Breton Party facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Breton Party French: Parti breton Breton: Strollad Breizh
President	Mathieu Guihard
General Secretary	Thierry Salaün
Spokesperson	Joannic Martin
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Lorient, Morbihan
Youth wing	Movement of Young Bretons (Ar Vretoned Yaouank)
Ideology	Breton nationalism Pro-Europeanism
European affiliation	FUEN
Colors	Turquoise
Regional Council of Brittany	0 / 83
National Assembly (Breton seats)	0 / 27
Senate (Breton seats)	0 / 18
European Parliament (no Breton seats)	0 / 10
Website
www.partibreton.org

The Breton Party (in French: Parti Breton, in Breton: Strollad Breizh) is a political party. It wants to create an independent republic of Brittany. This new country would be part of the European Union.

What the Breton Party Wants

The Breton Party started in 2002. Its main goal is to give Brittany the tools it needs to grow. This includes economic, social, cultural, environmental, and political growth.

The party sees Brittany as a historic nation. They believe it should have its own rights and freedoms. They want Brittany to become an independent state. This state would be a member of the European Union.

They argue that being independent would help Brittany a lot. This includes benefits for its economy, culture, and environment. Their slogan is "emancipated and reunited Brittany."

The party is considered to be in the political center. They focus on creating strong Breton political systems. Many of their members are new to Breton politics.

Young Bretons: The Youth Wing

Ar Vretoned Yaouank means "The Young Bretons." This is the youth group of the Breton Party. It was created in 2007.

Its purpose is to organize activities for young people linked to the party. These activities are often informal and fun. For example, in 2006, Young Bretons attended an event in Bilbao. This event was for young people from different regions.

Elections and Results

The Breton Party has taken part in many elections. They first ran candidates in 2004 and 2005. In these early elections, their candidates received between 1.5% and 4% of the votes.

In the 2007 general election, they had four candidates. They received a small percentage of votes in different areas. For example, in Lorient, one candidate got 1.44% of the votes.

In local elections, their results sometimes improved. In a by-election in Redon in 2007, a candidate got 3.58%. In 2009, the same candidate won 4.08% of the votes.

In 2008, a party member named Yann Jestin got 25.18% of the votes in local elections in Lesneven. During the municipal elections in March 2008, the party had about twenty candidates. About ten of them were elected to local councils. This included one mayor and three deputies.

In the 2009 European elections, the party ran a list of candidates. They won 2.45% of the votes in the West region. Their best result was 3.41% in the Finistère area. In one small town in Côtes-d'Armor, they even won up to 16% of the votes.

In the 2010 French regional elections, the Breton Party had candidates in Brittany and Pays de Loire.

• Christian Troadec ran for president of Brittany. He received 4.29% of the votes.
• Jacky Flippot ran for president of Pays de Loire. He received 0.99% of the votes.

In the 2017 legislative elections, the party worked with another group. They presented candidates in all 31 areas of Brittany. It was a tough election for smaller parties. Still, the Breton Party got more than 1% of the votes in 10 of these areas.

2021 Regional Elections

In the 2021 regional elections, the Breton Party received 1.55% of the votes. They came in 9th place out of 13 parties.

Even though the percentage was low, they got more votes than in 2015. They received 13,193 votes in Brittany. This was twice as many as the 6,521 votes they got in 2015.

Images for kids

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  The logo of the Breton Party.

See also

• In Spanish: Partido Bretón para niños