Minoría Vasco-Navarra () was a right-wing parliamentary grouping in the Spanish

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during the term of 1931–1933. It was composed of 15 deputies and had no tangible impact on politics of the

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. However, it matters in history of Basque nationalism and Carlism.

History

The minority originated as an electoral alliance of 2 parties:

Basque nationalists Basque nationalism ( ; ; ) is a form of nationalism that asserts that Basques, an ethnic group Indigenous peoples of Europe, indigenous to the western Pyrenees, are a nation and promotes the political unity of the Basques, today scattered bet ...

from

Partido Nacionalista Vasco The Basque Nationalist Party ( , EAJ; , PNV; , PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially the Basque National Party in English, is a Basque nationalism, Basque nationalist and Regionalism (politics), regionalist List of political parties in the Basque Country, pol ...

and

Carlists Carlism (; ; ; ) is a Traditionalist and Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the Bourbon dynasty, one descended from Don Carlos, Count of Molina (1788–1855), on the Spanish throne. The ...

from

Comunión Tradicionalista The Traditionalist Communion (, CT; , ) was one of the names adopted by the Carlist movement as a political force since 1869. History In October 1931, Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne Duke Jaime died. He was succeeded by the 82-year-old ...

, plus some independent candidates not associated with any organisation. During the electoral campaign of June 1931 the alliance fielded its candidates in 4 out of 50 provinces:

Álava Álava () or Araba (), officially Araba/Álava, is a Provinces of Spain, province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, heir of the ancient Basque señoríos#Lords of Álava, Lordship ...

Biscay Biscay ( ; ; ), is a province of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the Bay of Biscay, eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilb ...

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...

, and

Navarra Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

; in Biscay and Gipuzkoa it appeared under the name of "Pro Estatuto Vasco", while in Álava and Navarre as "Candidatura Católico-fuerista". The alliance won 15 mandates out of 470; Minoría Vasco-Navarra became one of the smallest parliamentary groups in the chamber. Its chairman was

Joaquín Beunza Redín Joaquín Beunza Redín (1872-1936) was a Spanish Carlism, Carlist politician. His career climaxed in 1931–1933, when during one term he served as deputy to the Cortes Generales, Cortes; in 1909-1917 he was also member of :es:Diputación Foral de ...

, the deputy chairman was José Antonio Aguirre. Its key objectives were 1) restraining belligerent secularisation of public life, promoted by centre-left; and 2) creating an autonomous region, which would consist of 4 provinces in question. Between July and August 1931 the Minoría tried to form alliances with many other parties, but were only able to find common ground with the

Spanish Agrarian Party Spanish Agrarian Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Agrario Español'') was a political party in Spain during the Second Republic. Initially the party was known as Agrarian Party (''Partido Agrario'') but took the name PAE in the year 1934. It was offi ...

, though were still unable to come to an agreement. In practical terms the Basque-Carlist alliance broke up in June 1932, when during works on autonomy the mayors from Carlist-dominated Navarre rejected the scheme. At this point PNV leaders concluded that alliance with the Traditionalists offered no gains and Minoría Vasco-Navarra became a rather formal arrangement, maintained only for the sake of some technical benefits, enjoyed by parliamentary groupings in the Cortes. There was no attempt to re-create the alliance during the electoral campaign of 1933.

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External links

Minoria at ''Eusko Aunamendi Entziklopedia'' online
Second Spanish Republic Basque nationalism Carlism

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