Political Parties in France - Major Regionalist Parties

Major Regionalist Parties

(with past or present representation in at least a regional council)

  • Abertzaleen Batasuna (Basque Country, nationalist separatist): largest Basque nationalist party of the Northern Basque Country
  • Alsace d'abord (Alsace, far-right regionalist): had 3 seats in the Alsace Regional Council in 1998
  • Ligue savoisienne (Savoie, liberal separatist): had 1 seat in the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council in 1998
  • Breton Democratic Union (Brittany, ecologist and left-wing autonomist): 4 seats in the Regional Council of Brittany since 2004.
  • Party of the Corsican Nation (Corsica, nationalist autonomist): 11 seats in the Corsican Assembly and 1 in the European Parliament.
  • Corsica Libera (Corsica, nationalist separatist): 4 seats in the Corsican Assembly.

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