Nafarroa Bai
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Navarre Yes or Nafarroa Bai (Basque) is a Navarrese (Spain) coalition of both left and rightwing Basque nationalist parties which was created for the 2004 Spanish General election.
The coalition comprises Aralar, Eusko Alkartasuna (Basque Solidarity), Batzarre and the Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Basque Nationalist Party). All these parties usually run by themselves competing with each other at elections held in the neighbouring autonomous community of the Basque country but agreed to run together in Navarre (where Basque nationalism is not majoritary) as a means to optimize Basque nationalism electoral results in Navarre. The coalition won a seat in the Spanish Parliament in 2004, gaining 18.4% of votes cast in Navarre.
In 2007 the coalition became the second largest political force in Navarre's autonomous parliament (virtually tied with the PSN-PSOE) by gaining 23.7% of votes cast and 12 seats[1].
Its most significant politicians are Patxi Zabaleta (Aralar), Maiorga Ramirez (Eusko Alkartasuna) and Uxue Barkos, who is journalist and was working at Basque Television and currently the coalition's only MP at the Spanish Parliament.
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