Organisation founded

Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) founded, 1982

A merger of Galician nationalist organisations founded the BNG, whose principles included recognising a Galician right of self-determination.

What happened

The BNG was formally founded on 25–26 September 1982 at the Fronton Municipal in A Coruña, merging the Galician People's Union (UPG), the Galician National-Popular Assembly (AN-PG), the Galician Socialist Party (PSG) and independent activists.[1] Its founding principles included recognising that Galicia, as a nation, has the rights of self-determination and of exercising national sovereignty.[2]

The party's emphasis on independence has shifted over time: after around 1990, as more moderate currents gained influence, it de-emphasised explicit independence and self-determination language in favour of demands for further devolution, before readopting explicit support for independence and a Galician republic from around 2011–2012.[3][4] A 2012 split saw a pro-independence faction form Anova–Nationalist Brotherhood and a more moderate faction form Commitment to Galicia.[5]

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    Claim: The Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) was formally founded on 25–26 September 1982 at the Fronton Municipal in A Coruña, as a merger of the Galician People's Union (UPG), the Galician National-Popular Assembly (AN-PG), the Galician Socialist Party (PSG) and independent activists.

  2. 2.

    Claim: The BNG's founding principles included recognition that Galicia, as a nation, has the rights of self-determination and of exercising national sovereignty. Attributed to BNG founding declaration (1982)

  3. 3.

    Claim: After around 1990, as more moderate nationalist currents joined and gained influence within it, the BNG gradually de-emphasised explicit talk of independence and self-determination in favour of demands for further devolution.

    • Galician Nationalist Bloc (Wikipedia) link, Evolution of the party's position. Source record
  4. 4.

    Claim: Since around 2011–2012 the BNG has readopted explicit support for Galician independence and the creation of a Galician republic as a long-term aim.

    • Galician Nationalist Bloc (Wikipedia) link, Evolution of the party's position. Source record
  5. 5.

    Claim: In 2012 dissatisfied factions left the BNG: a pro-independence, anti-capitalist current formed Anova–Nationalist Brotherhood, while a more moderate, autonomist current formed Commitment to Galicia (Compromiso por Galicia).

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