The Valencian Nationalist Bloc (Valencian: Bloc Nacionalista Valencià, Bloc or BNV; ) is a Valencian nationalist party in the Valencian Country, Spain. It is the largest party in the Coalició Compromís.
The Bloc's main aim is, as stated in their guidelines, "to achieve full national sovereignty for the Valencian people, and make it legally declared by a Valencian sovereign Constitution allowing the possibility of association with the countries which share the same language, history and culture". The second part refers to the other Catalan-speaking lands, known as Països Catalans.
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