Commitment for the Valencian Country ( ca-valencia, link=no, Compromís pel País Valencià, Compromís PV or CPV) was a Valencian political coalition formed for the

2007 Valencian regional election The 2007 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other ...

United Left of the Valencian Country United Left of the Valencian Country () is the Valencian federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Marga Sanz is the current General Coordinator and Ignacio Blanco Giner its spokesperson. The Communist Party o ...

(EUPV),

Valencian Nationalist Bloc The Valencian Nationalist Bloc ( ca-valencia, Bloc Nacionalista Valencià, Bloc or ''BNV''; ) was a Valencian nationalist party in the Valencian Country, Spain. It was the largest party in the Coalició Compromís until 2021, when it was replaced ...

(Bloc),

The Greens of the Valencian Country The Greens of the Valencian Country ( es, Els Verds del País Valencià; EVPV) is a political party currently active in the Valencian Community founded in November 2004 from the merger of Green Left–Initiative for the Valencian Country (EV–I ...

(EVPV),

The Greens–Ecologist Left of the Valencian Country The Greens–Ecologist Left of the Valencian Country ( es, Els Verds–Esquerra Ecologista del País Valencià; EV–EE) was a green political party in the Valencian Community founded in 2004 as a split from The Greens (EV/LV), in response to EV/L ...

(EV–EE) and Republican Left (IR). After the coalition's failure to fulfill expectations, it was not renewed for the

2008 Spanish general election The 2008 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 9 March 2008, to elect the 9th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 264 seats in the Senate. After four y ...

, where

Valencian People's Initiative Valencian People's Initiative (Valencian: Iniciativa del Poble Valencià, IdPV) is a Valencianist and ecosocialist political party, in the Valencian Country, Spain. IdPV is a part of the Compromís coalition. Ideology According to one of its ...

(IdPV), a split-off from EUPV, chose to run together with the Bloc and EV–EE in opposition to the United and Republican Left alliance (formed by EUPV and IR). CPV eventually disbanded in November 2008 after EUPV MPs split from their parliamentary group in the

Corts Valencianes The Corts Valencianes (), commonly known as ''Les Corts'' (), are the main legislative body of the Generalitat Valenciana and therefore of the Valencian Community. The main location of the Corts is in the Palace of the Borgias in Valencia; howev ...

. The Bloc, IdPV and EV–EE would strengthen their alliance and form

Coalició Compromís Coalició Compromís (; en, Commitment Coalition or Compromise Coalition), also known as Compromís,Ávila López, E. (2016) ''Modern Spain'', p. 85 is a Valencianist electoral coalition in the Valencian Community, Spain. The parties involved i ...

( en, Commitment Coalition) in 2010.

History

Talks had been ongoing throughout 2006 between EUPV and the Bloc after the unsuccessful attempt of the L'Entesa alliance in 2003 and 2004. On 29 November 2006, EUPV, the Bloc and EVPV reached a coalition agreement to run together in the incoming Valencian regional election under the ''EU–Bloc–Verds. Compromís pel País Valencià'' name ( en, EU–Bloc–Greens. Commitment for the Valencian Country). By January 2007, the coalition was extended to include EV–EE and IR. The alliance did not materialize for the simultaneous

2007 Spanish local elections The 2007 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect all 66,131 councillors in the 8,111 municipalities of Spain and all 1,038 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elec ...

, with EUPV forming a global alliance only with EVPV and IR, whereas coalitions with the Bloc were limited to around 20 municipalities. The coalition obtained 195,116 votes (8% of the share) in the regional election, which was seen as a failure as it was significantly less than expected, as both EUPV and the Bloc had garnered 268,505 votes (11% of the share) in 2003, when they ran separately. This result translated to 7 seats in the

, only one more than those obtained by L'Entesa. The electoral result sparked a crisis within the alliance, which translated into its parliamentary group in the Corts. Mònica Oltra and other EUPV members eventually split to establish

(IdPV) as a political party. On 12 November 2008, EUPV MPs left the Compromís parliamentary group following Glòria Marcos's expulsion from the group, after months of continuous clashes and disagreements between EUPV, on the one hand, and the Bloc and IdPV, on the other. The remaining parties within the Compromís group eventually joined into the

History

Composition

Electoral performance

Corts Valencianes

References