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Més–Compromís
Més–Compromís
Leader	Enric Morera
Founded	27 June 2021
Preceded by	Valencian Nationalist Bloc
Headquarters	Sant Jacint 28, 46006 Valencia
Ideology	Valencian nationalism; Progressivism; Ecologism
Political position	Left-wing
Regional affiliation	Coalició Compromís
European affiliation	European Free Alliance
European Parliament group	Greens–EFA
Colours	Orange
Congress of Deputies (Valencian Seats)	1 / 33
Spanish Senate (Valencian Seats)	1 / 18
European Parliament	1 / 61
Corts Valencianes	9 / 99
Website
	mes.compromis.net
	Politics of Spain; Political parties; Elections;

Més, also known as Més–Compromís (English: "More–Commitment"), is a Valencian nationalist party in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the largest party in the Coalició Compromís since 2021, being created as a refoundation of the former Bloc Nacionalista Valencià.^[1]^[2]^[3]

When created, the party had as objective the national and popular construction of the Valencian Community, hgand improving the livelihood of the Valencian people.^[4] According to their promotors, the goal was to embrace a sobiranist discourse with popular roots that allows the new formation to have a better presence that Valencian Nationalist Bloc had.^[4] When it comes to the Valencian nationalist discourse, it promoted a more simplified vision of their ideology, receiving internal criticism.^[4]

Background

After a traumatic Spanish transition to democracy,^[5] Valencian nationalism became an extraparlamentary force when the Valencian Autonomous Community was created in 1982.^[6] This led to the main nationalist party, the Valencian People's Union, to moderate their positions in an attempt to find accommodation in the new political system.^[6] This accommodation would lead to the birth of the Valencian Nationalist Bloc, in a process known as Third Way,^[7] where the involvement of Valencian Nationalists into Catalan issues, that had been vague but real since the emergence of Joan Fuster as an intellectual leader,^[8] was abandoned and substituted by a discourse strictly based on the Land of Valencia.^[7] The failure of the Valencian Nationalist Bloc of reaching the parliament in the 2003 Valencian regional election, would led them to explore electoral coalitions with other leftists forces, in a process that would lead to the birth of Coalició Compromís.^[9]

During the process, the formation would evolve from a strict Valencian nationalism to a civic nationalism less centered on elements as language, culture, and history, understanding that Valencianism is originated in the will of the individuals.^[6] Also, Compromís become a catch-all party, and joined the Valencian government in 2015.^[6]

After the 2019 Valencian regional election, leaders of the Valencian Nationalist Bloc had a refundation in mind,^[10] justified by a need of abandoning the original name, regarded as not very attractive for the voters,^[11] and an adaptation to the ideological changes experimented during the last decade.^[11]^[12] The refundation was expected to happen in June, 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the congress until 2021.^[11]

The refoundation happened in June 2021, despite receiving internal criticism for what had been regarded as an ideological renunciation.^[13] In November 2021, former president of both UPV and Bloc, Pere Mayor, announced he had left the party.^[14]^[15]