Editing Plaid Cymru (section)

== Independence Commission 2020 ==
Before the 2019 general election, Price announced that he would set up a commission to look at the practicality of [[Welsh independence]], and how a Plaid Government would hold [[Proposed Welsh independence referendum|an independence referendum]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Price |first=Adam |date=2019-11-12 |title=Plaid Cymru sets up commission to prove an independent Wales is possible |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/plaid-cymru-independence-commission-price-17238066 |access-date=2020-09-25 |work=WalesOnline |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808002037/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/plaid-cymru-independence-commission-price-17238066 |url-status=live }}</ref> The commission, led by former Plaid [[Dwyfor Meirionydd]] MP [[Elfyn Llwyd]], released its report on 25 September 2020.<ref>{{cite news |date=2020-09-25 |title=Plaid Cymru sets out possible roadmap for Welsh independence |url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/25/plaid-cymru-sets-out-possible-roadmap-for-welsh-independence |first=Steven |last=Morris |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |language=en-GB |access-date=2020-09-25 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925113617/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/25/plaid-cymru-sets-out-possible-roadmap-for-welsh-independence |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2020-09-25 |title=Plaid report calls for two polls on Wales' future |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-54281052 |access-date=2020-09-25 |archive-date=13 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113185815/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-54281052 |url-status=live }}</ref> It recommends five key aims for Plaid Cymru:<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence Commission |url=http://www.independencecommission.wales/ |access-date=2020-09-25 |website=Independence Commission |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806084534/https://www.independencecommission.wales/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

* Says an independent Wales should seek membership of the [[European Union]], with a possible intermediate step being membership of the [[European Free Trade Area]].
* Recommends that Wales explores a [[confederal]] relationship with England and Scotland.
* Proposes improvements to the operation of the [[Welsh Government]] and civil service.
* Points the way to drawing up a Welsh Constitution and sets out a framework for a Self-Determination Bill to take the independence process forward.
* A statutory National Commission should provide the people of Wales with a clear understanding of the option for their political future – including through Citizens' Assemblies and an initial referendum to test a range of constitutional options.

It also recommends that there should be one multiple choice referendum to gauge views and to persuade a UK Westminster government to agree to a referendum on the preferred option.<ref name=":0" />

The report was met with criticism from the [[Welsh Liberal Democrats]], describing the report as a mix of "fanatical politics" and "pie in the sky economics".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.libdemvoice.org/welsh-liberal-democrats-response-to-plaid-cymrus-independence-commission-report-65977.html |title=Welsh Liberal Democrats response to Plaid Cymru's Independence Commission report |date=30 September 2020 |work=[[Liberal Democrat Voice]] |access-date=30 September 2020 |archive-date=20 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220184944/https://www.libdemvoice.org/welsh-liberal-democrats-response-to-plaid-cymrus-independence-commission-report-65977.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2020, Price stated that an independence referendum would be held in Plaid Cymru's first term in office, if the party won a majority at the [[2021 Senedd election]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Hayward |first=Will |date=11 December 2020 |title=Plaid pledges independence referendum if they win Senedd election |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/welsh-independence-price-senedd-referendum-19438732 |access-date=13 December 2020 |work=WalesOnline |language=en |archive-date=12 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212134851/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/welsh-independence-price-senedd-referendum-19438732 |url-status=live }}</ref>