Movemento Estudantil Universitario (MEU, ''University Student(s) Movement'' or ''Student Universitarian Movement'' in English language) was a student union representative of college students with presence in the universities of

Galicia Galicia may refer to: Geographic regions * Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain ** Gallaecia, a Roman province ** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia ** The medieval King ...

. Born in December 2010, its main goal was a single, public, Galician, international and democratic university in

History

In 1994, in reaction to what was perceived as the Galician People's Union control over the CAF, a group of students created a new

student union A students' union, also known by many other names, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, ...

called Movemento Estudantil Universitario. In the middle 90s it was one of the most important student unions of

. The original MEU disappeared in the late 1990s due to the lack of new militants. In 2010 a new group of students, with the same motivations that those of the 1990s, decided to recover the project of the MEU. These group of students broke with the

Comités Comités (''Committees'' in English language) is a student organization of Galiza. Formed from the union of the CAF-CAF (Comités Abertos de Facultade, ''Open College Committees'' in English) and the CAE (Comités Abertos de Estudantes, ''Open Stu ...

and formed a new MEU. In 2011 Comités suffered other major split, that resulted in the formation of the more left-wing

Galician Student League The Galician Student League (LEG, ''Liga Estudantil Galega'' in Galician language) is a students' union, student union that advocates for a public education, in galician language, democratic, of quality and not Patriarchy, patriarchal. It is an ...

. The new MEU didn't have the success of the original one. In 2012 the organization gained a seat in the Council of the University of Santiago de Compostela. The new MEIU disappeared between 2013 and 2014 but was not officially dissolved, like in the 90s. The new MEU was linked with Máis Galiza (until 2012) and Compromiso por Galicia (2012–2014) and with their youth wing, the

Galician Nationalist Youth Galician Nationalist Youth (MNG, ''Mocidade Nacionalista Galega'', in Galician language), is the youth-wing of Compromiso por Galicia in Galicia (Spain). It was founded on November 2010 in the city of Santiago de Compostela as the youth-wing of ...

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Secessionist organizations in Europe 1994 establishments in Spain 2010 establishments in Spain Galician nationalism {{Galicia-stub