Basque Nationalist Party
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The Basque Nationalist Party[11] (Basque: Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea, EAJ [eus̺ko aldeɾdi jelts̻ale.a]; Spanish: Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; French: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English,[12][lower-alpha 1] is a Basque nationalist[14][15][16][17] and regionalist[18][19] political party. The party is located in the centre of the political spectrum.[20][3]
The party is described as Christian-democratic,[21][22][23] with social-democratic[24][25][26] and conservative-liberal[27] factions. In 2020 the party voted in favour of the investiture of the current Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, belonging to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.[28]
It operates in all the territories comprising the Basque Country: the Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre in Spain, and in the French Basque Country. It also has delegations in dozens of foreign nations, specifically those with a major presence of Basque immigrants.
The EAJ-PNV was founded by Sabino Arana in 1895, which makes it the second oldest extant political party in Spain, after the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. The EAJ-PNV is the largest Basque nationalist party, having led the Basque Government uninterruptedly since 1979, except for a brief period between 2009 and 2012. In Navarre, it is part of the coalition Geroa Bai, which is currently a junior partner of the PSOE in the Navarrese regional government. Currently a member of the European Democratic Party, EAJ-PNV was previously a member of the European Free Alliance from 1999 to 2004.[29] Earlier it had been affiliated with the European People's Party and the Christian Democrat International (from which it was expelled in 2000).[30]
The current chairman of the EAJ-PNV is Andoni Ortuzar. The party's youth wing is Euzko Gaztedi. The EAJ-PNV's social offices are called batzokis, of which there are over 200 throughout the world.[31] Since 1932, the party celebrates Aberri Eguna (Homeland Day) on Easter.[32] Also, since 1977, it celebrates Alderdi Eguna (Party Day).