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Memòries de Jordi Pujol #3
Memòries. De la bonança a un repte nou (1993-2011)
Les memòries de Jordi Pujol, iniciades l'any 2007, han suposat un impacte important en la societat catalana. Aquest darrer volum, que estalona l'estricta actualitat, neix amb el suport de CiU a un govern del PSOE assetjat per la corrupció, continua amb el famós i mal publicitat Pacte del Majestic amb el PP -que Jordi Pujol contextualitza amb revelacions impagables-, i abraça també la seva retirada de la primera línia i l'aposta -aleshores molt discutida- per Artur Mas. Són especialment interessants les línies que dedica a personatges com José M. Aznar, Pasqual Maragall, Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira o Felipe González. Es tracta d'uns anys decisius, en què la influència del govern català a Espanya és remarcable i en què es concreten projectes com l'Eix Transversal, l'ampliació de l'aeroport del Prat i l'arribada del TGV a Barcelona. Finalment, Jordi Pujol no obvia l'anomenada "dècada de les decepcions", amb el desconcert de la reforma de l'Estatut i la "burla" final del Tribunal Constitucional. En un epíleg prudent però clar, Jordi Pujol parla del risc que l'actual política espanyola porti Catalunya a una difícil situació entre la residualització i l'opció independentista.
336 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2012
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Jordi Pujol
114 books3 followersJordi Pujol i Soley is a Catalan politician who was the leader of the party Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) from 1974 to 2003, and President of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 1980 to 2003.
Pujol was born in Barcelona, studied at the German School of Barcelona and received a medical degree from the University of Barcelona. During his college years, he joined different activist groups that were seeking to rebuild the ideal Catalonia that the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship had undermined.
In 1974, he passed definitively to the political sphere on founding the political party called Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) (Democratic Convergence of Catalonia in English), of which he was the first Secretary. The political party was not legalized until 1977, during the Spanish transition to democracy after Franco's death in November 1975.
From 1977 to 1980, Pujol was Minister without portfolio in the Provisional government of Catalonia, presided by Josep Tarradellas. In 1977 he led Pacte Democràtic per Catalunya, a coalition of Catalan parties that were trying to approve the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. In the Spanish general election of 1977 he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies, representing Barcelona. Pujol was re-elected at the 1979 General Election but resigned from the parliament in 1980.
During the last decades of the Franco regime and his 23 years as President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Jordi Pujol adhered to the majority establishment in Catalan nationalism, which, instead of seeking a fully independent republic, intended to work towards a federalized Spain that would, according to Pujol, recognize Catalonia "as a country, as a collective with its own personality and differences," and a "guarantee that her own identity be respected". However, with the conservative People's Party opposing the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the recognition for the language in the east of Aragon, Pujol has stated that "there is more aggression towards Catalonia than ever", and that Catalans can "no longer hope for anything from the Spanish state".
Pujol was born in Barcelona, studied at the German School of Barcelona and received a medical degree from the University of Barcelona. During his college years, he joined different activist groups that were seeking to rebuild the ideal Catalonia that the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship had undermined.
In 1974, he passed definitively to the political sphere on founding the political party called Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) (Democratic Convergence of Catalonia in English), of which he was the first Secretary. The political party was not legalized until 1977, during the Spanish transition to democracy after Franco's death in November 1975.
From 1977 to 1980, Pujol was Minister without portfolio in the Provisional government of Catalonia, presided by Josep Tarradellas. In 1977 he led Pacte Democràtic per Catalunya, a coalition of Catalan parties that were trying to approve the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. In the Spanish general election of 1977 he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies, representing Barcelona. Pujol was re-elected at the 1979 General Election but resigned from the parliament in 1980.
During the last decades of the Franco regime and his 23 years as President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Jordi Pujol adhered to the majority establishment in Catalan nationalism, which, instead of seeking a fully independent republic, intended to work towards a federalized Spain that would, according to Pujol, recognize Catalonia "as a country, as a collective with its own personality and differences," and a "guarantee that her own identity be respected". However, with the conservative People's Party opposing the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the recognition for the language in the east of Aragon, Pujol has stated that "there is more aggression towards Catalonia than ever", and that Catalans can "no longer hope for anything from the Spanish state".
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October 17, 2013
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Repaso de la vida de Jordi Pujol desde su punto de vista desde que nació en 1930 hasta que fue nombredo presidente de la generalitat en 1980 pasando por su época ne la resistencia antifranquista que le hizo pasar por la carcel y su forma de vivir la dictadura y la posterior transición.
Repaso de la vida de Jordi Pujol desde su punto de vista desde que nació en 1930 hasta que fue nombredo presidente de la generalitat en 1980 pasando por su época ne la resistencia antifranquista que le hizo pasar por la carcel y su forma de vivir la dictadura y la posterior transición.
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