Welsh National Party

...The movement, which had been in a slump due to the economic recession and unemployment problems during the interwar period, and the passive attitude of the Labour Party, which had taken control of constituencies in place of the Liberal Party, was revived by the prosperity after the Second World War and the growing resentment against the progress of centralization. In 1966, a Minister for Wales and a Welsh Agency were established, and in 1967, the Welsh Language Act resulted in England not including Wales for the first time in two centuries. The Welsh National Party, Plaid Cymru, which was formed in 1925, also grew in power from the late 1960s onwards, and in 1979, a bill to expand Welsh autonomy was put to a referendum. However, as can be seen from the fact that only 11% of the voters approved the bill, the color of political nationalism was weaker than in Scotland, and the influence of the Welsh National Party continued to stagnate. ...

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…戦間期の経済不況，失業問題や，自由党に代わって選挙区を掌握した労働党の消極的姿勢等から低迷を続けた運動も，第2次大戦後の繁栄と中央集権の進行に対する反感の高まりを背景に復活し，1966年にはウェールズ担当大臣とウェールズ庁が設けられ，67年のウェールズ言語法によって，2世紀ぶりにイングランドはウェールズを含まないことになった。1925年に結成されたウェールズ国民党Plaid Cymruも60年代後半以降力を伸ばし，79年にはウェールズ自治権拡充法案が住民投票にかけられた。もっとも同法案の賛成がわずか11％だった点にもうかがわれるように，スコットランドと比べ政治的ナショナリズムの色彩は希薄で，ウェールズ国民党の勢力も伸び悩みが続いていた。…

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