Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party

The Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party (Galician: Partido Nacionalista Galego–Partido Galeguista, PNG–PG) is a Galician nationalist and liberal political party, coming from a split of the Galician Coalition. The PNG–PG had 132 members in 2002 (the party had more than 500 shortly after its founding). Xosé Mosquera Casero is its secretary general, after the VIII Congress in September 2011.

Not to be confused with Nationalist Galicianist Party.

Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party
Partido Nacionalista Galego–Partido Galeguista
LeaderXosé Mosquera Casero
Founded1987 (1987)
Merger ofGalician Nationalist Party
Nationalist Galicianist Party
Youth wingMocidades Galeguistas
IdeologyLiberalism
Galician nationalism
Progressivism
Social liberalism[1]
Political positionCentre
Website
www.png-pg.org/

History

Founded in January 1987 as the Galician Nationalist Party (PNG) when a sector of the Galician Coalition, led by Pablo González Mariñas and Xosé Henrique Rodríguez Peña promoted a more progressive and nationalist organization. The PNG was joined the same year by the small Partido Galeguista (Nationalist), leading to the creation of the PNG–PG. In September 1987, the PNG–PG supported a motion against the Galician president Xerardo Fernández Albor, that led to the fall of the government. The party entered the new socialist government of Fernando González Laxe taking control of two consellerías (autonic ministers).

In 1987 and 1989 participated in the elections to the European Parliament together with Eusko Alkartasuna and the Republican Left of Catalonia without obtaining representation.

Due to the poor results of the elections of 1989 the PNG–PG joined the Galician Nationalist Bloc. After IX National Congress, on 18 March 2012, the party decided to leave the BNG.[2] In late March of that year the party announced that they were working on a common project of a Galician nationalist centre party, along with Terra Galega (TEGA), Alternativa Popular Galega (APG), Converxencia XXI (CXXI) and the Partido Galeguista Demócrata (PGD).[3] The project did not materialize. After that the PNG-PG joined Compromiso por Galicia.[4]

Elections
Election Votes  % Seats
European Parliament election, 1987[5] 18,354 1.00
0 / 60
1987 local elections[6] 18,354 1.36
38 / 4,044
European Parliament election, 1989[7] 12,906 1.38
0 / 60
1989 Galician parliamentary election 18,036 1.36
0 / 75
1989 Spanish general election 14,411 1.08
0 / 350
1991 local elections[8] 4,773 0.34
3 / 4,033

References
  1. Beramendi, X.G. and Núñez Seixas, X.M. (1996): O nacionalismo galego. A Nosa Terra, Vigo
  2. "El PNG-PG decide abandonar el Bloque Nacionalista Galego". 18 March 2012.
  3. "Formaciones de centro galleguista llaman a sensibilidades del PP, PSOE y BNG para formar un partido para las autonómicas – Elecciones europeas – Noticias, última hora, vídeos y fotos de Elecciones europeas en lainformacion.com". Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. "Compromiso por Galicia llega a Ourense con Táboas y Cuiña". 12 June 2012.
  5. As the Galician Nationalist Party, in the Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples.
  6. As the Galician Nationalist Party, the Partido Galeguista (Nationalist) won another 2 local seats.
  7. In the Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples.
  8. Only run independent lists in a few municipalities, in most of Galicia the party participated in the Galician Nationalist Bloc lists.
  • Beramendi, X.G. and Núñez Seixas, X.M. (1996): O nacionalismo galego. A Nosa Terra, Vigo
  • Beramendi, X.G. (2007): De provincia a nación. Historia do galeguismo político. Xerais, Vigo
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