EAJ
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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 |
| 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 |
28 / 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 from initial Basque autonomy in the early 1980s until 2009, and again from 2012 and 2016. The coalition Geroa Bai is currently leading the government in Navarre since 2016; the first time that EAJ-PNV took part in the government of this AutonomousCommunity. 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) 'Basque Nationalist Party' 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'.
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