Basque Nationalist Party

Basque Nationalist Party
Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea (Basque)
Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Spanish)
Parti Nationaliste Basque (French)
PresidentAndoni Ortuzar
FounderSabino Arana
Founded1895 (1895)
HeadquartersSabin Etxea, Ibáñez de Bilbao, 16
Bilbao
Youth wingEuzko Gaztedi
Membership (2021)21,782[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[2][3]A[›]
National affiliationGeroa Bai (2011–present)
CEUS (2019–present)
European affiliationEuropean Democratic Party
International affiliationNone, previously Alliance of Democrats[4]
European Parliament groupRenew Europe
ColorsRed
Green
White
Congress of Deputies (Basque seats)
5 / 18
Spanish Senate (Basque seats)
5 / 15
European Parliament
1 / 59
Basque Parliament
31 / 75
Parliament of Navarre
2 / 50
Within Geroa Bai
Juntas Generales
54 / 153
Mayors in the Basque Autonomous Community[5]
121 / 251
Town councillors in the Basque Autonomous Community
1,017 / 2,628
Website
www.eaj-pnv.eus
^ A:  It is also rated as centre-left,[6][7][8] or centre-right.[9][10]

The Basque Nationalist Party,[11] officially Basque National Party in English,[12] is a Basque nationalist[13][14][15][16] and regionalist[17][18] political party. The party is in the centre of the political spectrum.[19][20]

The party is described as Christian-democratic,[21][22][23] with social-democratic[24][25][26] and conservative-liberal[27] factions. In 2020 the party voted in favour of the current Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, belonging to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.[28]

It operates in all of the Basque Country: the Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre in Spain, and in the French Basque Country. It also has delegations in dozens of foreign nations, specifically those with a major presence of Basque immigrants.

The party was started by Sabino Arana in 1895, which makes it the second oldest political party in Spain, after the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.It is the largest Basque nationalist party, having led the Basque Government since 1979, except for a brief period between 2009 and 2012. In Navarre, it is part of the coalition Geroa Bai, which is currently a junior partner of the PSOE in the Navarrese regional government. Currently a member of the European Democratic Party, it was a member of the European Free Alliance from 1999 to 2004.[29] Earlier it had been affiliated with the European People's Party and the Christian Democrat International (from which it was expelled in 2000).[30]

References

  1. ↑ EAJ-PNV Membership Basque National Party, Transparency portal.
  2. ↑ Josep M. Colomer, ed. (2008). Comparative European Politics. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 9781134073542.
  3. ↑ European Social Survey (2012). "Appendix A3. Political parties, ESS6-2012, edition 2.0" (PDF). p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2021-11-18. PNV. Ideology: Basque nationalism. Political Position: Centre
  4. ↑ Nuñez, Xosé-Manoel (2003), "A State of Many Nations: The Construction of a Plural Spanish Society since 1976", The Social Construction of Diversity, Berghahn Books, p. 287
    Keating, Michael; Loughlin, John; Deschouwer, Kris (2003), Culture, Institutions, and Economic Development: A Study of Eight European Regions, Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 55
  5. ↑ Gehiengoak maximizatzen. Berria, 16/06/2019.
  6. ↑ The Annual Register - Volume 221. Longmans. 1979. p. 162. ... It had lost votes substantially to the independent Andalusian Socialist Party (PSA) which , previously unrepresented in Parliament, gained 5 seats ; and in Euzkadi, together with the centre-left Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) ...
  7. ↑ Mark Hudson, Stan Rudcenko, ed. (1988). Spain to 1992: Joining Europe's Mainstream. Economist Intelligence Unit. p. 9.
  8. ↑ Ruiz Vieytez, Eduardo (2013). "A New Political Status for the Basque Country?" (PDF). Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe. 12: 99. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2019. PNV is a pro-(Basque) sovereignty political party founded in 1895 and representing a wide political spectrum from centre-right to centre-left
  9. ↑ Mateos, Araceli; Penadés, Alberto (2013). "España: crisis y recortes" (PDF). Revista de ciencia política (Santiago) (in Spanish). 33 (1): 175. doi:10.4067/S0718-090X2013000100008. ISSN 0718-090X. Retrieved January 4, 2016. Convergencia i Unió (CiU) y el Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV-EAJ) son los partidos nacionalistas de centro-derecha en Cataluña y el País Vasco, respectivamente
  10. ↑ Gabriel Gatti; Ignacio Irazuzta; Iñaki Martínez de Albeniz, eds. (2005). "Political parties". Basque Society: Structures, Institutions, and Contemporary Life. University of Nevada Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-877802-25-6.[permanent dead link]
  11. ↑ "Basque Nationalist Party". britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Basque National Party". basquenationalparty.eus. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Ahedo, Igor (2005), "Political parties in the Basque autonomous community", Basque Society: Structures, Institutions, And Contemporary Life, Center for Basque Studies, p. 177
  14. ↑ Ramiro, Luis; Morales, Laura (2007), "European integration and Spanish parties: Elite empowerment amidst limited adaptation", The Europeanization of National Political Parties: Power and organizational adaptation, Routledge, p. 145
  15. ↑ Pallarés, Francesc; Keating, Michael (2006), "Multi-level electoral competition: sub-state elections and party systems in Spain", Devolution and electoral politics, Manchester University Press, p. 101
  16. ↑ Gibbons 1999, p. 25 "the PNV, a Basque nationalist and Christian democratic party"
  17. ↑ Lidia Núñez (2019). "Nuanced Liberalism: The Weakness of Liberal Parties in Spain". In Emilie van Haute; Caroline Close (eds.). Liberal Parties in Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-351-24549-4.
  18. ↑ José María Magone (2009). Contemporary Spanish Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-415-42188-1.
  19. ↑ Josep M. Colomer, ed. (2008). Comparative European Politics. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 9781134073542.
  20. ↑ European Social Survey (2012). "Appendix A3. Political parties, ESS6-2012, edition 2.0" (PDF). p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2021-11-18. PNV. Ideology: Basque nationalism. Political Position: Centre
  21. ↑ Gibbons 1999, p. 25 "the PNV, a Basque nationalist and Christian democratic party"
  22. ↑ Papini, Roberto (2010), "The Identity of the Christian Democratic Movement and Theory of Democracy", Religion, the Enlightenment, and the New Global Order, Columbia University Press, p. 259
  23. ↑ Keating, Michael (2009), "Nationalist Movements in Comparative Perspective", The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power, Edinburgh University Press, p. 208
  24. ↑ Alvarez, Manu (7 October 2013). "La reforma fiscal pone fin a la etapa liberal del PNV que abraza con fuerza la socialdemocracia". El Correo (in Spanish). Diario EL CORREO. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2019. Punto y final a una etapa liberal y victoria definitiva de la corriente más socialdemócrata del PNV, asentada en el poder de la formación jeltzale desde hace ya algunos años
  25. ↑ Armentia, Iker (25 November 2016). "Humillados ante Dios y el PNV". Eldiario.es (in Spanish). Eldiario.es. Retrieved 1 May 2019. el PNV hace tiempo que flirtea con la socialdemocracia siguiendo las posiciones mayoritarias de la sociedad vasca en los últimos años
  26. ↑ DEIA (8 June 2017). "Euskadi, el país "más socialdemócrata de Europa"". Deia (in Spanish). Deia. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019. el burukide jeltzale valoró las políticas socialdemócratas impulsadas por su partido desde las instituciones durante las últimas décadas, especialmente en las cuestiones sociales y de protección social
  27. ↑ Slomp 2011, p. 519.
  28. ↑ "PEDRO SANCHEZ es Investido Presidente por mayoría simple". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  29. ↑ "The Internationalism of the EFA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  30. ↑ Jan Mansvelt Beck (2004). Territory and Terror: Conflicting Nationalisms in the Basque Country. Routledge. p. 162.