The party, and its related group the
GAV, were as considered
far-right,
fascist and
neo-nazi organizations by other political parties, academia and social and cultural groups.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
CV was founded as a coalition of various small parties, led by the historic
GAV and
Falangist Juan García Sentandreu. The parties that joined the coalition were the Blasquist Autonomist Party (PBA, that considered itself a continuation of the
blasquist political movement of the early 20th century), Regional Party of the Valencian Community (split of
Valencian Union), Valencianist Renovation (another split of
Valencian Union), Blasquist Republican Party (PRB, that also considered itself a continuation of
blasquism). CV also had agreements with other parties in various municipalities, including the
national-catholicSpanish Democratic Party, the Valencian Independent Group or the Valencian Independent Organization. In 2005 Identity Kingdom of Valencia joined the coalition, but left in 2007.
In 2005 a member of the
Corts Valencianes, Francisco Javier Tomás Puchol, left the
People's Party and joined CV, giving the coalition representation the regional parliament.[11] The party leader expected to gain 8 representatives and 250 municipal councillors in the
autonomic and
local elections of 2007,[12] but the coalition failed to enter the
Valencian Parliament and only gained 20 local representatives and 1 mayor (
Beniflá). The results of those elections were particularly weak in the big cities.
In 2010 CV had an internal leadership crisis, after Santandreu decided to leave because of personal fatigue and that the coalition needed a younger person to give another image and a "new style".[13] However, the coalition was not able to find a new leader and the expected renovation did not happen.
The party run for the
autonomic and
local elections of 2011 very weakened due to the previous crisis and bad electoral results. The main points of the autonomic campaign were:
CV gained 10,691 votes in the election, failing the enter the
Corts Valencianes again. Sentandreu recognized the absolute defeat.[14] The coalition was dissolved on May 26, 2011.[15]
Controversies
The president of the youth-wing of the party, Víctor Saiz Castelló, was denounced by
United Left of the Valencian Country in December 2008 after graffiti signed by CV appeared in the headquarters of the party in
Mislata. The graffiti included: "Attention Panca: Blue zone"[16] and "You will not make us catalans". Saínz had trouble with the justice again in 2012, after
Compromís denounced him for attacking their headquarters in
València, causing material damage. Although he was recorded by a security camera while he was carrying out the attack, he did not show up for trial.[17]
The annual "Informe Raxen" of the Movement Against Intolerance accused CV of acts of far-right terrorism and violence. The same movement also qualified CV as an anti-democratic and
fascist organization.[18]
Juan García Sentandreu acknowledged in 1999, while he was the leader of the
GAV, during a trial he had attacked with eggs a
Catalan autonomous television car during an illegal demonstration against the Valencian Council of Culture, in which members of this official institution were also physically attacked.[19]
On March 24, 2006, Juan García Sentandreu, accompanied by dozens of members and supporters of CV, as well as members of the
GAV and the
GAV Youth, assaulted the Faculty of Law of the
University of Valencia with the intention of holding a conference for which the university had previously denied permission. Security personnel had to intervene to prevent the dean from being attacked.[20]
In June 2008, Sentandreu was detained by the National Police accused of violence towards the party's number two, Elena Múñoz Carpi.[21]
In 2011 CV organized a public act in which the coalition urged to hit José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in "the eyebrow".[22]
On July 5, 2011, several members of
Spain 2000 and CV boycotted the presentation of the book 'Noves glòries a Espanya', by the sociologist and former leader of the
Valencian Nationalist Bloc Vicent Flor. Among the people who tried to sabotage the act were both the leader of
Spain 2000, José Luís Roberto, and the president of CV, Juan García Sentandreu. Protesters threw chairs to those attending the event.[23]