Basque Nationalist Party
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Basque Nationalist Party
Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea (Basque) Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Spanish) Parti Nationaliste Basque (French) |
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| President | Andoni Ortuzar |
| Founder | Sabino Arana |
| Founded | 1895 |
| Headquarters |
Sabin Etxea, Ibáñez de Bilbao, 16 Bilbao |
| Youth wing | Euzko Gaztedi |
| Membership | 32,000 |
| Ideology | Basque nationalism Regionalism Christian democracy Conservatism Conservative liberalism |
| Political position |
Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European Democratic Party |
| International affiliation | None, previously Alliance of Democrats |
| European Parliament group | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Colors | Red Green White |
| Congress of Deputies |
5 / 18
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| Spanish Senate |
6 / 15
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| European Parliament |
1 / 54
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| Basque Parliament |
29 / 75
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| Parliament of Navarre |
4 / 50
Inside Geroa Bai
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| Juntas Generales |
54 / 153
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| Town councillors in the Basque Autonomous Community |
1,017 / 2,628
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| Website | |
| www.eaj-pnv.eus | |
The Basque Nationalist Party (Basque: Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea, EAJ; Spanish: Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; French: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB) is a Christian democratic and Basque nationalist party. It is both the oldest and largest Basque nationalist political party. It is especially strong in Biscay but has a great sway in the entire Basque Autonomous Community and has a minor presence in Navarre (where it is a member of the coalition Geroa Bai, formerly named Nafarroa Bai) and a marginal one in the French Basque Country. The party has led the Basque regional government for a long period spanning since the devolution of Basque autonomy in the early 1980s until 2009. It has also played an important role in the Spanish Congress, along other regional nationalist parties.
In Basque it is called Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea (EAJ) (literally meaning 'Basque Party of Supporters of God and Old Laws', or Fuero) and in Spanish it is called the Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV). In Spain it is commonly referred to as PNV whereas its French branch is the Parti Nationaliste Basque (EAJ-PNB). The party typically refers to itself as EAJ-PNV. The current chairman of EAJ-PNV is Andoni Ortuzar. The youth wing of the Basque Nationalist Party is called EGI (Euzko Gaztedi Indarra, Basque Youth Force).
The party also has offices among the Basque diaspora, mainly in Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, Chile and the United States.
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