a big tent, balearista political formation with a tendency to centrism".[8] While accepting the need to eventually reduce the deficits in public spending, el Pi has issued a statement critical of the Balearic government's announced intention to raise new taxes.[9] The party's regionalist and nationalist roots, and its continued emphasis on promoting Balearic autonomy and the Catalan language as the "unforsakeable badge of identity of our community",[8] place it within the ambit of moderate Catalan nationalism in the Balearic Islands.
Electoral performance
edit| Election | Leading candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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| 2015 | Jaume Font | 34,237 | 7.9 (#5) | 3 / 59
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| 2019 | 31,348 | 7.3 (#7) | 3 / 59
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| 2023 | Josep Melià | 17,089 | 3.8 (#6) | 0 / 59
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Balearic Islands
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In the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain, PI joined the Coalition for a Solidary Europe electoral list (El Pi-Proposta per les Illes Balears-Coalición por una Europa Solidaria,[10] CEUS) with other regionalist parties. María del Mar Llaneras Pascual was the top PI representative in the list, in the 5th position.
Symbols
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Logo from November 2012 to February 2021. -
Logo from February 2021 to present.
References
edit- ^ a b Adrover, Miquel (25 September 2021). "El 'melianista' Tolo Gili gana el congreso de El Pi con el 56,7% de los votos". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Palma. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Official webpage
- ^ Capó, J. (2018). El centro derecha busca candidatos a Cort. Diario de Mallorca.
- ^ MAPA | Radiografía del nuevo poder municipal: consulta los nombres de todos los alcaldes y alcaldesas de España. eldiario.es.
- ^ Local elections in the Baleric Islands, results. El País, 2019.
- ^ a b "La formación de Jaume Font y Josep Melià se denomina Proposta per les Illes (Jaume Font and Josep Melià's formation is to be called Proposta per les Illes)". El Mundo (in Spanish). 2 November 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Neix Proposta per les Illes, un partit "balearista, centrista i defensor del català"" (in Catalan). Es Nou Partit. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Estatuts "El PI – Proposta per les Illes" definitiu versio català" (PDF) (in Catalan). El PI – Proposta per les Illes. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "El PI-Proposta per les Illes Balears defensa la contenció de la pressió fiscal a Balears" (in Catalan). Es Nou Partit. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Resolución de 29 de abril de 2019, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, de proclamación de candidaturas a las elecciones de diputados al Parlamento Europeo convocadas por Real Decreto 206/2019, de 1 de abril, a celebrar el 26 de mayo de 2019". Boletín Oficial del Estado (103). 30 April 2019.
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