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 Partido Galeguista in 1979. Galician nationalism is a political movement claiming for the recognition of Galicia as a Nation. Social democracy is a Political ideology of the left and centre-left See also Umbrella organization A political coalition or political alliance is an agreement for cooperation between different political parties on Galician Workers Party (in Galician: Partido Obreiro Galego) was a Political party in Galicia, Spain. The Socialist Party of Galicia ( Galician and Spanish: Partido Socialista de Galicia) is the federation of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party
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. Autonomy ( Greek: Auto- Nomos - nomos meaning "law" one who gives oneself his/her own Law) is the right to Self-government Self-governance is an abstract concept that refers to several scales of Organization. Galicia (occasionally Galiza) is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. The Basque Country ( Basque Euskadi, Spanish País Vasco) is an autonomous community in northern Spain. An autonomous community is a first-level political division of the Kingdom of Spain, established in accordance with the Spanish Constitution. 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). Nominally a Statute of Autonomy is a Law hierarchically located under the Constitution of a country and over any other form of legislation (including Organic The Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country is the legal document organizing the political system of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country ' (Basque Euskadiko The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia ( Catalan: Estatut d'Autonomia de Catalunya; also Statute of Sau, Estatut de Sau, after the location This goal was achieved with the Galician Statute of Autonomy of 1981. The Galician Statute of Autonomy ( Estatuto de Autonomia da Galiza) of 1981 is the current basic institutional norm of Galicia.
The GU obtained votes in the 1979 Spanish general election but did not obtain parliamentary representation in the Cortes Generales. General elections were held in Spain on 1 March 1979. The Cortes Generales ( Spanish for General Courts or Cortes Españolas, Spanish Courts) is the Legislature of Spain. In the municipal elections of 1979, UG candidate Domingo Merino was elected mayor of A Coruña and other GU candidates won several council seats. A Coruña ( Spanish: La Coruña; Galician: A Coruña; also Corunna in English, and archaically The Groyne) is
Galician Unity was largely absorbed into the Bloque Nacionalista Galego in 1982. The Galician Nationalist Bloc ( Bloque Nacionalista Galego, BNG) is a Galician nationalist coalition of political parties