Alhora
Political party in Spain
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Alhora (lit. 'At the same time / At once') is a Catalan political party that was founded by Jordi Graupera and Clara Ponsatí with the intention of running in the 2024 Catalan regional election. The party "welcomes people from the pro-independence left to liberal Catalanism" with the aim to work for "the independence of Catalonia".[1]
Clara Ponsatí
Alhora | |
|---|---|
 | |
| President | Jordi Graupera |
| Vice president | Júlia Ojeda |
| Founders | Jordi Graupera Clara Ponsatí |
| Founded | 23 April 2024 |
| Split from | Together for Catalonia |
| Headquarters | Barcelona |
| Ideology | Catalan independence |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Colors | Raspberry Aquamarine |
| Parliament of Catalonia | 0 / 135 |
| Website | |
| alhora | |
While the party defines itself as above the left-right divide and includes prominent politicians formerly belonging to both the centre-right Junts and centre-left ERC, some commentators have suggested that the project should be seen as an outgrowth of the Catalan pro-independence right.[2][3]
History
At the beginning of March 2024, Jordi Graupera and Clara Ponsatí announced that they planned to launch a new, pro-independence "political space" within the Catalan political landscape. While eschewing the traditional language of a political party, they nonetheless announced their intention to run in the upcoming elections to the Parliament of Catalonia, which were at the time scheduled for February 2025.[4]
Catalan President Pere Aragonès' early calling of elections for 12 May 2024 accelerated the process of the party's creation and electoral registration.[5] The press conference presenting Alhora's proposal was held by Clara Ponsatí, Jordi Graupera, Ada Ferrer and Anna Punsoda, the group representing the new party.[6]
To be able to stand in the elections, they needed 5,703 signatures in total across all four Catalan provinces: 4,243 in Barcelona, 596 in Tarragona, 546 in Girona and 317 in Lleida.[7] Graupera and Ponsatí asked for volunteers for the signature collection process.[8] On 2 April 2024, they confirmed that they had the necessary signatures.[9]
The party received 0.44% of the votes overall in the 2024 elections, achieving no representation in Parliament.[10]
Beginning in October 2024, Alhora launched a YouTube podcast hosted by Graupera intended to spotlight discussions of diverse topics of relevance to Catalan politics, inviting a range of guests with relevant expertise or experience regardless of party affiliation.[11] As of November 2025, the channel had 4,000 subscribers and 1.3 million views.[12]