Arcadi Volodos | Martín Espada | Rafael Espada | Lamborghini Espada | Granado Espada | Arcadi Gaydamak |
Ciutadans was formed in Catalonia in July 2006 in response to the call made in a manifesto by a group of Catalan personalities (among them Albert Boadella, Félix de Azúa and Arcadi Espada), in which they called for a new political force to "address the real problems faced by the general public".