The Navarrese People's Union ( es, Unión del Pueblo Navarro), abbreviated to UPN, is a regional
conservative
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political party
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in
Navarre
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,
Spain
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. Until 2008, it was a
fraternal party
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of the
People's Party (PP), acting as the latter's Navarrese branch.
UPN is a strong opponent of
Basque nationalism
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, and supports a Spanish regional identity for Navarre with a marginal
Basque
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* Basque language, their language
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component and separate from the
Basque Country. The party's regionalist tradition dates back to the nineteenth century, in which the Spanish nation is seen to be based on 'regional liberties'.
During the 1991–2008 period, UPN acted as the Navarrese branch of the PP, which, in return, did not run at Navarrese elections as a part of their agreement. During this period, UPN was the largest party in elections for the regional Parliament of Navarre and the ruling party of the
Autonomous Community
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from 1996 to 2015.
History
The UPN was a Navarrese splinter group of the
Union of the Democratic Centre. Its president,
Miguel Sanz
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Places
* Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands
* São Miguel (disam ...
, has been the head of the Navarrese government since from 1996 to 2015.
Juan Cruz Alli
Juan Cruz Alli Aranguren (born 21 September 1942) is a Spanish politician
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was elected president of the Navarrese government for UPN, but later disagreed with the orientation the party was taking and founded another party
Democrats' Convergence of Navarre
The Convergence of Democrats of Navarre ( es, Convergencia de Demócratas de Navarra, CDN), also referred to as Navarrese Democratic Convergence,Ross, C., Richardson, B., Sangrador-Vegas, B. (2016) ''Contemporary Spain'' was a regionalist politic ...
.
Pacts with the PP
As part of an agreement held over the 1991–2008 period, the PP did not run in any elections in the
Navarra Congress Electoral District and People's Party of Navarre (founded in 1989) was dissolved, while UPN were on the same national ticket as the PP at the Spanish national elections. The national Deputies and Senators elected as part of UPN's ticket were part of the PP Parliamentary Group. Also, UPN members were eligible –and indeed chosen– for national leadership positions in the PP.
The pact was terminated in October 2008 as a result of UPN refusal to vote alongside the PP in the
Spanish Congress of Deputies
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to reject the government budget presented by
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
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's cabinet. One of the two MPs elected under the UPN-PP ticket refused to follow UPN's instructions and a number of UPN elected representatives defected this party to join the PP. The new situation led to the PP setting up its own office in Navarre.
The two parties ran separate lists in the
2011 regional elections in Navarre with the UPN receiving 34.5% against the 7.3% that the PP received. On 8 September 2011, the two parties reached an agreement to renew their alliance for the
2011 Spanish general election
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.
[UPN encabezará la coalición con el PP](_blank)
El Mundo, 8 September 2011 Under the agreement, the UPN would take the first and third places on the list for Congress while the PP would have the second. For the Senate, the UPN would have the top two places on the list, with the PP taking the third place. A major factor in the new agreement was the two parties desire to prevent
Bildu
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from winning enough seats to form a parliamentary group.
Electoral performance
Parliament of Navarre
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Cortes Generales
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Notes
References
External links
Navarrese People's Union official siteParliament of Navarre
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Conservative parties in Spain
Political parties in Navarre
Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)
Political parties established in 1979
1979 establishments in Spain
Catholic political parties