Valencian Left ( ca, Esquerra Valenciana) was a nationalist Valencian

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founded in July 1934, that advocated self-determination of the

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. The party was suppressed in

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and was not revived when democracy returned to Spain in the late 1970s.

History

The party had its origins in a split in Partit d'Unió Republicana Autonomista (Republican Autonomous Union Party), over disagreements on political strategy. The new organization promoted the idea of one confederation of Catalan speaking regions, which resulted in moves towards a merger with

Esquerra Republicana del País Valencià Republican Left of the Valencian Country ( ca, Esquerra Republicana del País Valencià, ERPV) is a Valencian left nationalist and republican party. The original ERPV was founded in 1933, then disbanded in 1935. In 2000 the vacant ERPV name was t ...

(Republican Left of the Valencian Country), which were initially proposed by

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(Republican Left of Catalonia) in 1933 in Castellón. The merger eventually took place in 1935 under the direction of personalities like Gaietà Huguet (ERPV ex-militant), Vicent Marco Miranda (ex-mayor of

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and Manuel Sanchis-Guarner. Between 1935 and 1939, when the party was banned, eventually vanishing, it is difficult to distinguish between the history of ERPV and EV. After obtaining the election of Vicent Marco in 1936 in Valencia as part of the

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(Popular Front) list, ERC and EV formed a joint parliamentary group in the

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under the name of ''Esquerra Catalana'' (Catalan Left). However, the

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halted various political projects in which EV had participated, the most important of which was a proposal for a Valencian

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, under the official name of ''País Valencià'' "

". During the

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, EV's membership peaked at around 10,000 members in 1937.Sanchis i Llàcer, Vicent (2012). Valencians, encara. Cinquanta anys després de Joan Fuster. Barcelona: Proa. .

References

* Beramendi, Justo G.; Máiz Suárez, Cesáreo R.; Aguilera de Prat (1991). Los nacionalismos en la España de la II República. Siglo XXI de España Editores. {{ISBN, 8432307106.

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Valencian Left Valencian Left ( ca-valencia, Esquerra Valenciana) is a nationalist Valencian leftist party founded in the Valencian Community, founded in April, 1998 a group of ex-members of Unitat del Poble Valencià (Valencian People's Union) formed left this ...

article.

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