Galician Nationalist Bloc

Galician Nationalist Bloc
Bloque Nacionalista Galego
SpokespersonAna Pontón
Founded1982 (1982)
Merger of
HeadquartersAv. de Rodríguez de Viguri, 16, 15703, Santiago de Compostela
NewspaperBenegá ao día
Student wingErguer-Estudantes da Galiza
Youth wingGaliza Nova
Membership (2019)Increase 7,800[1][2]
IdeologyMajority:
Faction:
Political positionLeft-wing[19]
National affiliation
Regional affiliationWe–Galician Candidacy (2015–2016)
European affiliationEuropean Free Alliance
European Parliament groupThe Greens–European Free Alliance
Trade union affiliationConfederación Intersindical Galega (CIG)
Colors  Sky blue
Congress of Deputies (Galician seats)
1 / 23
Spanish Senate (Galician seats)
1 / 18
European Parliament (Spanish seats)
1 / 61
(Ahora Repúblicas)
Galician Parliament
25 / 75
Provincial deputations
11 / 108
Mayors in Galicia[20]
36 / 313
Town Councillors in Galicia
590 / 3,721
Website
bng.gal

The Galician Nationalist Bloc (Galician: Bloque Nacionalista Galego, BNG Galician pronunciation: [beˈneˈɣa]) is a political party from Galicia, formed with the merger of a series of left-wing Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic front".

Founded in 1982 under the guidance of historical leader Xosé Manuel Beiras, the BNG calls for further devolution of powers to the Parliament of Galicia and the official and unambiguous[a] recognition of Galicia as a nation. The BNG also promotes affirmative action for the Galician language. The current leader—the president of the National Council and national spokesperson—is Ana Pontón.

The BNG has strong ties with the Galician Trade Union Confederation (Confederación Intersindical Galega, CIG), with the student union Erguer-Estudantes da Galiza (Stand Up–Students of Galiza), the agrarian unions Galician Peasant Union (Sindicato Labrego Galego, SLG) and Galician Rural Federation (FRUGA), and with environmentalist, feminist and Galician language organizations.

From 2005 to 2009, BNG was part of a coalition government along with the Socialists' Party of Galicia, in which its leader, Anxo Quintana, served as the vice-president of the Galician regional government.

  1. ^ Europa Press/Redacción: Ciudadanos ten só mil afiliados en Galicia. Galicia Confidencial, 01/02/2019.
  2. ^ Domingos Sampedro: Más de 121.000 gallegos militan en los partidos políticos tradicionales. La Voz de Galicia, 22/02/2015.
  3. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Galicia/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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  5. ^ Gómez-Reino Cachafeiro, M. (2009). El nacionalismo minoritario, de la marginalidad al gobierno: la trayectoria del Bloque Nacionalista Galego (1982-2007). Papers: revista de sociologia, (92), 119-142. pp. 130-140.
  6. ^ Conversi, Daniele; Friis Hau, Mark (8 April 2021). "Green nationalism. Climate action and environmentalism in left nationalist parties". Environmental Politics. 30 (7): 1089–1110. doi:10.1080/09644016.2021.1907096. S2CID 234853239. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  7. ^ N/A (2014). O BNG apela á república galega fronte a unha monarquía "de parásitos sociais". Praza Pública.
  8. ^ República galega fronte á monarquía caduca. Bloque Nacionalista Galego, 2013.
  9. ^ EP (2014). Feministas, CIG y BNG denuncian en una protesta con ataúdes que el PP "no actúa" contra la violencia machista Archived 15 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine. El Correo Gallego.
  10. ^ "La "machada" del PP ofende al feminismo del BNG". 27 November 2010.
  11. ^ EFE (2013). El BNG defenderá la visión feminista de la realidad para cambiar las cosas. La Región.
  12. ^ "A Unión Europea non é a solución, é o problema! Hai alternativa ao espolio de Galiza | Fundación Galiza Sempre". 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014.
  13. ^ EP (2014). El BNG ve una "nueva agresión" de la Unión Europea a Galicia "negar" el dique flotante para Ferrol. 20 Minutos.
  14. ^ Lombao, D. (2013). O BNG pídelle contas á Comisión europea pola "bochornosa" retención de Morales. Praza Pública.
  15. ^ El BNG afirma en un foro de Bildu que la UE «es antidemocrática y antisocial» Archived 15 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Galicia 24 Horas.
  16. ^ Domínguez, D. (2014). Vence fija la independencia como meta del BNG y propone vías de cooperación con Beiras. Faro de Vigo.
  17. ^ GC (2014).O BNG cre que as mareas son "parte dunha estratexia política planificada". Galicia Confidencial.
  18. ^ Vizoso, S. (2014). Vence defiende el potencial de Galicia para aspirar a la independencia. El País.
  19. ^ Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko; Mälkiä, Matti (2007). Encyclopedia of Digital Government. Idea Group Inc (IGI). pp. 394–. ISBN 978-1-59140-790-4.
  20. ^ El PSdeG alcanza 111 alcaldías al sumar 45 este sábado y el BNG 29 al hacerse con 15. Europa Press, 15/06/2019.


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