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Occitan Party Partit Occitan | |
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| Abbreviation | POC[1] |
| Leader | Gustave Alirol |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | B. P. 31, 16270, Roumazières-Loubert |
| Ideology | Occitan nationalism[1] Regionalism[1] Autonomism[2] Socialism[3] Environmentalism[4] |
| Political position | Left-wing[5][6][7] |
| National affiliation | Socialist Party[8][9] The Greens[9][10] The Ecologists[11] Party of the Corsican Nation[11] Breton Democratic Union[11] |
| Regional affiliation | Mouvement Region Provence |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
| Colours | Red Gold Black |
| Regional Council of Occitania | 0 / 158 |
| Website | |
| http://partitoccitan.org | |
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The Occitan Party (Occitan: Partit Occitan, [paɾˈtit utsiˈta], abbreviated to POC) is a left-wing regionalist political party in France.[12] Its aims include greater autonomy for the historical region of Occitania, southern France. The Occitan Party was formed in Toulouse in 1987 through the union of different Occitanist movements (Volem Viure al Païs, Païs Nòstre etc.), of candidates to the 1986 regional elections and of various individuals.
The party described itself as an "autonomist progressive movement" and particularly focuses on local and regional politics, including grassroots protests, environmental groups, Occitan cultural circles, and trade unions. According to its program, the Occitan Party fights for "the recognition and the autonomy of the Occitanian country" and declares its active presence "in the economic struggles or against the threats to the [Occitan] territory”, "in the struggles for jobs, against touristification, against nuclear energy, for the safeguard of the natural patrimony" and "in the actions to protect the Occitanian language and identity".[4] It actively promotes environmentalist and alter-globalization causes. The party is also described as socialist and is in an electoral alliance with the French Socialist Party,[3][9] and released statements supportive of the French Communist Party.[1]
The party's aims are:
- To set up a credible Occitanist political movement, independent of all other parties and struggling for Occitan self-government.
- To dis-alienate and raise the consciousness of the Occitan people.
- To make the Occitan question come out in the political field.
- ^ a b c d Fabien, Nicolas (2004). "Identité partisane et revendication occitane pour en finir avec une absence en Midi Rouge: le partit occitan" [Partisan Identity and Occitan Claims Putting an End to a Vacancy in Midi Rouge: The Occitan Party]. Pôle Sud (in French). 20 (1): 83–96. ISSN 1262-1676.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
elysewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Smith, Andrew William Macrae. The Comité Régional d'Action Viticole (CRAV): Regional identity, violence and the challenges of modernisation in the Languedoc (1944-1992). Queen Mary University of London. pp. 231–232.
(...) the avowedly socialist Occitan Party, and carried their message into his participation in the CRAV.
- ^ a b Grimaldi, Giorgio (2012). Political Ecology and Federalism: Theories, Studies, Institutions. Centro Studi sul Federalismo. pp. 350–359. ISBN 978-88-96-87-1355. ISSN 2038-0623.
- ^ Fabien, Nicolas (2004). "Identité partisane et revendication occitane pour en finir avec une absence en Midi Rouge: le partit occitan" [Partisan Identity and Occitan Claims Putting an End to a Vacancy in Midi Rouge: The Occitan Party]. Pôle Sud (in French). 20 (1): 87. ISSN 1262-1676.
Parmi les formes de prise conscience autonomiste, celle du régionalisme-nationalitaire incarne le mieux la revendication occitane soutenue par le Poc. Idéologiquement à gauche, il se traduit par des mots d'ordre comme Volem viure al Pais.
[Among the forms of autonomist awareness, that of nationalist-regionalism best embodies the Occitan claim supported by the POC. Ideologically left-wing, it took the form of slogans such as Volem viure al Pais.] - ^ "Euskal Herria Bai growth highlights role of stateless nations in French departmental election". nationalia.info. 23 March 2015.
(...) leftist parties, including the Occitan Party.
- ^ Grimaldi, Giorgio (2012). Political Ecology and Federalism: Theories, Studies, Institutions. Centro Studi sul Federalismo. p. 350. ISBN 978-88-96-87-1355. ISSN 2038-0623.
(...) or more-recently-founded organizations like the Partit Occitan, born in 1987 by the merging of several left-wing Occitanian movements (Occitanian Party – Partit Occitan – PÓC).
- ^ Costa, James (2017). Revitalising Language in Provence: A Critical Approach. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-119-24353-3.
(...) was also an attack on the previous municipal administration, an alliance between the Socialist Party and the Occitan Party.
- ^ a b c Costa, James (2017). Revitalising Language in Provence: A Critical Approach. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-119-24353-3.
(...) thanks to a political alliance between the Partit Occitan, the Green Party and the Socialist Party.
- ^ "A brief guide to the 2015 French regional elections". nationalia.info. 3 December 2015.
- ^ a b c Beary, Brian (2011). Separatist movements: a global reference. CQ Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-60426-569-9.
The PNC won its first ever seat in the European Parliament in June 2009 by forging an electoral alliance with other regional parties in France, including the Breton Democratic Union and Occitan Party and the Ecological Party.
- ^ Nicolas, Fabien (2004-03-01). "Identité partisane et revendication occitane: Pour en finir avec une absence en Midi rouge : le partit occitan". Pôle Sud (in French). 20 (1): 83–96. doi:10.3917/psud.020.0083. ISSN 1262-1676.