Conceyu Xoven ("Young Council" in Leonese) was a Spanish political youth organization that demanded the

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of the proposed

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. It was affiliated with the

Leonese People's Union The Leonese People's Union ( es, Unión del Pueblo Leonés, links=, Leonese: ''Unión del Pueblu Llionés'', UPL) is a regional political party in Castilla y León, Spain. UPL strives to establish a separate autonomous community ( Comunidad Autó ...

as its

youth wing A youth wing is a subsidiary, autonomous, or independently allied front of a larger organization (usually a political party but occasionally another type of organization) that is formed in order to rally support for that organization from members ...

until April 2010, when they were replaced by the Leonesist Youth. Conceyu Xoven claimed to have had more than 1,500 members and to have been the most important organization in the Leonese Country, having won the University of León elections for students. The organization defended the self-government of the Spanish provinces of León, Zamora,

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and a so-called "reunification" referendum in territories from other provinces, autonomous communities and countries, as the "Carrión Strip" (

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), the Valderaduey valley (

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- Piedrahita area (

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& Viana ( Galicia) and the Portuguese

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. From the beginning until the end of the organization's activity the General Secretary of ''Conceyu Xoven'' was Abel Pardo Fernández.

Participation in elections

Members of the organization participated in several municipal elections in the Spanish provinces of León and Zamora within regionalist UPL, and its General Secretary became the councillor for Education, New Technologies and Leonese Culture in León. Some members of the organization also participated in the lists of the Salamancan People's Union in the province of

, where they got two town councillors elected.

Flag

The flag of the organization was a red field with a thin golden circle and a golden sun symbol within. The colors were those of the Leonese flag and the sun symbol represented the South Astur people, origin of Leonese region, according to Conceyu Xoven.

Language

Conceyu Xoven used to make use of

Leonese language Leonese ( ast-leo, Llionés, ast, Lleonés) is a set of vernacular Romance language varieties currently spoken in northern and western portions of the historical region of León in Spain (the modern provinces of León, Zamora, and Sala ...

as the official language of the organization, and developed some initiatives for its recognition, like a campaign for the officiality of

in the reform of the

Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...

Autonomy Statute.

References

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External links

Conceyu Xoven's website (in Leonese language)
Secessionist organizations in Europe

Participation in elections

Flag

Language

See also

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