Eusko Alderdi Jertzailea

The Basque Nationalist Party is a political party in the Basque region of Spain. In Basque it is called Eusko Alderdi Jeltzalea (EAJ) and in Spanish it is called the Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV). In Spain it is commonly referred to as EAJ-PNV.

The party was founded in 1895 by Sabino de Arana y Goiri as a racist, Catholic party and currently describes itself as Basque, democratic, participatory, plural, non-confessional and humanist. It is a moderate nationalist party which favours greater autonomy for the Basque region but opposes violence.

It was part of the Acción Nacionalista Vasca, Batasuna, Comunión Nacionalista Vasca, Eusko Alkartasuna, batzoki, JEL, ikurriña, Euzkadi, gudari, José Antonio Aguirre, Jesús de Galíndez, Carlism,