Unity of Aran (

Aranese Aranese () is a standardized form of the Pyrenean Gascon dialect, Gascon variety of the Occitan language spoken in the Val d'Aran, in northwestern Catalonia close to the France–Spain border, Spanish border with France, where it is one of the t ...

: ', also ') is a

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Val d'Aran Aran (; ; ) (often known as the Aran Valley, or Val d'Aran in Aranese Occitan; in other forms of Occitan: ''Vath d'Aran'' or ''Vau d'Aran'', in Catalan: ''Vall d'Aran'', in Spanish: ''Valle de Arán'') is an autonomous administrative entity (form ...

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. Practically the Aranese section of

Socialists' Party of Catalonia The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (, PSC–PSOE) is a social democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain, resulting from the merger of three parties: the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping, led by Josep Pallach i Carolà, the Socia ...

(PSC), it is the ruling party of the

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. Unity of Aran has its roots in Aranese nationalist ' ("The Thirds", referring to Aranese traditional administrative subdivisions) founded in 1978 to safeguard a special status for the ''comarca'' in the 1979 Statute of Autonomy and the nascent UA has opposed the aspirations of

Catalan nationalism Catalan nationalism promotes the idea that the Catalan people form a distinct nation and national identity. A related term is Catalanism (, ), which is more related to Regionalism (politics), regionalism and tends to have a wider meaning, most pe ...

and acted jointly with affiliated Aranese Nationalist Party (') that struggles for a separate

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status. The party is chaired by Francés Xavier Boya Alòs from

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and gained 46.13% of the votes at the General Council elections in 2007.

Electoral performance

General Council of Aran The General Council of Aran (Aranese dialect, Aranese: ''Conselh Generau d'Aran'') is the autonomous governing body of the Vegueries of Catalonia, territory of the Val d'Aran, Aran Valley in Catalonia. The chamber is headed by the Síndic d'Aran, S ...

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* Political parties in Val d'Aran Social democratic parties in Spain Branches of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party {{Spain-party-stub