Més, also known as Més–Compromís (), is a Valencian nationalist party in the

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. It is the largest party in the

Coalició Compromís Coalició Compromís (, ), also known as Compromís,Ávila López, E. (2016) ''Modern Spain'', p. 85 is a Valencianist electoral coalition in the Valencian Community, Spain. The parties involved include Més-Compromís, the left-wing Valencia ...

since 2021, being created as a refoundation of the former Bloc Nacionalista Valencià. When created, the party had as objective the

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and popular construction of the

, hgand improving the livelihood of the

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. 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 The Valencian Nationalist Bloc ( or ''BNV''; ) was a Valencian nationalist party in the Valencian Country, Spain. It was the largest party in the Coalició Compromís until 2021, when it was replaced in a refoundation process by Més–Comprom� ...

had. When it comes to the Valencian nationalist discourse, it promoted a more simplified vision of their ideology, receiving internal criticism.

Background

After a traumatic

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became an extraparlamentary force when the Valencian Autonomous Community was created in 1982. 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. This accommodation would lead to the birth of the

, in a process known as ''

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'', where the involvement of Valencian Nationalists into Catalan issues, that had been vague but real since the emergence of

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as an intellectual leader, was abandoned and substituted by a discourse strictly based on the

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. The failure of the

of reaching the parliament in the 2003 Valencian regional election, would led them to explore electoral coalitions with other

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forces, in a process that would lead to the birth of

. During the process, the formation would evolve from a strict

to a

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less centered on elements as

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, and

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, understanding that

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is originated in the will of the individuals. Also, Compromís become a

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, and joined the Valencian government in 2015. After the 2019 Valencian regional election, leaders of the

had a refundation in mind, justified by a need of abandoning the original name, regarded as not very attractive for the voters, and an adaptation to the ideological changes experimented during the last decade. The refundation was expected to happen in June, 2020, but the

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delayed the congress until 2021. The refoundation happened in June 2021, despite receiving internal criticism for what had been regarded as an

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renunciation. In November 2021, former president of both UPV and

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, Pere Mayor, announced he had left the party.

Electoral performance

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* *** Within Compromís.

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Valencian Community

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References

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