Valencian Democrats

Valencian Democrats Demòcrates Valencians
Secretary-General	Natxo Temiño
Founded	2013
Headquarters	València
Ideology	Valencianism Liberalism[1]
Political position	Centre
Colours	Blue   White
Local Government in the Valencian Community	17 / 5,742
Website
www.democratesvalencians.org
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Valencian Democrats (Catalan: Demòcrates Valencians, DV) is a centrist, Valencianist political party founded in the Valencian Community in 2013 and reactivated in 2017.^[2] In 2018, the party achieved some agreements with some local independent parties and in total reached 17 city councilmen.^[3]

In September 2018, Natxo Temiño was elected Secretary-General of the party.^[4] In December he was substituted by Albert Sarrió.^[5]

Ideology

According to its statutes, DV is defined as a "centrist and valencianist" formation, with a "conciliation Valencianism" (also known as Valencianist Third Way) line (overcoming the confrontation between pro-Catalan fusterianism and anti-Catalan blaverism).

References

1. Pérez, Moises (23 October 2017). "La resurrecció del valencianisme liberal". El Temps (in Catalan).
2. "Demòcrates Valencians, la nova opció política nacionalista". El Periòdic de Ontinyent (in Catalan). 28 September 2017.
3. "Los siete concejales del partido del juez Elpidio Silva se integran en Demòcrates Valencians". Valencia Plaza. 3 May 2018.
4. "Demòcrates Valencians elige a Natxo Temiño". Levante EMV. 22 September 2018.
5. "Demòcrates Valencians elige a Albert Sarrió como nuevo líder". Levante EMV. 17 December 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Catalan)