Galician Workers' Front

Galician Workers' Front (FOGA, Fronte Obreira Galega in Galician language) is a Galician political organization. It was formed in 2010 by militants of the trade union world, mainly of the Confederación Intersindical Galega (CIG). The organization was integrated in the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)^[1][2] until 2012, when the FOGA abandoned the BNG and was one of the three parties that formed Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood.^[3]

Galician Workers' Front Fronte Obreira Galega
President	Xosé Carlos de la Fuente Estévez
National Spokesperson	Segundo González
Founded	2010
Headquarters	Vigo
Union affiliation	Confederación Intersindical Galega
Ideology	Galician nationalism Socialism Workerism Galician independence
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Galician Nationalist Bloc (2010–12; 2017–present) None (2014–15) Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood (2012–14)
Website
foga.gal
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History

FOGA had an MP in the Galician Parliament, Chelo Martínez, between 2012 and 2014.^[4] Its top leaders are Miguel Anxo Malvido, its national coordinator, and Tino Álvarez, the national spokesperson. in 2014 Chelo Martínez left FOGA and joined Cerna.

FOGA left Anova in 2014.^[5] Since then, FOGA has become closer to the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) again^[6][7]

FOGA supported We–Galician Candidacy in the 2015 Spanish general election.^[8] In the 2016 Spanish general election FOGA supported the BNG again. in January 2017 FOGA rejoined the BNG.^[9]

References

1. "Fronte Obreira Galega será nueva corriente en el BNG". Elcorreogallego.es. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
2. La Voz de Galicia. "Fronte Obreira Galega se presenta en Vigo como una nueva corriente del nacionalismo". Lavozdegalicia.es. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
3. La Voz de Galicia. "Alternativa Galega coloca de número dous por Pontevedra a unha sindicalista despedida de Povisa". La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
4. La Voz de Galicia. "FOGA, con 50 militantes, será o partido máis minoritario no Parlamento". La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
5. Anova pierde a FOGA, uno de los tres partidos que la forman.
6. BNG y Fronte Obreira Galega impulsan en Vigo una candidatura para las elecciones generales.
7. "Fronte Obreira Galega e BNG a prol dunha candidatura galega". Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
8. "Carlos Callón da el paso para ser cabeza de lista de Nós-Candidatura Galega". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 30 October 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
9. O BNG integra á Fronte Obreira Galega. Galicia Confidencial, Santiago de Compostela, 27/01/2017.

External links

• Official website (in Galician)