Compromiso por Galicia

Compromiso por Galicia
Spokesperson Xoán Bascuas
Founded 2012
Youth wing Galician Nationalist Youth
Ideology Social democracy
Galician nationalism
Europeanism
Participative democracy
Colors      Green
Mayors in Galicia[1][2]
2 / 313
Website
www.compromiso.gal
Politics of Galicia
Political parties

Compromiso por Galicia (CxG, Commitment to Galicia in English language) is a Galician political party with a Galician nationalist, progressive and socialdemocratic ideology.

Ideology

CxG proposed to reform the Galician electoral law to create a single Galician constituency, in both the autonomic and general elections, the implementation of open lists as well as a better of public transparency and promoting citizenship participation by the ILPs, the removal of the provinces and the limitation of mandates of the elected officials.

CxG considers Galicia as a "nation in terms society and culture". Unlike other Galician nationalist organizations, CxG does not want independence or total sovereignty for Galicia,[3] but a multinational and republican Spain.[4] The party also accepts capitalism, but defends a strog welfare state and social democratic public policies.[5] The party is also pro-European.[6]

History

The party was formed in December 2012, in its first National Congress. The previous organizations were partially dissolved,[7] not allowing the new organization double militancy.

The party was formed after the rupture of Máis Galiza with the Galician Nationalist Bloc. Máis Galiza had contacts with other Galician nationalist forces like Encontro Irmandiño or Espazo Ecosocialista Galego in order to form a new Galician nationalist organization, alternive to the Galician Nationalist Bloc. Finally, in May 2012 Máis Galiza announced the creation of Compromiso por Galicia,[8] along with Espazo Ecosocialista Galego. The Galician Nationalist Party-Galicianist Party (PNG-PG)[9] also joined the project. The historical Galician Coalition (CG) was also interested, having attended their leaders to acts of the new organización. On 21 June 2012 CxG announced the incorporation of a sector of the collective Unity of the Galician Left, a splinter group of the PSdG-PSOE based mainly in Vigo, including the PSdG ex-deputy Miguel Barros.

Encontro Irmandiño ,also a split from the BNG, and led the Xosé Manuel Beiras, also showed willingness to come together in a common organization, but suggested that the project had to be created from base assemblies, and not from agreements between the leaders of the organizations. At the meetings of the Encontro Irmandiño, that allowed free participation, there were some tensions with the militants of the Galician People's Front (FPG) and Causa Galiza, anticapitalist and independentist organizations.[10] This process culminated in the creation of two differentiated project: Compromiso por Galicia and Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood.

In elections to the Parliament of Galicia of 2012 CxG finally presented its own list, despite having previously announced to present a "technical coalition" with Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood, United Left and Equo.[11] Meanwhile, Espazo Ecosocialista Galego left the party in September 2012, to join the Galician Left Alternative coalition.[12] After the elections, in which CxG only gained 14,459 votes (1.01%), Terra Galega, which was incorporated in August,[13] left the party to form its own Galician centrist and Galician nationalist political party.

In the European Parliament elections of 2014 CxG formed a coalition with Convergence and Union, the Basque Nationalist Party and Canarian Coalition, known as Coalition for Europe. In Galiza Coalition for Europe won 9,812 votes (0.96%).

In the local elections of 2015 the party presented 40 lists (out of 313 municipalities in Galiza) and participated in a coalition.[14][15] CxG also supported 18 independent lists in other muncipalities.[16]

Electoral results

Election Votes Percentage Deputies/Town councillors
Galician parliamentary election, 2012 14,586 1.01% 0
European Parliament election, 2014 9,812 0.96% 0

References

  1. ↑ http://www.maisgaliza.org/index.php?id=66&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=656&cHash=42cf3937c388fedf96b7365499978f03
  2. ↑ http://www.farodevigo.es/portada-ourense/2012/10/25/jardon-pedras-alcalde-primer-unico-feudo-compromiso-galicia/702014.html
  3. ↑ http://www.compromiso.gal/novas/06/compromiso-aproba-unha-resolucion-a-favor-do-referendo-e-dun-estado-plurinacional/
  4. ↑ http://www.elcorreogallego.es/galicia/ecg/compromiso-por-galicia-celebra-demandara-autogobierno-y-democracia-en-el-dia-de-galicia/idEdicion-2014-07-19/idNoticia-881022/
  5. ↑ compromiso.gal/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/documento-POLÍTICO-IDEOLÓXICO-e-ESTRATÉXICO.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.elcorreogallego.es/galicia/ecg/compromiso-por-galicia-quere-unha-europa-mais-social-mais-democratica-e-anticorrupcion/idEdicion-2014-05-12/idNoticia-868248/
  7. ↑ http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/05/23/galicia/1337797426_724486.html
  8. ↑ http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/05/23/galicia/1337797426_724486.html
  9. ↑ http://www.laregion.es/articulo/ourense/compromiso-galicia-llega-ourense-taboas-y-cuina/20120612074007206125.html
  10. ↑ http://noticias.lainformacion.com/politica/partidos/la-llegada-del-nacionalismo-mas-radical-tensiona-al-colectivo-escindido-del-bng_tLwWboiU4vw2BIKZC77883/
  11. ↑ ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/09/06/galicia/1346962446_118905.html
  12. ↑ http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/09/13/galicia/1347530452_867763.html
  13. ↑ http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/galicia/2012/08/07/terra-galega-confluye-grupo-escindido-bng/0003_201208G7P79911.htm?idioma=galego
  14. ↑ Xunt@s por As Pontes, in As Pontes de García Rodríguez.
  15. ↑ http://www.galiciaconfidencial.com/nova/23765-xoan-bascuas-pluralidade-partidaria-pode-restarlle-voto-pp?pag_com=1 Xoán Báscuas: “A pluralidade partidaria pode restarlle voto ao PP”
  16. ↑ Some members of CxG also participated in those lists.

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