Valencian Union
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Valencian Union
Unió Valenciana |
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| Leader | Jose Manuel Miralles |
| Founded | August 1982 |
| Headquarters | C/ Maluquer, 1, 2 Valencia |
| Ideology |
Blaverism Valencian regionalism Conservatism Federalism Anti-Catalanism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Blue, Orange |
| Website | |
| www.uniovalenciana.org | |
Valencian Union (Valencian: Unió Valenciana; Spanish: Unión Valenciana; UV) was a regionalist political party in the Valencian Community, Spain.
The party had not been represented in the Valencian autonomous parliament since 1999. It scored 0.95% of the total votes in the 2007 elections, well below the 5% threshold for representation. The party had councillors on several local councils, obtaining its best results in the Valencia province.
The party was closely associated with the blaverist part of Valencianist movement by claiming that the Valencian language is different from the Catalan language and opposing the concept of Països Catalans and Catalan nationalism in the Valencian Community. The party also held right-wing stances on issues such as economics. It formed an electoral alliance with the larger right wing Partido Popular (PP) in the General elections of 1982 and 2004, and the Elections for the Autonomous Parlement in 1983.
It was formed on 30 August 1982 with the stated purpose of "defending Valencian identity" and ran for the first time in the Spanish general election, 1982. It participated as part of the larger Spain-wide right-wing block Alianza Popular and won a seat held by Miguel Ramón Izquierdo. This coalition was kept for the 1983 elections to the Valencian autonomous Parliament.
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