 Parallel to this, the other main communist party in Catalonia, the Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC, which had formed part of IC but left it), called for unity amongst the Catalan communists.In 1998, a new coalition was constructed by PSUC viu and PCC, the United and Alternative Left (EUiA).EUiA became the new Catalan referent of IU.