The candidate of Aliança Catalana for Girona, Sílvia Orriols, speaks during the campaign launch of Aliança Catalana, in Ripoll, on April 27, 2024, in Ripoll, Girona, Catalonia (Spain). Aliança Catalana is a Spanish political party, of Catalan pro-independence ideology and positioned on the extreme right. It was founded in Ripoll in 2020 and advocates the protectionism of Catalan companies, the separation between state and religion and the defense of the market economy. The party has positioned itself against the Spanish language in Catalonia and also against immigration, for which it has been considered Hispanophobic and Islamophobic. It is running for the first time in the 12M Catalan elections. 27 APRIL 2024 Glòria Sánchez / Europa Press 04/27/2024 (Europa Press via AP)