Founded 1979 (1979) Political position Centre to Left | Dissolved 1980 (1980) Local seats (1979-1982) 141 / 4,072 | |
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Ideology Galician nationalism
Progressivism
Factions:
Galician autonomy
Federalism
Socialism
Social-democracy
Social liberalism
Marxism Trade union affiliation Central de Traballadores Galegos (CTG) | ||
Galician Unity (Galician: Unidade Galega; UG) was a Galician nationalist and social democratic political coalition formed by the Galician Workers Party, Galician Socialist Party, and the Galicianist Party in 1979.
History
The coalition aimed at promoting a degree of autonomy and self-governance of Galicia from Spain equal to that of Catalonia and the Basque Country, other autonomous communities of Spain. The coalition also promoted the adoption of a statute of autonomy for Galicia (like the 1978 Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country and the 1979 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia). This goal was achieved with the Galician Statute of Autonomy of 1981.
The GU obtained votes in the 1979 Spanish general election but did not obtain parliamentary representation in the Cortes Generales. In the municipal elections of 1979, UG candidate Domingos Merino was elected mayor of A Coruña and other GU candidates won several council seats.
Galician Unity was largely absorbed into the Bloque Nacionalista Galego in 1982.