''Nafarroa Bai'' ( eu, Navarre Yes) was a
Navarre
Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
se coalition in
Spain
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of
Basque nationalist and regional left-wing parties created in 2004 for the
Spanish General election
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History
The coalition comprised
Aralar, the
Basque Nationalist Party
The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ ; es, Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; french: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English,) was rejected by party members in November 2011. Nonetheless, the party did ...
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Eusko Alkartasuna
Eusko Alkartasuna (; en, Basque Solidarity; es, Solidaridad Vasca; french: Solidarité basque) is a Basque nationalist and social-democratic political party operating in Spain and France. The Basque language name means ''Basque Solidarity'' ...
(Basque Solidarity),
Batzarre, and local independents, but not the outlawed Basque nationalists of
Batasuna
Batasuna (; en, Unity) was a Basque nationalist political party. Based mainly in Spain, it was banned in 2003, after a court ruling declared proven that the party was financing ETA with public money.
The party is included in the "European Unio ...
or
Accion Nacionalista Vasca (ANV), traditionally the Basque nationalist party in Navarre with strongest support, for its stance on ETA's violence.
All these parties usually ran by themselves competing with each other at elections held in the neighbouring
autonomous community
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of the
Basque country but agreed to run together in Navarre. Basque nationalism does not hold a majority there, and the move was aimed at optimizing the Basque nationalist electoral results in Navarre. The coalition came up third and won a seat in the
Spanish Parliament
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in 2004, gaining 18.4% of the votes cast in
Navarre
Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
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In
2007
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the coalition became the second largest political force in
Navarre
Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
's autonomous parliament, virtually tied with the
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
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(PSN–PSOE) by obtaining 23.7% of the votes cast and 12 seats.
Elecciones al Parlamento de Navarra
/ref> Five of the seats belonged to Aralar, four to EA and one for each the PNV and Batzarre, another one is independent.
Its most significant politicians were Patxi Zabaleta Patxi is a male given name in the Basque language area in northern Spain and south-west France, but more commonly a nickname for those officially named Francisco (or François in the French zone, ultimately cognates of Francis (given name), Francis) ...
(Aralar), Maiorga Ramírez (Eusko Alkartasuna
Eusko Alkartasuna (; en, Basque Solidarity; es, Solidaridad Vasca; french: Solidarité basque) is a Basque nationalist and social-democratic political party operating in Spain and France. The Basque language name means ''Basque Solidarity'' ...
) and Uxue Barkos Uxue may refer to:
People
* Uxue Barkos, Spanish politician and journalist
* Uxue Ezkurdia, Spanish handballer
* Uxue Garmendia, Spanish footballer
* Uxue Amaya Guereca Parra, Mexican volleyball player
* Uxue Iparragirre, Spanish footballer
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, a respected journalist who had worked for the Basque Television. She was the coalition's only MP in the Spanish Parliament.
In the 2008 Spanish General Election
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After four y ...
, Nafarroa Bai repeated the results of 2004 (18.5%), again coming up third in the autonomous community and repeating its only seat in the Spanish Parliament.
By 2011, new parties and coalitions jumped onto the political scene on the eve of the votation campaign after tribunals in Madrid decided on their legalization. The coalition then broke up when Eusko Alkartasuna and Aralar left it, and the leftovers of the coalition revamped as Geroa Bai
Geroa Bai ( en, Yes to the Future) is a regional political coalition in the Chartered Community of Navarre, created for the 2011 election to the Cortes Generales. It includes the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV), Atarrabia Taldea, and the Zabal ...
, this time participated only by PNV and other minor groups, and led by Uxue Barkos Uxue may refer to:
People
* Uxue Barkos, Spanish politician and journalist
* Uxue Ezkurdia, Spanish handballer
* Uxue Garmendia, Spanish footballer
* Uxue Amaya Guereca Parra, Mexican volleyball player
* Uxue Iparragirre, Spanish footballer
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.
Composition
Electoral performance
Parliament of Navarre
The Parliament of Navarre ( Spanish ''Parlamento de Navarra'', Basque ''Nafarroako Parlamentua'') or also known as ''Cortes de Navarra'' (in Spanish) or ''Nafarroako Gorteak'' (in Basque) is the Navarre autonomous unicameral parliament.
Functio ...
Cortes Generales
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Navarre
References
External links
Official website (archive)
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2004 establishments in Spain
Political parties in Navarre