Partit Occitan
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The Occitan Party is a 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 a d of various individuals.
The party's aims are:
, 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.
federation which brings together different regionalist and nationalist political movements in the French state. The Occitan Party also belongs to the European Free Alliance
.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Its aims include greater autonomy for the Occitania
Occitania
Occitania , also sometimes lo País d'Òc, "the Oc Country"), is the region in southern Europe where Occitan was historically the main language spoken, and where it is sometimes still used, for the most part as a second language...
region of southern France. The Occitan Party was formed in Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
in 1987 through the union of different occitanist movements (Volem Viure al Païs, Païs Nòstre etc), of candidates to the 1986 regional elections a d 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 electionsFrench legislative election, 1997
French legislative election took place on 25 May and 1 June 1997 to elect the 11th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. It was the consequence of President Jacques Chirac's decision to call the legislative election one year before the deadline....
, the POC's best candidates polled 1.8% of the vote. Party members hold office in a few townships, including Saint-Hostien
Saint-Hostien
Saint-Hostien is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.-References:*...
.
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
Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
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 SolidairesFédération Régions et Peuples Solidaires
Fédération Régions et Peuples Solidaires is a political federation of various regionalist parties in France. It was founded in 1995, in order to organise a coordinated combat against "Parisian centrism" and "Jacobin conception of peoples" on the French state level...
federation which brings together different regionalist and nationalist political movements in the French state. The Occitan Party also belongs to the European Free Alliance
European Free Alliance
The European Free Alliance is a European political party. It consists of various national-level political parties in Europe which advocate either full political independence , or some form of devolution or self-governance for their country or region...
.
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.External links
- Occitània - VVAP, BP 28, F- 81370 St Sulpici La Punta, the revue of the party (every two months).
- Official website of the party (Partit Occitan - POC
- 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