The Occitan Party (Occitan: Partit Occitan) 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:
- 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.
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