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Galician Nationalist Bloc The Galician Nationalist Bloc ( gl, Bloque Nacionalista Galego, BNG ) is a political alliance of left-wing Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic front". Formed in 1982, under the guidance of historical leader Xosé Man ...

(BNG). Ideologically they define themselves as

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. Their leader is Xoán Hermida González, former coordinator of the

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party in the

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History

Its origin is in the ''Ben Común'' initiative, which brought together people of Galician nationalist left, and people inspired by the demands of the

15-M The anti-austerity movement in Spain, also referred to as the 15-M Movement (Spanish: ''Movimiento 15-M''), and the Indignados Movement, was a series of protests, demonstrations, and occupations against austerity policies in Spain that began aro ...

. Ecogaleguistas maintains close relations with

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, Alternatiba, Iniciativa del Poble Valencià and

IniciativaVerds IniciativaVerds ( en, InitiativeGreens, IV) is a Balearic ecosocialist political party. IV is a part of the Més per Mallorca coalition. IV supports Equo at the Spanish level. IV was founded after ''Iniciativa d'Esquerres'' (Left-wing Initiati ...

. Between May and September 2012 the party was one of the founding formations of

Compromiso por Galicia Commitment to Galicia (Spanish: ''Compromiso por Galicia'', CxG) is a Galician political party with a Galician nationalist, progressive ideology. Ideology CxG proposed to reform the Galician electoral law to create a single Galician constituen ...

(CxG), but after failing to reach an agreement and coalition between CxG and Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood, Espazo Ecosocialista decided to leave CxG and integrated in the

Galician Left Alternative The Galician Alternative of the Left ( gl, Alternativa Galega de Esquerda, AGE) was an electoral alliance of left-wing independentist and federalist political parties in Galicia, Spain. History It was formed in early 2012, following a schism wit ...

coalition, created by Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood, United Left and

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References

External links

Official website
Ecosocialist parties Socialist parties in Galicia (Spain) Galician nationalist parties Left-wing nationalist parties {{Galicia-stub