List of political parties campaigning for self-government

This is a list of political parties campaigning for self-government. Listed here are parties with a specific ethnic minority background or regional parties active on a national level promoting more autonomy or independence for their region. Only parliamentary (including regional parliaments or councils) or former parliamentary parties are listed. Some of these parties are members or observers of the European Free Alliance (EFA).

Belgium

See the Political parties in Belgium, since most parties are regionalist.^{[ citation needed ]}

Canada

Quebec: See the List of political parties in Quebec, since most Quebec parties are regionalist.^{[ citation needed ]}

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Taiwan Solidarity Union - seeks creation of a "Republic of Taiwan"

Democratic Progressive Party - seeks international recognition of the current de jure independence of "Republic of China, Taiwan" as stipulated in articles of the 1933 Montevideo Convention.

Denmark

Faroe Islands

See the List of political parties in the Faroe Islands, since most Faroese parties are regionalist.^{[ citation needed ]}

Greenland

See the List of political parties in Greenland, since most Greenland parties are regionalist.^{[ citation needed ]}

Finland

Swedish speaking: see the List of political parties in Åland, since all Åland parties are regionalist.^{[ citation needed ]}

France

Alsace

• Unser Land
• Alsace d'abord

Basque Country

• Basque Solidarity
• Basque Nationalist Party
• Abertzaleen Batasuna

Brittany

• Breton Democratic Union
• Breton Party
• Emgann

Corsica

• Party of the Corsican Nation
• Corsican Nation

Martinique

• Martinican Independence Movement
• Martinican Progressive Party
• Build the Martinique Country

Northern Catalonia

• Catalan Unity

Occitania

• Occitan Party

Savoy

• Savoy Region Movement
• Savoyan League

Germany

Bavaria

• Bavaria Party ^[1]

Lower Saxony

• The Friesens ^[2]

Lusatia

• Lusatian Alliance ^{[ citation needed ]}

Schleswig-Holstein

• South Schleswig Voter Federation ^{[ citation needed ]}

India

• Bharat Rashtra Samithi (successful)
• Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (successful)
• Gorkha Janmukti Morcha

Iraq

• Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq
• Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Italy

Alto Adige/South Tyrol

• South Tyrolean People's Party
• Die Freiheitlichen
• South Tyrolean Freedom
• Greens of South Tyrol
• Citizens' Union for South Tyrol
• Ladins Dolomites
• Lega Alto Adige Südtirol
• We South Tyroleans

Aosta Valley

• Valdostan Union
• Edelweiss
• Autonomist Federation
• Progressive Valdostan Union
• Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology
• Lega Vallée d'Aoste

Apulia

• Apulia First of All
• Southern Action League
• Moderates and Populars

Emilia-Romagna

• Lega Emilia
• Lega Romagna

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

• Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Slovene Union
• Friuli Movement
• Julian Front

Liguria

• Lega Liguria
• Ligurian Independentist Movement

Lombardy

• Lega Lombarda
• Lega per l'Autonomia – Alleanza Lombarda

Marche

• Lega Marche

Northern and Central Italy

• Lega Nord / Lega

Piedmont

• Lega Piemonte
• Lega Padana

Sardinia

• Sardigna Natzione Indipendentzia
• Sardinian Reformers
• Fortza Paris
• Union of Sardinians
• Sardinian Action Party
• Independence Republic of Sardinia
• Sardinia Tomorrow
• Red Moors

Sicily

• Party of the Sicilians
• Movement for the Independence of Sicily
• Reformist Democrats for Sicily
• The Other South

Southern Italy

• Great South
• Movement for the Autonomies
• Reality Italy–Autonomy South
• Southern Action League
• Lega Sud Ausonia

Trentino

• Union for Trentino
• Lega Trentino
• Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party
• Administer Trentino
• Ladin Autonomist Union
• Trentino Civic List

Tuscany

• Lega Toscana
• More Tuscany

Umbria

• Lega Umbria

Veneto

• Liga Veneta
• North East Union
• North East Project
• Liga Veneta Repubblica
• Venetians Movement
• Venetian Independence
• Liga Veneto Autonomo
• Toward North
• Veneto State

New Zealand

• New Munster Party
• NZ South Island Party
• South Island Party (2008)

Pakistan

• Balochistan National Party (Awami)
• Balochistan National Party (Mengal)
• Awami National Party
• Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Nevis

Concerned Citizens Movement

Serbia

• League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina

Spain

Castile

• Castilian Left (Izquierda Castellana)
• Castilian Party (Partido Castellano)

Andalusia

• Andalucista Party

Aragon

• Aragonese Party (Partido Aragonés)
• Aragonese Union (Chunta Aragonesista)

Asturias

• Asturian Left (Izquierda Asturiana)
• Andecha Astur

Balearic Islands

• Socialist Party of Majorca
• Proposal for the Isles (Proposta per les Illes)

Basque Country

• Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco)
• Basque Solidarity (Eusko Alkartasuna)
• Aralar
• Communist Party of the Basque Homelands
• EH Bildu

Canary Islands

• Canarian Coalition
• New Canaries

Catalonia

• Convergence and Unity (Convergència i Unió), coalition of:
  • Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya)
  • Democratic Union of Catalonia (Unió Democràtica de Catalunya)
• Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya)
• Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds), formerly in coalition with Izquierda Unida

Galicia

• Galician Nationalist Bloc (Bloque Nacionalista Galego)

León

• Leonese People's Union (Unión del Pueblo Leonés)

Navarra

• Navarrese People's Union (Unión del Pueblo Navarro)
• Nafarroa Bai

Valencia

• Compromise Coalition (Coalició Compromís)

Sri Lanka

• All Ceylon Tamil Congress
• Democratic Tamil National Alliance
• Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
• Tamil National Alliance
• Tamil United Liberation Front

Sweden

Scania

• Scania Party

Switzerland

• Ticino League ^{[ citation needed ]}

Turkey

• Peace and Democracy Party
• Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)

United Kingdom

North of England

• Northern Independence Party

Yorkshire

• Yorkshire Party
• Yorkshire Liberal Democrats

Cornwall

• Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall

Wessex

• Wessex Regionalist Party

England

• English Democrats

Scotland

• Scottish National Party
• Scottish Greens
• Alba Party

Wales

• Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales
• Propel
• Gwlad

Northern Ireland

All parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly support continued devolution for Northern Ireland. Irish nationalist/republican parties support a united Ireland.

United States

Alaska

• Alaskan Independence Party

California

• California National Party ^[3]

Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rican Independence Party

See also

• Lists of political parties
• Political parties of minorities
• List of active autonomist and secessionist movements

References

1. Jason Sorens (2012). Secessionism: Identity, Interest, and Strategy. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 180. ISBN   978-0-7735-3896-2.
2. "Die Friesen - Bessere Politik für uns! - Wir fordern". Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
3. Mike Pearl (17 February 2016). "Meet the California Separatists Leading a New Movement to Secede from the United States". VICE . Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2025.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070709111610/http://www.broadleft.org/natliber.htm Comprehensive list of Leftist Movements for National, Ethnic Liberation or Regional Autonomy