The Popular Party was founded in 1989 with the coming together of moderate democratic political forces in the liberal, Christian democrat, conservative and regionalist mould. Since then, many others have joined its ranks.

The Popular Party is now the second largest political party in the Historical Territory of Vizcaya, with almost 20% of the vote and a large number of elected representatives at various institutions:

2004 General elections 2 Deputies (of 9) 1 Senator (Basque Country) 2004 Europe elections 2 Eurodeputies 2005 Regional autonomic elections 5 Members of parliament (of 25) 2007 Municipal elections  68 Councillors in municipalities 2007 Provincial elections 8 Representatives (of 51)

The Vizcaya Popular Party stands in its Historical Territory for the moderate option defended by the Popular Party throughout Spain.

The Popular Party is in favour of political, economic and social development in Vizcaya, the Basque Country and Spain as a whole within the democratic, pluralist framework represented by the Constitution and the Statute of Autonomy.

For the Popular Party the Statute of Gernika and the Constitution provide the basic political structure to ensure a future of development and peaceful coexistence for the whole of Basque society.

The Vizcaya Popular party defends a pluralist, dynamic view of society, free from any dogmatic insistence on making reality conform to homogenous patterns. For the Popular Party politics must be at the service of the people, and not vice versa, as the terrorist organisation ETA attempts to assert through murder and coercion.