Free (political party)

Free
Lliures
PresidentAntoni Fernández Teixidó
Secretary-GeneralJoaquim Álvarez Botey
Founded26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)
Registered13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)
Dissolved27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)
Split fromDemocratic Convergence of Catalonia/Catalan European Democratic Party
Democratic Union of Catalonia
Merged intoCentrem
HeadquartersC/ Muntaner, 248, 2º-1ª
08021, Barcelona
Ideology
Political positionCentre to centre-right
Colors  Pink
SloganUn partit nou, un nou estil
("A new party, a new style")
Website
www.elslliures.cat

Free (Catalan: Lliures) was a Catalan political party founded in October 2016 and registered in December by former members of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC), including former CDC regional minister in Jordi Pujol's sixth government Antoni Fernández Teixidó as well as former UDC deputy Roger Montañola. It defined itself as a liberal and Catalanist party opposed to Catalan independence, and since its inception it struggled to form a unitary Catalanist electoral alliance mirroring the political platform of the late Convergence and Union.

On 27 January 2022, the party decided to dissolve itself and merged into Centrem.