Basque nationalism is a form of nationalism that asserts that Basques,an ethnic group indigenous to the western Pyrenees,are a nation and promotes the political unity of the Basques,today scattered between Spain and France. Since its inception in the late 19th century,Basque nationalism has included Basque independence movements.
Nafarroa Bai was a Navarrese coalition in Spain of Basque nationalist and regional left-wing parties created in 2004 for the Spanish General election.
The Basque Country is the name given to the home of the Basque people. The Basque Country is located in the western Pyrenees,straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay.
Batzarre is a political party in Navarre,Spain. It has a branch in the Basque Autonomous Community known as Zutik. It bids to win the political space to the left of the Basque nationalists and the Spanish socialists,the latter eroded for their long-running collusion with the conservative UPN government. It formed on 29 January 2011 the coalition Izquierda-Ezkerra along with Izquierda Unida de Navarra (IUN) and local Socialist figures disillusioned with the party's regional alliances.
Yolanda Barcina Angulo is a conservative Spanish politician who was the mayor of Pamplona,Navarre from 1999 to 2011,and elected the chairwoman of the Navarrese People's Union (UPN) in 2009. From 2011 to 2015,she was the President of the Chartered Community of Navarre.
Aralar was a Basque socialist and separatist political party in Spain. It was opposed to the violent struggle of ETA.
Amaiur was a left-wing Basque nationalist and separatist political coalition from the Basque Country and Navarre. The name of the coalition comes from the fortress of Amaiur in Navarre,which was one of the last Basque strongholds during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
Geroa Bai is a regional political coalition in the Chartered Community of Navarre,created for the 2011 election to the Cortes Generales. It includes the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV),Atarrabia Taldea,and the Geroa Socialverdes partnership. These groups had shared the former coalition Nafarroa Bai,along with Eusko Alkartasuna and Aralar,and Batzarre.
EH Bildu,short for Euskal Herria Bildu,is a left-wing,Basque nationalist and pro-independence federation of political parties in Spain. It is the main political force of the abertzale left in Spain. EH Bildu is active in the Spanish Basque Country,that is,in the Basque Autonomous Community and Chartered Community of Navarre,as well as in the Treviño enclave of the Burgos Province. In the French Basque Country,it has an alliance with the party Euskal Herria Bai,with the goal of establishing a state for the Basque Country across the Spanish-French border.
The 2015 Navarrese regional election was held on Sunday,24 May 2015,to elect the 9th Parliament of the Chartered Community of Navarre. All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Eusko Alkartasuna is a Basque nationalist and social-democratic political party operating in Spain and France. The Basque language name means Basque Solidarity and abbreviated as EA. The party describes itself as a "Basque nationalist,democratic,popular,progressive and non-denominational party". The party has adopted the slogan "Euskal Sozialdemokrazia".
United Left of Navarre is the Navarrese federation of the Spanish left-wing political and social movement United Left. JoséMiguel Nuin Moreno is the current General Coordinator. The major member of the coalition is the Communist Party of Euskadi.
Zabaltzen is a political organization formed in the Chartered Community of Navarre in 2011.
Maiorga Ramirez is a Basque nationalist politician. He is a leading member of the Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) in the province of Navarre in northern Spain and,since 2015,one of three just EA members of the Parliament of Navarre,where the EA sits as part of the EHB left-wing nationalist coalition.
The 9th Parliament of Navarre was a meeting of the Parliament of Navarre,the regional legislature of Navarre,with the membership determined by the results of the regional election held on 24 May 2015. The parliament met for the first time on 17 June 2015.
Unai Hualde Iglesias is a Navarrese politician from the Basque National Party and a leading member of the coalition Geroa Bai. He is the president of the Basque National Party in Navarre,as well as a Member of the Parliament of Navarre since 2015. He served as the First Vice-president of the Parliament of Navarre from 2015 to 2019,during its 9th term. In 2019 he was elected as the President of the Parliament of Navarre for its 10th term. He was re-elected in 2023.
Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola is a Basque economist,politician,Minister of Economic Development and Business of Navarre and a member of the Parliament of Navarre. He was previously First Vice President of Navarre.
Geroa Socialverdes,officially Geroa Socialverdes de Navarra en Europa/Nafarroako Sozialberdeak Europan is a regional party based in Navarre founded in September 2020 by former president of Navarre Uxue Barkos and integrated within the Geroa Bai coalition.
JoséJavier Esparza Abaurrea is a Spanish politician of the Navarrese People's Union (UPN). He has been president of his party since 2015,the same year that he entered the Parliament of Navarre.
