The Galician People's Front ( gl, Frente Popular Galega) is a
Galician political organization with a socialist and
independentist ideology.
History
After the
Galician People's Union (UPG) accepted the participation of the
Bloque Nacionalista Galego (BNG) in the
Galician Parliament
The Parliament of Galicia () is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is formed by 75 deputies (). Deputies are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolution and call ...
in 1986, 13 members of its Central Committee led by
Mariano Abalo and
Xan Carballo left the party and created the Communist Collective. On 25 July 1986, the group was transformed into the
Communist Party of National Liberation (PCLN). Later, the 3rd National Assembly of the BNG expelled the group because they gave support to
Herri Batasuna
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.
In 1987, PCLN and
Galiza Ceibe-OLN, along with other small organizations, created the FPG. In June 1989, they suffered a split as the sectors that supported the armed struggle of the
EGPGC broke away and formed
Assembleia do Povo Unido. In the
Elections for the Galician Parliament 2001, the group obtained 3,176 votes (0.3%), in the
Elections for the Spanish Parliament 2004, it obtained 2,257 votes (0.12%), and in the
Elections for the Galician Parliament 2005, it obtained 2,982 votes (0.2%).
Since 2012, the FPG is part of
Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood.
[Salgado, D. (2012)]
''Anova constituye su dirección permanente con Beiras, Martiño Noriega y militantes de la FPG''
El País
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It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
.
Elections
Gallery
File:Fpg-25071991.jpg, Demonstration in the Día Nacional de Galicia.
References
Notes
External links
Official Web of the FPG(in Galician)
Official Web of Xeira!, the FPG youth organization (in Galician)
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1986 establishments in Spain
Communist parties in Spain
Far-left politics in Spain
Galician nationalist parties
Left-wing nationalist parties
Political parties established in 1986
Political parties in Galicia (Spain)
Secessionist organizations in Europe
Socialist parties in Galicia (Spain)