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Régions Et Peuples Solidaires
Régions et Peuples Solidaires (English: Regions and Peoples with Solidarity) is a political federation of various regionalist parties (particularly of centre-left affiliation) in France. It was founded in 1995, in order to organise a coordinated fight against "Parisian centrism" and " Jacobin conception of peoples" on the French state level. Its president is Gustave Alirol, the chairman of Partit Occitan. The federation has ties with the European Free Alliance. François Alfonsi of the Partitu di a Nazione Corsa was elected as an MEP in the 2009 European election ( South-East) on the Europe Écologie list, and is a member of The Greens–European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament. Members of ''Fédération'' ("federated parties") are: *Brittany ** Breton Democratic Union * Northern Catalonia ** Catalan Bloc **Republican Left of Catalonia * Corsica **Party of the Corsican Nation ** Let's Do Corsica *Alsace ** Our Land * Northern Basque Country ** Basque Solidari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regionalism (politics)
Regionalism is a political ideology that seeks to increase the political power, influence, and/or self-determination of the people of one or more subnational regions. It focuses on the "development of a political or social system based on one or more" regions and/or the national, normative or economic interests of a specific region, group of regions or another subnational entity, gaining strength from or aiming to strengthen the "consciousness of and loyalty to a distinct region with a homogeneous population", similarly to nationalism. More specifically, "regionalism refers to three distinct elements: movements demanding territorial autonomy within unitary states; the organization of the central state on a regional basis for the delivery of its policies including regional development policies; political decentralization and regional autonomy". Regions may be delineated by administrative divisions, culture, language and religion, among others. Regionalists' demands occur in "stron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |