Basque Nationalist Party

Basque Nationalist Party
Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea (Basque)
Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Spanish)
Parti Nationaliste Basque (French)
AbbreviationEAJ
PNV
PNB
EAJ-PNV
PresidentAitor Esteban
FounderSabino Arana
Founded1895 (1895)
HeadquartersSabin Etxea, Ibáñez de Bilbao, 16
Bilbao
Youth wingEuzko Gaztedi
Membership (2021)21,782[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[A]
National affiliationCEUS (since 2019)[nb 1]
Geroa Bai
(since 2011)
European affiliationEuropean Democratic Party
European Parliament groupRenew Europe
International affiliationNone[nb 2]
ColorsRed, green, white
Congress of Deputies (Basque seats)
5 / 18
Spanish Senate (Basque seats)
5 / 15
European Parliament
1 / 61
Basque Parliament
27 / 75
Parliament of Navarre
2 / 50
Within Geroa Bai
Juntas Generales
54 / 153
Mayors in the Basque Autonomous Community[3]
121 / 251
Town councillors in the Basque Autonomous Community
1,017 / 2,628
Website
eaj-pnv.eus
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^ A: It has been also positioned as a centre-left[4][5][6] or a centre-right party.[7][8]

The Basque Nationalist Party[9] (Basque: Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea [eus̺ko aldeɾdi jelts̻ale.a], EAJ; Spanish: Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; French: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially the Basque National Party in English,[10][a] is a Basque nationalist[12][13][14][15] and regionalist[16][17] political party. The party is located in the centre[18][19] of the political spectrum. It has been described as Christian democratic,[20][21][22] with social democratic[23][24][25] and conservative-liberal[26] factions.

The EAJ-PNV was founded by Sabino Arana in 1895, which makes it the second oldest extant political party in Spain, after the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). The EAJ-PNV is the largest Basque nationalist party, having led the Basque Government uninterruptedly 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. In Spain at large, the party has been supporting current Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, a member of the PSOE, since 2019.[27] Currently a member of the European Democratic Party, EAJ-PNV was previously a member of the European Free Alliance from 1999 to 2004.[28] Earlier it had been affiliated with the European People's Party and the Christian Democrat International (from which it was expelled in 2000).[29]

The party operates in all the territories comprising the Basque Country: the Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre and Treviñu 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. Its current chairman is Andoni Ortuzar. The party's youth wing is Euzko Gaztedi. The EAJ-PNV's social offices are called batzokis, of which there are over 200 throughout the world.[30] Since 1932, the party celebrates Aberri Eguna (Homeland Day) on Easter.[31] Also, since 1977, it celebrates Alderdi Eguna (Party Day).

  1. ^ EAJ-PNV Membership Basque National Party, Transparency portal.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Gehiengoak maximizatzen. Berria, 16/06/2019.
  4. ^ 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) ...
  5. ^ Mark Hudson, Stan Rudcenko, ed. (1988). Spain to 1992: Joining Europe's Mainstream. Economist Intelligence Unit. p. 9.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ 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.
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  10. ^ "Basque National Party". basquenationalparty.eus. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Las bases del PNV descartan cambiar el término "nacionalista" por "nacional"". ABC. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  12. ^ Ahedo, Igor (2005), "Political parties in the Basque autonomous community", Basque Society: Structures, Institutions, And Contemporary Life, Center for Basque Studies, p. 177
  13. ^ 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
  14. ^ 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
  15. ^ Gibbons 1999, p. 25 "the PNV, a Basque nationalist and Christian democratic party"
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ José María Magone (2009). Contemporary Spanish Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-415-42188-1.
  18. ^ Josep M. Colomer, ed. (2008). Comparative European Politics. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 9781134073542.
  19. ^ 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
  20. ^ Gibbons 1999, p. 25 "the PNV, a Basque nationalist and Christian democratic party"
  21. ^ 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
  22. ^ Keating, Michael (2009), "Nationalist Movements in Comparative Perspective", The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power, Edinburgh University Press, p. 208
  23. ^ 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
  24. ^ 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
  25. ^ 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
  26. ^ Slomp 2011, p. 519.
  27. ^ "PEDRO SANCHEZ es Investido Presidente por mayoría simple". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  28. ^ "The Internationalism of the EFA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  29. ^ Jan Mansvelt Beck (2004). Territory and Terror: Conflicting Nationalisms in the Basque Country. Routledge. p. 162.
  30. ^ "Diáspora organizada". Archived from the original on 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  31. ^ "Aberri-Eguna - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia".


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