Even though the term was widely used, especially by the Democratic Center Union party (UCD), in the 1980s, the local right-wing politicians rejected the term, since they considered that its use would imply a political link to the "Catalan Countries" (in Valencian: "Països Catalans"). The last mayor of the city of Valencia before democracy, Miguel Ramón Izquierdo, justified the rejection of the term, since ""país es singular de países, entonces se habla de un País Valenciano dentro de los Países Catalanes"" (""country" is the singular of "countries", hence we are talking about a Valencian Country within the Catalan Countries").