Democracia Cristiana Vasca

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Basque Christian Democracy
Basque name Euskal Kristau Demokrazia
Spanish name Democracia Cristiana Vasca
Founded 1976
Ideology Christian democracy
Political position Centre-right

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Basque Christian Democracy (Spanish: Democracia Cristiana Vasca, DCV; Basque: Euskal Kristau Demokrazia, EKD) was a Basque Country Christian-democratic party active during the Spanish transition to democracy - legalized in 1977.

Although it was the only newly created regional right-wing party not to advocate Basque nationalism, it did not disagree with projects of regional autonomy. It ran in the Spanish 1977 election for the Constituent Cortes in all three electoral districts in the Basque Country-proper (Gipuzkoa, Vizcaya, and Álava), in contrast with the nationalist candidacies in Navarre (considered by Basque nationalists a part of the extended Basque national territory). It obtained poor results, was confirmed as the eighth party in the region (just under 25,000 votes - 2.58% of the total), and was not represented in the Cortes.

Although still registered technically, the EKD is no longer active. Most of its members joined the Democratic Center Union, with the exception of such activists as Fernando Buesa, who became active in the Socialist Party of the Basque Country.


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