Galician Political Data

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The present Spanish Constitution (1978) regulates the territorial structure of the State and partially recognises the right of autonomy to the different nations (Galicia, Catalonia and the Basque Country) and regions (the rest of Spain) that go to make up the Spanish State. In the legal context, the Statute of Galician Autonomy, which was passed in 1981, recognises the historical condition of this Nation and the right to defend its identity and interests.

The Statute of Autonomy establishes Galician as the official language of Galicia, but in unfair official coexistence with Spanish, and reflects upon the obligation of public powers to strengthen the use of this language in all areas of daily life. The Galician flag is white, with a blue band across it from the left hand top corner to the bottom right-hand corner. The Community has its own national anthem and coat of arms. In order that its political autonomy should develop, Galicia has its own parliament (the legislative body, made up of 75 delegates elected by way of free suffrage every four years), the Xunta (the executive body) and its President (elected by Parliament) and the Galician Supreme Court.

In the last elections to the Galician Parliament, which took place under the propagandistic Fraga's regime on 1997, the following results were obtained:

Spanish Popular Party (Extreme right-wing), 42 seats
Nationalist Galician Block (Nationalist), 18 seats
Spanish Workers Socialist Party (Left-wing and Centralist), 13 seats.
United Left-Left of Galicia (Communist), 2 seats.