Valencian National BLOC
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Valencian Nationalist Bloc
Bloc Nacionalista Valencià |
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| Leader | Enric Morera |
| Founded | December 1999 |
| Merger of |
Valencian People's Union Valencian Nationalist Party Nationalists of Alcoi |
| Headquarters | Sant Jacint 28, 46006 Valencia |
| Ideology |
Valencian nationalism Progressivism Ecologism |
| Political position | Left |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | Greens–EFA |
| Colours | Orange |
| Corts Valencianes |
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| Congress of Deputies |
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| Spanish Senate |
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| European Parliament |
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| Website | |
| bloc.compromis.net | |
The Valencian Nationalist Bloc (Valencian: Bloc Nacionalista Valencià, Bloc or BNV; IPA: [ˈblɔɡ nasionaˈlista valensiˈa]) is a Valencian nationalist party in the Valencian Country, Spain. It is the largest party in the Coalició Compromís.
The Bloc was formed in 1998 as a result of the federation of several parties in a coalition formed for the 1995 regional elections. That group of parties was headed by Unitat del Poble Valencià (UPV, founded in 1982) which is the main predecessor of the current Bloc, together with other smaller parties, often locally based, such as the Valencian Nationalist Party (1990) or Alcoi Nationalists (1994).
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 (third way). This strategy proved unsuccessful, especially due to their failure to attract enough of the regionalist vote in the 2003 regional elections.
Then, for the 2007 Valencian regional elections to the Corts Valencianes, the Valencian regional parliament, the Bloc returned to a more left wing agenda as it ran in coalition with EUPV, the Valencian branch of Izquierda Unida, a coalition whose main member is the Communist Party (PCE). This coalition operated under the name of Compromís pel País Valencià. Compromís' results (seven seats) did not achieve their goal of growing and forming a front alongside the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) to oust the Partido Popular from the regional government, but allowed Bloc to enter the autonomous Parliament (two seats) and secured EUPV representation as well (the remaining five seats).
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