Encontro Irmandiño (EI, '' Irmandiño Meeting'' in English) is a

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that is part of Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood in Galicia, Spain. It used to be an internal current in the

Galician Nationalist Bloc The Galician Nationalist Bloc ( , BNG) is a political party from Galicia (Spain), Galicia, formed with the merger of a series of left-wing Galician nationalism, Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic Popular front, front" ...

(BNG). EI was founded in 2007 and has an ideology based in

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and

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History

Encontro Irmandiño was founded as an internal current of the BNG on 21 July 2007 at a meeting in

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. Led by

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, EI advocated for a return to the founding principles of BNG, as assembly-based internal democracy and communication between the different levels of the organization. Encontro Irmadiño abandoned the BNG in 2012. On 14 March 2012 the Encontro Irmandiño announced that it had begun to contact other small formations towards the creation of a common electoral platform, among which would be

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, Nationalist Left,

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, New Galician Left,

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(FPG), Communist Party of the Galician People (PCPG),

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(MpB), Causa Galiza, Galician Workers Front, Marín Nationalist Collective and a small section of the Galician Socialist Party of

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. This platform would have the temporary name of ''New Common Project'', and would lead to new political party: Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood.

References

External links

EI official website
Alter-globalization Political parties established in 2007 Socialist parties in Galicia (Spain) Galician nationalism Secessionist organizations in Europe 2007 establishments in Spain Former member parties of the Galician Nationalist Bloc {{Spain-poli-stub