Galician Socialist Space Explained

Galician Socialist Space
Native Name:Espazo Socialista Galego
Leader:Xoán Carlos Bascuas
Student Wing:Movemento Estudantil Universitario
Comités (until 2010)
Ideology:Galician nationalism
Democratic socialism
Republicanism
Federalism[1] [2]
National:Máis Galiza and Compromiso por Galicia
Country:Spain
State:Galicia

Galician Socialist Space (Galician: Espazo Socialista Galego, ESG) is a Galician political party integrated in Máis Galiza and Compromiso por Galicia.

History

ESG was founded in 2008 as a split of Nationalist Left (EN), with about 85 of the 300 militants that EN has at the time.[3] Among their current members there are also people who previously had not militants in the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG). ESG defines itself as a defender of the right of self-determination and of sustainable development. The official ideology of the party is secularism, republicanism, multiculturalism, Galician nationalism and socialism.[4]

Integrated into the Máis BNG platform to participate in the 2009 National Assemblyof the BNG, was subsequently one of the members and founders of the critical current inside the BNG Máis Galiza.[5] ESG left the BNG along with Máis Galiza, being their leader, Xoán Carlos Bascuas, the current leader of Máis Galiza and was the candidate of Compromiso por Galicia to the presidency of the Xunta de Galicia in the Galician elections of 2012.

References

  1. Web site: Espazo Socialista se constituye como nuevo partido en el BNG invocando su apoyo a Quintana. 9 November 2008.
  2. Web site: Vieiros: Galiza Hoxe - O Espazo Socialista Galego promete estimular a "participación activa" da militancia do Bloque.
  3. News: Esquerda Nacionalista se escinde en dos partidos. El País. 7 April 2008. Sola. Manuel Vázquez.
  4. Web site: Por un novo socialismo galego.
  5. Web site: Bascuas se presentará como candidato a liderar Máis Galiza si cuaja la escisión.