Socialist Party of the Valencian Country
The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (Valencian: Partit Socialista del País Valencià; Spanish: Partido Socialista del País Valenciano, PSPV–PSOE) is a social-democratic political party in the Valencian Community, and is a regional branch of the national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country Partit Socialista del País Valencià | |
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| Secretary-General | Ximo Puig |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Headquarters | C/ Blanqueries, 4 Valencia, Valencian Community |
| Membership (2014) | 17,230 |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Valencian Courts | 27 / 99 |
| Congress of Deputies | 10 / 32 (Valencian seats) |
| Spanish Senate | 8 / 18 (Valencian seats) |
| Provincial deputations | 28 / 89 |
| Local seats | 1,832 / 5,784 |
| Website | |
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The PSPV was originally a small nationalist and leftist Valencian party, mostly confined to the academic world within the University of Valencia. In 1978, they decided to merge with the much larger national PSOE, to which they integrated. Their name remains in the name of the Valencian branch of the PSOE, officially called PSPV-PSOE, even though it is usually reduced to PSOE only by the party itself. This Valencian branch of the PSOE, unlike their Catalan counterpart, does not have a record of having acted independently from the national executive of the Spanish-wide PSOE.