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

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

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, direct democracy,

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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

Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of S ...

. Led by

Xosé Manuel Beiras Xosé Manuel Hixinio Beiras Torrado (born 7 April 1936) is a Galician politician, economist, writer and intellectual. He is professor of Structural Economy at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela. He is ...

, EI advocated for a return to the founding principles of BNG, as

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

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(MpB),

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and a small section of the

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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