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).
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^The Annual Register - Volume 221. Longmans. 1979. p. 162. ... It had lost votes substantially to the independent Andalusian Socialist Party (PSA) which , previously unrepresented in Parliament, gained 5 seats ; and in Euzkadi, together with the centre-left Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) ...
^Mark Hudson, Stan Rudcenko, ed. (1988). Spain to 1992: Joining Europe's Mainstream. Economist Intelligence Unit. p. 9.
^Ruiz Vieytez, Eduardo (2013). "A New Political Status for the Basque Country?"(PDF). Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe. 12: 99. Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2019. PNV is a pro-(Basque) sovereignty political party founded in 1895 and representing a wide political spectrum from centre-right to centre-left
^Mateos, Araceli; Penadés, Alberto (2013). "España: crisis y recortes"(PDF). Revista de ciencia política (Santiago) (in Spanish). 33 (1): 175. doi:10.4067/S0718-090X2013000100008. ISSN0718-090X. Retrieved January 4, 2016. Convergencia i Unió (CiU) y el Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV-EAJ) son los partidos nacionalistas de centro-derecha en Cataluña y el País Vasco, respectivamente
^Gabriel Gatti; Ignacio Irazuzta; Iñaki Martínez de Albeniz, eds. (2005). "Political parties". Basque Society: Structures, Institutions, and Contemporary Life. University of Nevada Press. p. 177. ISBN978-1-877802-25-6.[permanent dead link]
^Ahedo, Igor (2005), "Political parties in the Basque autonomous community", Basque Society: Structures, Institutions, And Contemporary Life, Center for Basque Studies, p. 177
^Ramiro, Luis; Morales, Laura (2007), "European integration and Spanish parties: Elite empowerment amidst limited adaptation", The Europeanization of National Political Parties: Power and organizational adaptation, Routledge, p. 145
^Pallarés, Francesc; Keating, Michael (2006), "Multi-level electoral competition: sub-state elections and party systems in Spain", Devolution and electoral politics, Manchester University Press, p. 101
^Gibbons 1999, p. 25 "the PNV, a Basque nationalist and Christian democratic party"
^Gibbons 1999, p. 25 "the PNV, a Basque nationalist and Christian democratic party"
^Papini, Roberto (2010), "The Identity of the Christian Democratic Movement and Theory of Democracy", Religion, the Enlightenment, and the New Global Order, Columbia University Press, p. 259
^Keating, Michael (2009), "Nationalist Movements in Comparative Perspective", The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power, Edinburgh University Press, p. 208
^Armentia, Iker (25 November 2016). "Humillados ante Dios y el PNV". Eldiario.es (in Spanish). Eldiario.es. Retrieved 1 May 2019. el PNV hace tiempo que flirtea con la socialdemocracia siguiendo las posiciones mayoritarias de la sociedad vasca en los últimos años
^DEIA (8 June 2017). "Euskadi, el país "más socialdemócrata de Europa"". Deia (in Spanish). Deia. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019. el burukide jeltzale valoró las políticas socialdemócratas impulsadas por su partido desde las instituciones durante las últimas décadas, especialmente en las cuestiones sociales y de protección social
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