El Pi–Proposta per les Illes
PresidentTolo Gili[1]
Founded2 November 2012
Merger ofRegionalist 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)
HeadquartersPlaça Porta Pintada, 6. 1r esquerra
07002 Palma, Mallorca[2]
Membership (2021)586[1]
IdeologyLiberalism
Balearic regionalism
Political positionCentre to centre-right[3]
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
PI founding congress (16 March 2013).

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]

Ideology

El 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

Parliament of the Balearic Islands

Election Leading candidate Votes % Seats +/– Government
2015 Jaume Font 34,237 7.9 (#5)
3 / 59
 3 Opposition
2019 31,348 7.3 (#7)
3 / 59
 0 Opposition
2023 Josep Melià 17,089 3.8 (#6)
0 / 59
 3 Extra-parliamentary

Cortes Generales

Balearic Islands

Congress of Deputies
Date Votes Seats Size
# % ±pp # ±
2015 12,910 2.7% — — 6th
2016 —
2019 11,692 2.3% — — 7th
 
Senate
Date Seats Size
# ±
2015 — 6th
2016 —
2019 — 5th

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Official webpage
  3. ^ Capó, J. (2018). El centro derecha busca candidatos a Cort. Diario de Mallorca.
  4. ^ MAPA | Radiografía del nuevo poder municipal: consulta los nombres de todos los alcaldes y alcaldesas de España. eldiario.es.
  5. ^ Local elections in the Baleric Islands, results. El País, 2019.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  1. ^ Results of El PI, On Son Servera-El Pi and Convergència-PI lists.[5]

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