Valencian Nationalist Bloc
Valencian Nationalist Bloc Bloc Nacionalista Valencià | |
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Greens–EFA | |
Colours | Orange |
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The Valencian Nationalist Bloc (
History
The Bloc was formed in 1998 as a result of the federation of several parties in a coalition formed for the
The Bloc has historically defined itself as a left-wing party. This position shifted to a centrist or center-left position in the late nineties, as part of a strategy to appeal to a broader audience known as tercera via (
Then, for the
However, a schism occurred soon after within the EUPV between the two more nationalist and social democratic MPs on the one side and the more communist and less nationalist remaining three members on the other. The former MPs were finally expelled from EUPV
For the
For the
Representation
The Bloc only runs elections held in the Valencian Community. Including its Unitat del Poble Valencià former era, until 2011 it had historically polled at around 4% of the votes in elections for the Valencian regional parliament, with significantly lower figures when running at
Since 2011, it has been represented by
Coalitions
Bloc has been represented at the Valencian parliament three times, twice by means of a coalition with the Valencian branch of United Left.
Their first participation in this coalition was in 1987, under Bloc's "Unitat del Poble Valencià" (UPV) former name.[8] According to the coalition pact, UPV was allotted two out of the six MPs. Internal tensions within the coalition and, especially, within the UPV, led to its disbanding. These events were the start of the process which led to the demise of UPV and its refoundation as BLOC.
Still, both parties (under new names, Bloc for UPV and Esquerra Unida del País Valencià, EUPV, for United Left) agreed to repeat their coalition for the 2007 regional elections, in order to secure if only joint representation, something which was at stake if they participated by themselves. This renewed coalition, called Compromís pel País Valencià, indeed achieved representation with seven MPs, two of which corresponded to Bloc according to the coalition pact rules. Internal dissent plagued again the coalition, this time predating especially on its EUPV component, which has split since.[9]
In 2011, the BLOC created a coalition
At municipalities
Support for the Bloc is higher at the local level, with 384 councillors and about 20 mayors. Thus, it is the distant third major Valencian political party at the municipal level, far from the major parties, PP and PSPV-PSOE. The party is nearly absent in a number of areas in the Valencian Community (virtually all of those comarcas which are Spanish speaking only) while it is a major political agent in others, namely in its historic stronghold at the contiguous area formed by the northernmost part of
International representation
For the
The Bloc joined the Galeusca coalition in the 2004 European Parliament election, with other nationalist parties from the Spanish state such as the Basque Nationalist Party, the Catalan Convergence and Union, the Galician Nationalist Bloc, and the Socialist Party of Majorca. Galeusca got two seats, neither of them for the BNV.
Electoral performance
Corts Valencianes
Date | Votes | Seats | Status | Size | |||
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# | % | ±pp | # | ± | |||
1999* | 102,700 | 4.5% | +1.8 | 0 / 89 |
0 | N/A | 5th |
2003 | 114,011 | 4.7% | +0.2 | 0 / 89 |
0 | N/A | 4th |
2007 | 195,116 | 8.0% | N/A | 2 / 99 |
2 | Opposition | ** |
2011 | 176,213 | 7.2% | +4.9 | 3 / 99 |
1 | Opposition | *** |
2015 | 456,823 | 18.5% | +11.3 | 10 / 99 |
7 | Government | *** |
- * In coalition with The Greens.
- ** Within Commitment for the Valencian Country.
- *** Within Compromís.
Cortes Generales
Valencian Community
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- * In coalition with The Greens–Valencians for Change.
- ** In coalition with Initiative–Greens.
- *** Within Compromís.
- **** Within És el moment.
- ***** Within A la valenciana.
European Parliament
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- * Within Convergence and Union.
- ** Within Galeusca–Peoples of Europe.
- *** Within Coalition for Europe.
- **** Within European Spring.
- ***** Within Compromís.
References
- ^ Estatuts del Bloc Nacionalista Valencià, p. 6-7
- Vilawebdel 12 d'abril de 2013
- ^ Alós, Carlos (2021-06-26). "El Bloc aprueba cambiar su denominación por la de Més Compromís por la mínima". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "La refundación del Bloc y su apuesta por la izquierda social salen adelante sin entusiasmo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ Martínez, Laura (2021-03-10). "El Bloc liga su nueva denominación y su futuro político a la marca de Compromís". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ Martín Cubas, Joaquín (2007). La polémica identidad de los valencianos: a propósito de las reformas de los Estatutos de Autonomía. Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials. nstitut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials. Barcelona, Catalunya.
- ^ "El Bloc rechaza expulsar de Compromís a las diputadas críticas de EU". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ [1] Archived 2008-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Compromís expulsa a la coordinadora de Esquerra Unida". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ Spanish MEPs