Overview
- The platform, which launched Monday, June 29, 2026, at Casa Elizalde in Barcelona, was founded by ERC deputies Carles Campuzano and Francesc‑Marc Álvaro as a civic association rather than a new political party.
- ED’s founding manifesto frames the group as a European social‑liberal project that puts social policy at the center and acknowledges the 'procés' as a political failure that requires national reconstruction.
- Senior ERC figures attended the launch, organizers say, and ED has announced plans to sign a formal collaboration agreement with ERC in autumn to allow participation in party bodies such as the national council and executive.
- The group immediately staged a policy roundtable on housing, labour precarity and child poverty to show it will focus on practical social issues that affect everyday life for Catalans.
- If institutionalised inside ERC, ED could help the party win back disaffected CiU/CDC voters and reshape ERC toward the centre‑left, a shift both El País and El Periódico highlight while noting the initiative aims to expand ERC’s electoral appeal rather than replace it.