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Més–Compromís

Not to be confused with Més Compromís.
Més–Compromís
LeaderEnric Morera
Founded27 June 2021
Preceded byValencian Nationalist Bloc
HeadquartersSant Jacint 28, 46006 Valencia
IdeologyValencian nationalism
Progressivism
Ecologism
Political positionLeft-wing
Regional affiliationCoalició Compromís
European affiliationEuropean Free Alliance
European Parliament groupGreens–EFA
ColoursOrange
Congress of Deputies (Valencian Seats)
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Spanish Senate (Valencian Seats)
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European Parliament
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Corts Valencianes
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Website
mes.compromis.net

Més, also known as Més–Compromís (English: "More–Commitment"), is a Valencian nationalist party in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the largest party in the Coalició Compromís since 2021, being created as a refoundation of the former Bloc Nacionalista Valencià.[1][2][3]

When created, the party had as objective the national and popular construction of the Land of Valencia, and improving the livelihood of the Valencian people.[4] According to their promotors, the goal was to embrace a sobiranist discourse with popular roots that allows the new formation to have a better presence that Valencian Nationalist Bloc had.[4] When it comes to the Valencian nationalist discourse, it promoted a more simplified vision of their ideology, receiving internal criticism.[4]

Background

After a traumatic Spanish transition to democracy,[5] Valencian nationalism became an extraparlamentary force when the Valencian Autonomous Community was created in 1982.[6] This led to the main nationalist party, the Valencian People's Union, to moderate their positions in an attempt to find accommodation in the new political system.[6] This accommodation would lead to the birth of the Valencian Nationalist Bloc, in a process known as Third Way,[7] where the involvement of Valencian Nationalists into Catalan issues, that had been vague but real since the emergence of Joan Fuster as an intellectual leader,[8] was abandoned and substituted by a discourse strictly based on the Land of Valencia.[7] The failure of the Valencian Nationalist Bloc of reaching the parliament in the 2003 Valencian regional election, would led them to explore electoral coalitions with other leftists forces, in a process that would lead to the birth of Coalició Compromís.[9]

During the process, the formation would evolve from a strict Valencian nationalism to a civic nationalism less centered on elements as language, culture, and history, understanding that Valencianism is originated in the will of the individuals.[6] Also, Compromís become a catch-all party, and joined the Valencian government in 2015.[6]

After the 2019 Valencian regional election, leaders of the Valencian Nationalist Bloc had a refundation in mind,[10] justified by a need of abandoning the original name, regarded as not very attractive for the voters,[11] and an adaptation to the ideological changes experimented during the last decade.[11][12] The refundation was expected to happen in June, 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the congress until 2021.[11]

The refoundation happened in June 2021, despite receiving internal criticism for what had been regarded as an ideological renunciation.[13] In November 2021, former president of both UPV and Bloc, Pere Mayor, announced he had left the party.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ Alós, Carlos (2021-06-26). "El Bloc aprueba cambiar su denominación por la de Més Compromís por la mínima". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  2. ^ "La refundación del Bloc y su apuesta por la izquierda social salen adelante sin entusiasmo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  3. ^ Martínez, Laura (2021-03-10). "El Bloc liga su nueva denominación y su futuro político a la marca de Compromís". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  4. ^ a b c "La "simplificació nacional" del Bloc als estatuts". El Temps (in Catalan). Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  5. ^ Paniagua, Javier (2001). "Un solo territorio y varias identidades. El trauma del nacionalismo valenciano". Historia Social (40): 115–136. ISSN 0214-2570. JSTOR 40340762.
  6. ^ a b c d Abellán-López, María Ángeles; Pardo-Beneyto, Gonzalo; Abellán-López, María Ángeles; Pardo-Beneyto, Gonzalo (August 2018). "The new configuration of the Valencian party system. An institutional approach". Convergencia. 25 (77): 175–200. doi:10.29101/crcs.v25i77.9200. hdl:10045/93127. ISSN 1405-1435.
  7. ^ a b Martín Cubas, Joaquín (2007). La polémica identidad de los valencianos: a propósito de las reformas de los Estatutos de Autonomía. Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials. nstitut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials. Barcelona, Catalunya.
  8. ^ Dieckhoff, Alain; Gutiérrez, Natividad (2017-07-05). Modern Roots: Studies of National Identity. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-91700-1.
  9. ^ Català Oltra, Lluís (2012). "Fonaments de la identitat territorial amb especial atenció a la identitat nacional. El cas valencià: discursos polítics sobre la identitat valenciana entre els militants de base del Bloc, EUPV i PSPV-PSOE". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ "Dirigentes del Bloc ya planean una refundación del partido: nuevo nombre y concepto para 2020". Valencia Plaza (in Spanish). 22 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  11. ^ a b c "El Bloc encara un lífting a fons malgrat la pandèmia". Diario Público. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  12. ^ "Un valencianisme sobiranista i d'arrel popular". El Temps (in Catalan). Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  13. ^ "Més-Compromís, la transformació d'un valencianisme migpartit". El Temps (in Catalan). Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  14. ^ "Pere Mayor: "Si Més Compromís continua al govern està acceptant i beneïnt l'engany del PSOE"". VilaWeb (in Catalan). 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  15. ^ "El histórico Pere Mayor pide la baja de Compromís por el cambio de rumbo del partido". Las Provincias (in Spanish). 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
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