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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Alfonso López Tena]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Alfons López Tena: the independentist who denounces the "farce" of the Procés]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/972a8e47-cbee-4966-9fc2-11c56d677578_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Although she had been one of its drivers, the Process caught Solidaritat off guard. In 2012, the party that had made a name for itself two years earlier by proclaiming itself heir to the popular consultations, failed to enter Parliament. Alfons López Tena (Sagunt, 1957) was its candidate. This notary, son of a notary, who spent seven years (2001-2008) on the CGPJ at the proposal of CiU, continued to be active in the movement until 2015, waiting to see where Catalan independence was heading. But in 2014, with the 9-N consultation, he became clear. In conversation with ARA, he explains how what happened from then on convinced him that it was all "a farce." In fact, on that very day, together with a group of people, they began to popularize the concept of "processism": that movement that claims to yearn for independence but, in reality, never wants it to arrive. Distant from "processist" parties, he has accumulated criticism, for example, for participating in a Societat Civil Catalana symposium in 2018 ("I went there to defend my thesis on authoritarian populisms that I also detect in the Process") or for saying in 2023 that he would vote for the PSOE to prevent the far-right from coming to power in Spain.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Aleix Moldes]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:00:59 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Already retired, he has spent ten years reflecting on authoritarian populisms and now ideologically combats Catalan Alliance]]></subtitle>
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