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The Societat Civil Catalana is a Catalan civil society organization opposing Catalan independence from Spain. In 2017, it mobilized hundreds of thousands of people in demonstrations against the Catalan government of Carles Puigdemont and the Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

History
In January 2017 members of different organizations of the Catalan political, social and economic spectrum, who opposed Catalan independence from Spain, decided to combine efforts in order to "stand up to the collective slump created by the lack of response of the [Spanish] Government to the secessionist process of [then Catalan President] Mas", as stated by Josep Ramon Bosch as the motivation to found Societat Civil Catalana during their first press conference on 7 April 2017.