PLAID CYMRU

the Welsh nationalist political party, started in 1925 with the aim of making Wales an independent country, separate from the rest of the United Kingdom. It carries out campaigns to preserve the individual culture of Wales and the Welsh language. One of its campaigns led to the creation of the television station S4C , which broadcasts programmes in Welsh. In 1966, a Plaid Cymru candidate was elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time. Since 2003 the party has 12 members in the Welsh Assembly and forms the main opposition party in the Assembly. The party leader is Ieuan Wyn Jones.