Standing up doesn't fear the Sílvia Orriols effect: "We'll run in the elections."

BarcelonaAll the polls predict a surge in the Catalan Alliance in the upcoming Parliamentary elections. It seems, then, that the Islamophobic party is here to stay. Although Sílvia Orriols's party is rooted in her rejection of Muslim immigration, for a segment of the independence movement, voting for the Catalan Alliance is also becoming a vote of punishment for the paralysis of the Process, although Orriols also attracts pro-Spanish voters from Vox and the PP. In this scenario, is there room for new pro-independence groups? De pie and Al mismo tiempo are the other two groups that were also preparing to make the leap to the Catalan Parliament.

De pie por la Independencia, a party formed by former members of the ANC (National Action Party), assures, in response to questions from ARA, that it is determined to fight in the upcoming Catalan elections. Its only doubt is whether to do so as a group of voters or as a fully-fledged party. The organization's members will decide this at the congress the platform will hold in the first half of 2026, where the movement's political foundations will also be established. "The decision is firm; the movement's objective is to present a unilateralist option so that Catalans have a truly pro-independence ballot, since the rest of the parties are rhetorically so, with only a lot of words and few actions," says Josep Punga, one of the organization's spokespersons. which was presented to society on June 6 in Barcelona in front of around five hundred peopleThese are the former national secretaries of the ANC who were backing the civic list at the time and who, with the emergence of a leadership, led by Lluís Llach, opposed to the reconversion into a party, want to build a so-called October list in the elections to the Parliament.

The Orriols effect doesn't scare them, and they resort to data to emphasize that they have plenty of room to grow. "In the last elections, 800,000 pro-independence voters stayed home; the largest pro-independence party abstained, and the Catalan Alliance didn't win them over in the last elections, nor do the polls predict that its potential voters would abstain," Punga points out. In this regard, Llach's former rival for the ANC presidency points out that many voters come from Junts, as well as some from ERC and the CUP, but that he also draws strength from Spanish obedience. "They are completely different projects, and each has its own niche. Aliança benefits from the far-right wave in the West, and our project defends an inclusive and transversal independence."

With the aim of unveiling its political project, Dempeus will be in Valencia this Tuesday, and two weeks ago its promoters were in Sant Cugat del Vallès. These two talks are part of the tour it is undertaking to defend the need to present an alternative candidacy that will implement the DUI (Union of the Unity of the People's Party) declared eight years ago. It also aims to gain traction in the region. "The objective is to present the liberation movement and begin to build regional structures, because it will be the force to configure lists in the elections." The party claims to be present in thirty regions and already has executive committees in a dozen, such as in Barcelonès, Maresme, Osona, and the two valleys. "The response is surprisingly positive," Punga emphasizes.

Jordi Graupera's party

Likewise, he has not yet decided whether he will run again after being excluded from Parliament with a paltry 0.4% of the vote and just over 13,000 votes in the last election. Without Clara Ponsatí's support, who left the party after the electoral failure, the party led by Jordi Graupera, wants to wait to see the results in the municipal elections, with new lists and those linked to the initial primary project. "Our objective is the municipal elections because we believe it is the most consistent with rebuilding the independence movement from scratch. The idea is to have as many councilors as possible to begin to break ground. From there, we can plan the next steps to take," say party sources.

Regarding the competition with Alianza, Al mismo tiempo (The Party) distances itself. "We are not competing for spaces with other parties because this is being slaves to what already exists; we intend to open a new space," the same sources emphasize. Local voices from the party believe that at the municipal level they will not be harmed by Aliança. "It will take a bigger toll on Junts, as is already being seen, and on other parties like ERC or the PSC where they govern than on us," they point out.