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2011 Basque Foral Elections
The 2011 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 9th Juntas Generales of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three Juntas Generales were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with 2011 Spanish regional elections, regional elections in thirteen Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous communities and 2011 Spanish local elections, local elections all throughout Spain. Overall Foral deputation control The following table lists party control in the foral deputations. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour. Historical territories Álava Biscay Gipuzkoa References {{Basque elections 2011 elections in Spain, Basque Foral elections in the Basque Country (autonomous community), 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juntas Generales
The Juntas Generales (General Councils, Batzar Nagusiak in Basque) are representative assemblies in the Southern Basque Country that go back to the 14th century. Trask, L. ''The History of Basque'' Routledge: 1997 They are the Foral Parliament of the Basque Country were - and are - Foral Parliament of Biscay (''Juntas Generales de Bizkaia''), Foral Parliament of Gipuzkoa (''Juntas Generales de Gipuzkoa''), Foral Parliament of Alava (''Juntas Generales de Alava''), Foral Parliament of Navarre and Parliament of Navarre and Béarn. The equivalent in Navarre was the Cortes—or ''The Three States'', roughly House of the Commons—to become the present-day Parliament of Navarre. They were part of an early form of democratic institutions. At the local level, the heads of households (male or female) would meet on Sundays after church at the church door in a meeting called elizate (or ''anteiglesia'' in Spanish) to debate and decide on local issues. An elizate in turn would el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Party Of The Basque Country
The People's Party of the Basque Country ( es, Partido Popular del País Vasco or Partido Popular de Euskadi, PP; eu, Euskadiko Alderdi Popularra, EAP) is the regional section of the People's Party of Spain (PP) in the Basque Country Basque Country may refer to: * Basque Country (autonomous community), as used in Spain ( es, País Vasco, link=no), also called , an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain (shown in pink on the map) * French Basque Country o .... It was formed in 1989 from the re-foundation of the People's Alliance. History It was founded in January 1989 with the birth of the Spanish People's Party, heir of People's Alliance. Its headquarters are located in the Gran Via de Bilbao and is chaired since 2015 by Alfonso Alonso Aranegui. Electoral performance Basque Parliament Cortes Generales European Parliament Local Elections of 2007 After the local elections of 2007, the People's Party experienced a setback of almost 60,000 votes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basque Nationalist Action
Basque Nationalist Action ( eu, Eusko Abertzale Ekintza, es, Acción Nacionalista Vasca, EAE–ANV) is a Basque nationalist party based in Spain. Founded in 1930, it was the first Basque nationalist political party to exist running on a socialist program. On 16 September 2008, the party was outlawed by the Spanish Supreme Court based on ties with ETA. The Spanish ruling was appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, which, after reviewing the question, upheld the Spanish courts on the matter. History It was formed in 1930, upon the reunification of the ultraconservative ''Aberri'' group and the moderate majority '' Comunión Nacionalista Vasca'' in the Basque Nationalist Party, by those who refused to support the traditional clerical ideology of the party. Its support was restricted to urban middle class and, as such, was a minority party. ANV played a minor role during the Republic, when it usually aligned with left and republican parties (being even part of the Popular Fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basque Government
The Basque Government ( eu, Eusko Jaurlaritza, es, Gobierno Vasco) is the governing body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain. The head of the Basque government is known as the '' Lehendakari''. The Lehendakari is appointed by the Basque Parliament every four years, after a regional election. Its headquarters are located in the Lakua district of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Álava. The first Basque Government was created after the approval of the first Basque Statute of Autonomy on 1 October 1936, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. It was headed by José Antonio Aguirre ( EAJ-PNV) and was supported by a coalition of all the parties that fought the Nationalist forces in the Civil War: those comprising the Popular Front ( PSOE, PCE, EAE-ANV and other parties that sided with the Second Spanish Republic). After the defeat of the Republic, the Basque Government survived in exile, chaired by Jesús María Leizaola after the death of Aguirre in 1960. This first Basque Gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humanist Party (Spain)
The Humanist Party ( es, Partido Humanista) is a Spanish political party founded in 1984 and is a member of the Humanist International. External links Official website References 1984 establishments in Spain Spain Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , ... Political parties established in 1984 Political parties in Spain {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlist Party (1970)
The Carlist Party ( es, Partido Carlista, ca, Partit Carlí, eu, Karlista Alderdia, gl, Partido Carlista, ast, Partíu Carlista; PC) is a Spanish political party that considers itself as a successor to the historical tradition of Carlism. The party was founded in 1970, although it remained illegal until 1977 following the death of the caudillo Francisco Franco and the democratisation of Spain. Since 2000, the general secretary of the party has been Evaristo Olcina and its official publication since is ''El Federal''. It has a political line of the alternative left, workers' self-management and confederalism. It annually organises the acts of Montejurra. The Carlist Party holds a federal structure with the possibility of it forming sovereign Carlist parties in the associate nationalities in the Carlist Party. The youths of the different Carlist parties and Carlist groups group together in the Carlist Youths. The party is known as the left-wing of the Carlist movement sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For A Fairer World
For a Fairer World ( es, Por un Mundo más Justo, M+J or PUM+J) is a Spanish political party, created in 2004, whose main objectives are, according to its statutes, the eradication of poverty and the fight against inequality in the world. It promotes the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals, an increase in the quantity and quality of Official Development Assistance (ODA), the closure of the Immigration Detention Centers (CIEs) and fair rules on fiscal and commercial matters nationally and internationally. It is registered in the Registry of Political Parties of the Ministry of the Interior of Spain since January 8, 2004. History The party was founded in 2004. Since then, For a Fairer World has participated in general, regional, communal and European elections. In 2017, For a Fairer World started the campaign ''SickOfWaiting'' to expose the infringement of the commitments concerning the relocation of refugees by most of the European governments. The campaign was sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union, Progress And Democracy
Union, Progress and Democracy ( es, link=no, Unión, Progreso y Democracia , UPyD ) was a Spanish political party founded in September 2007 and dissolved in December 2020. It was a social-liberal party that rejected any form of nationalism, especially the separatist Basque and Catalan movements. The party was deeply pro-European and wanted the European Union to adopt a federal system without overlap between the European, national and regional governments. It also wanted to replace the State of Autonomies with a much more centralist, albeit still politically decentralized, unitary system as well as substituting a more proportional election law for the current one. UPyD first stood for election in the 9 March 2008 general election. It received 303,246 votes, or 1.2 percent of the national total, and one seat in the Congress of Deputies [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamaikabat
Hamaikabat (, H1!) was a Basque nationalist party that existed between 2009 and 2011. History It was created by ex-members of Eusko Alkartasuna, being officially registered in May 2009. The main reason of the split was the rejection of the formation of a coalition with the Abertzale left by Eusko Alkartasuna. H1! disappeared in 2011 after the disastrous electoral results of the local elections of that year.EFEHamaikabat desaparece como partido.El Correo ''El Correo'' (; ) is a leading daily newspaper in Bilbao and the Basque Country of northern Spain. It is among best-selling general interest newspapers in Spain. History and profile The brothers Ybarra y de la Revilla – Fernando, Gabriel and ..., 30/07/11 References {{Spain political parties Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain Political parties in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Political parties in Navarre Pro-independence parties Separatism in Spain Secessionist organizations in Europe Socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
