Abrente–Galician Democratic Left

Abrente^[4]–Galician Democratic Left (Abrente, Abrente–Esquerda Democrática Galega in Galician language) is a Galician political party formed in June 2012 as an internal current of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) with a Galician nationalist and social democratic ideology.

Abrente–Galician Democratic Left Abrente–Esquerda Democrática Galega
Leader	Carlos Aymerich
Founded	2012 (2012)
Ideology	Galician nationalism Social democracy[1]
Political position	Centre-left[2] to Left-wing[3]
National affiliation	BNG
Trade union affiliation	Confederación Intersindical Galega
Website
abrente-edg.org
Politics of Galicia Political parties

Its executive secretary is Carlos Aymerica.^[5] Among the members of this movement are former members of the Socialist Collective, Galician Unity and Inzar; as Ana Luisa Bouza, Camilo Nogueira, Xesús Veiga Buxán and the BNG mayors of municipalities like Bueu, Tomiño or Rianxo.^[5]

Abrente is generally considered the more moderate BNG sector, both in national and social issues. In the European elections of 2014 Abrente supported the option of a joint list with Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood and Compromiso por Galicia.^[6][7] Finally, only 5.8% of the BNG members supported the proposal of the common Galician nationalist candidacy, compared with the 85.4% who voted to concur with EH Bildu and 8.4% who voted in favor of a coalition with ERC.^[8]

References

1. Confidencial, Galicia (20 April 2021). "Abrente ou Nós-UP, o dilema da UPG". Galicia Confidencial (in Galician). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
2. Confidencial, Galicia (20 April 2021). "Abrente aposta por cambios de discurso no BNG". Galicia Confidencial (in Galician). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
3. "Aymerich emula el pasado y crea una alternativa para luchar contra la UPG". abc. 1 June 2012.
4. Abrente means dawn or sunrise in Galician language.
5. "Abrente constitúese como corrente no BNG para achegar "outro xeito de entender o nacionalismo" - Política - Sermos Galiza - A Información precisa". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
6. "GC : Política : Abrente aplaude o diálogo de Vence con CXG e Anova". Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
7. "Abrente ou Nós-UP, o dilema da UPG". Galicia Confidencial.
8. "GC : Política : A posición da UPG de ir con EH-Bildu arrasa no BNG". Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

External links

• Abrente official website
• Abrente official Facebook