Occitan Party

Occitan Party Partit Occitan

Leader	Gustave Alirol
Founded	1987
Headquarters	B. P. 31, 16270, Roumazières-Loubert
Ideology	Occitan nationalism Regionalism Autonomism Social democracy
European affiliation	European Free Alliance
Colours	Red
Aquitaine Regional Council	1 / 85
Auvergne Regional Council	1 / 47
Midi-Pyrénées Regional Council	1 / 91
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council	2 / 123
Website
http://partitoccitan.org
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The Occitan Party (Occitan: Partit Occitan) is a regionalist political party in France. Its aims include greater autonomy for the Occitania region of 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'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.

Electoral and political action

Since 1987, the Occitan Party has contested elections at all levels in different constituencies. In the 1997 parliamentary elections, the POC's best candidates polled 1.8% of the vote. Party members hold office in a few townships, including Saint-Hostien.

The Occitan Party takes part in economical or regional development struggles. Its members are active in struggles for the keeping of local jobs, against wholesale tourist commercialization, against the nuclear power industry, and for the preservation of Occitania's natural environment. They also take part in the defence of the Occitan language and identity.

The Party's paper, Occitània, comes out every two months.

International relationships

The Occitan Party belongs to the Fédération Régions et Peuples Solidaires federation which brings together different regionalist and nationalist political movements in the French state. The Occitan Party also belongs to the European Free Alliance.

Internal organisation

Local or departmental committees are grouped in regional federations. The National Council brings together delegates from the different regional federations (the party's parliament). The National Bureau is elected every two years by a Congress that is open to every party member.

References

External links

Occitània - VVAP, BP 28, F- 81370 St Sulpici La Punta, the revue of the party (every two months).
Official website
Comity of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) area of the Partit Occitan
Comity of Montpellier (Herault) area of the Partit Occitan
Regional Section Provence (Var) of the Partit Occitan
Regional Section Provence (Bouches du Rhones and Vaucluse) of the Partit Occitan
Comity of Albi area (Tarn) of the Partit Occitan
Section Cantal of the Partit Occitan

Political parties in France

National Assembly (577 seats)	Socialist Party (280) The Republicans (194) Union of Democrats and Independents (29) New Centre 8 Radical Party 6 Democratic European Force 4 Tahoera'a Huiraatira 3 Caledonia Together 2 Centrist Alliance 2 National Centre of Independents and Peasants 1 Territories in Movement 1 Miscellaneous left² (22) Europe Écologie – The Greens² (17) Miscellaneous right (15) Left Front (10) French Communist Party 9 Left Party 3 Radical Party of the Left² (12) Citizen and Republican Movement (3) Others (3) National Front (2) The Centre for France (2)

Senate (343 seats)	The Republicans (126) Socialist Party (117) Union of Democrats and Independents (44) French Communist Party (17) Radical Party of the Left² (11) Europe Écologie – The Greens² (10) National Front (France) (2)

European Parliament (74 seats)	National Front (ENF, 24) The Republicans (EPP, 20) Socialist Party (S&D, 12) Europe Écologie – The Greens² (G–EFA, 6) Democratic Movement (ALDE, 4) Union of Democrats and Independents (ALDE, 2) Radical Party 1 Centrist Alliance 1 Left Front (EUL–NGL, 4) French Communist Party 1 Left Party 1 Communist Party of Réunion 1 Nous Citoyens (ALDE, 1) Radical Party of the Left² (S&D, 1)

Extra-parliamentary/Local	United Republic Movement for France Arise the Republic National Centre of Independents and Peasants Abertzaleen Batasuna Alsace First Breton Democratic Union Breton Party Christian Democratic Party¹ Ecology Generation Independent Ecological Movement Independent Workers' Party Liberal Democratic Party New Anticapitalist Party Occitan Party Pè a Corsica Corsica Libera The Progressives¹ Republican Left of Catalonia Savoyan League Savoy Region Movement Unitarian Left Unser Land Lutte Ouvrière

Notes:¹,²,³ and⁴. Numbers denote party affiliations, 1 is for parties linked to The Republicans, formerly the Union for a Popular Movement, 2 is for parties linked to the Socialist Party's Presidential majority.

Members of the European Free Alliance

Elected to the European Parliament	Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie For Human Rights in United Latvia† Party of the Corsican Nation Plaid Cymru Republican Left of Catalonia Scottish National Party

Other members	Andalusian Party Aralar Party Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology Bavaria Party Catalan Unity Chunta Aragonesista Eusko Alkartasuna Frisian National Party Future of Åland Galician Nationalist Bloc Hungarian Christian Democratic Association Liga Veneta Repubblica List for Fiume Lusatian Alliance Majorca Socialist Party Mebyon Kernow Moravané Occitan Party Our Land Rainbow Sardinian Action Party Savoy Region Movement Savoyan League Silesian Autonomy Movement Slovene Union South Schleswig Voters' Association South Tyrolean Freedom The Frisians Union Démocratique Bretonne United Macedonian Organization Ilinden–Pirin Unity List Valencian Nationalist Bloc

Observers	Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania Latvian Russian Union New Canaries Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace The Other South Yorkshire First

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