Galician Coalition (
Galician: Coalición Galega, CG) is a political party in
Galiza
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with a
Galician nationalist
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and
centrist
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ideology. Since 2012 CG is part of the coalition
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 ...
.
History
Coalition
CG was born as an electoral coalition for the
municipal elections of 1983, formed by the
Partido Galeguista (PG) and ex-members of the
UCD after the disaster of the party in the
1982 elections. In
A Coruña
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and
Lugo
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the candidacy was called "Partido Galeguista-Converxencia de Independientes de Galicia" and in
Ourense
Ourense (; es, Orense ) is a city and capital of the province of Ourense, located in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is on the Camino Sanabrés path of the Way of St ...
"Partido Galeguista-Centristas de Ourense". In the
Province of Pontevedra
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the PG and the ex-members of the
UCD presented separated lists.
Foundation and evolution of the party
The good results of the elections (125,000 votes) in 1984 led to coalition to transform itself into a moderate,
centrist
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nationalist
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party, but maintaining a
clientelist structure in rural areas of the provinces of Ourense and Lugo, inherited from the
UCD.
In the
elections of 1985, under the leadership of
Pablo González Mariñas
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People
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* Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer
* Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist
* Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer
* Pablo Br ...
and with the active support of
CiU, CG won 163,425 votes (13%). After the elections there were two sectors in the party: one that wanted a pact with the right (
People's Alliance) and other that wanted a pact with the left (
Socialists' Party of Galicia
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The Spanish Socialist Workers' ...
and the
Galician Socialist Party-Galician Left Galician may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Galicia (Spain)
** Galician language
** Galician people
** Gallaeci, a large Celtic tribal federation who inhabited Gallaecia (currently Galicia (Spain)
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). The sector that wanted a pact with
People's Alliance (AP) was the majority, and finally CG entered the government of
Xerardo Fernández Albor.
In the
Spanish elections of 1986 CG obtained one deputy (Senen Bernárdez), the first
Galician nationalist
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deputy in the
Congreso de los Diputados
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It has 350 members elect ...
since the
Second Republic.
Split and decline
In January 1987 the most
nationalist
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and
progressive sectors of CG, led by
Pablo González Mariñas
Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul.
People
*Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer
*Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
* Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer
* Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist
* Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer
* Pablo Br ...
and Xosé Henrique Rodríguez Peña, left the party and formed the
Galician Nationalist Party (which would eventually join the Galician Nationalist Bloc). To attend the
1987 municipal elections CG formed the
Galician Progressive Coalition
Galician Progressive Coalition ( Galician: Coalición Progresista Galega, CPG) was a centre-right Galician political coalition formed for the municipal elections of 1987.
Member parties
* Galician Coalition
* People's Democratic Party
* Liberal ...
, with the
Democratic Popular Party (PDP) and the
Liberal Party
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, gaining the 11.07% of the vote and 607 councilors. Following the departure of Xosé Luís Barreiro of the
People's Party of Galicia
The People's Party of Galicia ( Galician/Spanish: ''Partido Popular de Galicia'' , PP or PPdeG ) is a conservative political party in Galicia, Spain. It is the Galician affiliate of the Spanish People's Party.
Prior to the 2005 Galician elect ...
in September 1987, CG entered the new Galician government led by the
socialist
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Fernando González Laxe
Fernando Ignacio González Laxe (born 6 September 1952) is a Spanish politician who was President of the Regional Government of Galicia
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.
In the
elections of 1989 CG suffered a strong electoral setback to get only 48,208 votes (3.6%) and 2 seats. In the
municipal elections of 1991 CG made a coalition with Centrists of Galicia, known as
Galician Nationalist Convergence in the provinces of
A Coruña
A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the most populated city in Galicia and the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and s ...
,
Lugo
Lugo (, ; la, Lucus Augusti) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (province), province of Lugo. The municipality had a population ...
and
Pontevedra
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, while in
Ourense
Ourense (; es, Orense ) is a city and capital of the province of Ourense, located in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is on the Camino Sanabrés path of the Way of St ...
CG presented common lists with the
Democratic and Social Centre.
In the
elections of 1993 CG lost parliamentary representation and only obtained 6,098 votes (0.42%).
New projects and dissolution
In 2005 CG was one of the parties that created
Terra Galega
Terra Galega (TeGa, in English: ''Galician Land'') is a coalition of centrist and Galician nationalist political parties; it was established on November 4, 2005; but the name has been registered since May 2005.
History
It was formed by Centro De ...
. In 2012 Terra Galega entered
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 left months later due to the poor results in the
Galician elections of the same year and disagreements in the political line. CG chose to continue in
CxG and left
Terra Galega
Terra Galega (TeGa, in English: ''Galician Land'') is a coalition of centrist and Galician nationalist political parties; it was established on November 4, 2005; but the name has been registered since May 2005.
History
It was formed by Centro De ...
. The integration in
CxG led to the dissolution of CG.
Election results
Galician Parliament
Congress of Deputies
Local councils
References
Bibliography
* Beramendi, X.G. and
Núñez Seixas, X.M. (1996): ''O nacionalismo galego''.
A Nosa Terra
''A Nosa Terra'' (in en, Our Land, italic=yes) was a Galician newspaper in Galician language, first founded in 1907 in A Coruña, Spain. It has been published in different periods.
Periods 1907 - 1908
''A Nosa Terra'', was a bilingual Span ...
,
Vigo
Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Penins ...
* Beramendi, X.G. (2007): ''De provincia a nación. Historia do galeguismo político''. Xerais,
Vigo
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External links
Official website
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Political parties in Galicia (Spain)
Galician nationalist parties