Galician Left (EG, ''Esquerda Galega'' in
Galician language
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) was a
Galician nationalist
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and leftist political party of
Galicia.
History
It was founded in December 1980 as a refoundation of the
Galician Workers Party, integrating the majority of the members of the self-dissolved
Galician Workers Party and members of the
BN-PG,
Galician Socialist Party,
Communist Party of Galicia
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History
It was founded by Santiago Álvarez Gómez (1913–2002). During the late years of Francoism and the Spanish democratic ...
and the
Communist Movement
Communist Movement (in Spanish: ''Movimiento Comunista'', in Basque: ''Mugimendu Komunista'', in Catalan: ''Moviment Comunista'', in Galician: ''Movemento Comunista'', in Asturian: ''Movimientu Comunista'') was a political party in Spain
...
of
Galicia. The party celebrated its First Congress in March 1981, accepting the constitutional framework and the autonomous institutions as a valid framework to achieve the
self-determination
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Self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international la ...
of
Galicia.
In the
Galician elections of 1981 EG obtained 33,497 votes (3.32%) and a seat for its leader,
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, who achieved great prominence in the
Galician Parliament
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, although the party suffered a sharp setback in the
1982 general elections with only 22,310 votes (1.72%).
In 1984 the party merged with the
Galician Socialist Party to create the
Galician Socialist Party-Galician Left (PSG-EG).
Elections
References
1980 establishments in Spain
1984 disestablishments in Spain
Defunct socialist parties in Galicia (Spain)
Galician nationalist parties
Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain
Political parties disestablished in 1984
Political parties established in 1980
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