Més–Compromís

After a traumatic Spanish transition to democracy,[5] Valencian nationalism became an extraparlamentary force when the Valencian Autonomous Community was created in 1982.[6] This led to the main nationalist party, the Valencian People's Union, to moderate their positions in an attempt to find accommodation in the new political system.[6] This accommodation would led to the birth of the Valencian Nationalist Bloc, in a process known as Third Way,[7] where the involvement of Valencian Nationalists into Catalan issues, that had been vague but real since the emergence of Joan Fuster as an intellectual leader,[8] was abandoned and substituted by a discourse strictly based on the Land of Valencia.[7] The failure of the Valencian Nationalist Bloc of reaching the parliament in the 2003 Valencian regional election, would led them to explore electoral coalitions with other leftists forces, in a process that would lead to the birth of Coalició Compromís.[9]

During the process, the formation would evolve from a strict Valencian nationalism to a civic nationalism less centered on elements as language, culture, and history, understanding that Valencianism is originated in the will of the individuals.[6] Also, Compromís become a catch-all party, and joined the Valencian government in 2015.[6]

After the 2019 Valencian regional election, leaders of the Valencian Nationalist Bloc had a refundation in mind,[10] justified by a need of abandoning the original name, regarded as not very attractive for the voters,[11] and an adaptation to the ideological changes experimented during the last decade.[11][12] The refundation was expected to happen in June, 2020, but the Covid-19 pandemic delayed the congress until 2021.[11]

The refoundation happened in June 2021, despite receiving internal criticism for what had been regarded as an ideological renunciation.[13] In November 2021, former president of both UPV and Bloc, Pere Mayor, announced he had left the party.[14][15]