Compromiso por Galicia

Compromiso por Galicia
Abbreviation CxG
Spokesperson Xoán Carlos Bascuas Jardón
Founded 2012 (2012)
Headquarters c/ Rúa dos Concheiros, 27 - 2º dereita; Santiago de Compostela
Youth wing Galician Nationalist Youth
Ideology Social democracy
Participative democracy
Soft Galician nationalism
Europeanism
Colors      Green
Mayorships[1]
4 / 314
Town councillors[2][3]
41 / 3,766
Website
www.compromiso.gal
Politics of Galicia
Political parties

Compromiso por Galicia (CxG, Commitment to Galicia) 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,[4] but a multinational and republican Spain.[5] The party also accepts capitalism, but defends a strog welfare state and social democratic public policies.[6] The party is also pro-European.[7]

History

The party was formed in December 2012, in its first National Congress. The previous organizations were partially dissolved,[8] 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. In May 2012 Máis Galiza announced the creation of Compromiso por Galicia,[9] along with Espazo Ecosocialista Galego. The Galician Nationalist Party-Galicianist Party (PNG-PG)[10] 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 Socialist Party of Galicia based mainly in Vigo, including the Socialist 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 pro-independence organizations.[11] This process culminated in the creation of two differentiated project: Compromiso por Galicia and Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood.

In the 2012 elections to the Parliament of Galicia, CxG presented its own list, despite having announced plans to present a "technical coalition" with Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood, United Left and Equo.[12] Meanwhile, Espazo Ecosocialista Galego left the party in September 2012, to join the Galician Left Alternative coalition.[13] After the elections, in which CxG only gained 14,459 votes (1.01%), Terra Galega, which was incorporated in August,[14] 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 Galicia Coalition for Europe won 9,812 votes (0.96%).

In the local elections of 2015 the party presented 40 lists[15] (out of 314 municipalities in Galicia) and participated in a coalition.[16][17] CxG also supported 18 independent lists in other municipalities.[18] Finally CxG-CCTT gained 41 town councillors and the mayors of Lalín, Miño, Muros and Vilar de Santos. The election of the mayor of Miño was very polemic because the list of CxG in that municipality was the least voted in the 2015 election, but the People's Party decided to vote for the candidate of CxG to avoid the candidate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) getting elected.[19]

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
Spanish local elections, 2015 17,592 1.19% 41

References

  1. ↑ Lalín, Muros, Miño and Vilar de Santos.
  2. ↑ Not including town councillors gained in coalitions.
  3. ↑ Compromiso por Galicia celebra situarse como quinta fuerza en concejales. 25.05.2015. El Correo Gallego.
  4. ↑ http://www.compromiso.gal/novas/06/compromiso-aproba-unha-resolucion-a-favor-do-referendo-e-dun-estado-plurinacional/
  5. ↑ 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/
  6. ↑ compromiso.gal/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/documento-POLÍTICO-IDEOLÓXICO-e-ESTRATÉXICO.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.elcorreogallego.es/galicia/ecg/compromiso-por-galicia-quere-unha-europa-mais-social-mais-democratica-e-anticorrupcion/idEdicion-2014-05-12/idNoticia-868248/
  8. ↑ Máis Galiza y otros dos grupos pactan “una nueva fuerza”. DANIEL SALGADO Santiago de Compostela 23 MAY 2012 - 20:23 CET. El País.
  9. ↑ http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/05/23/galicia/1337797426_724486.html
  10. ↑ http://www.laregion.es/articulo/ourense/compromiso-galicia-llega-ourense-taboas-y-cuina/20120612074007206125.html
  11. ↑ http://noticias.lainformacion.com/politica/partidos/la-llegada-del-nacionalismo-mas-radical-tensiona-al-colectivo-escindido-del-bng_tLwWboiU4vw2BIKZC77883/
  12. ↑ ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/09/06/galicia/1346962446_118905.html
  13. ↑ http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/09/13/galicia/1347530452_867763.html
  14. ↑ http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/galicia/2012/08/07/terra-galega-confluye-grupo-escindido-bng/0003_201208G7P79911.htm?idioma=galego
  15. ↑ Under the name Compromiso por Galicia-Concellos Transparentes, CxG-CCTT.
  16. ↑ Xunt@s por As Pontes, in As Pontes de García Rodríguez.
  17. ↑ 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”
  18. ↑ Some members of CxG also participated in those lists.
  19. ↑ El PP de Miño inviste al candidato de Compromiso por Galicia.

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