Galician Nationalist Bloc
BNG
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- Ideology: Galician Nationalism
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51/63 · Sourced answers shared with the quizzes and comparison. Gaps do not mean neutrality.
Work, income and income tax · 8
People with large fortunes should continue to pay a specific tax on their wealth.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes more progressive taxation and fewer exemptions, seeking Galician administration.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes more progressive taxation and fewer exemptions, seeking Galician administration.
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Original source · 41The state should guarantee a minimum income for low-income households through benefits such as Spain’s Ingreso Mínimo Vital (IMV).
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports minimum-income benefits and regional management to improve protection for low-income households.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports minimum-income benefits and regional management to improve protection for low-income households.
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Original source · 14The minimum wage should keep rising so that people in work can make ends meet.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes raising the minimum wage to improve the incomes of lower-paid workers.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes raising the minimum wage to improve the incomes of lower-paid workers.
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Original source · 16The working week should be capped at 37.5 hours, with no cut in pay.
Rego supports the 37.5-hour bill as a first step while seeking 35 and eventually 32 hours. Preferring a larger reduction is not treated as opposition to this measure.
Rego supports the 37.5-hour bill as a first step while seeking 35 and eventually 32 hours. Preferring a larger reduction is not treated as opposition to this measure.
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Original source · 142–143Public pensions should automatically change each year in line with prices.
BNG supports uprating with actual year-on-year CPI and larger increases for minimum and non-contributory pensions. The speech establishes its indexation position separately from its vote on the 2026 decree.
BNG supports uprating with actual year-on-year CPI and larger increases for minimum and non-contributory pensions. The speech establishes its indexation position separately from its vote on the 2026 decree.
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Original source · 45Income tax should be reduced for people on low or middle incomes.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes lower taxation of employment income and higher taxation of capital and the highest incomes.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes lower taxation of employment income and higher taxation of capital and the highest incomes.
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Original source · 39The thresholds of every income-tax bracket should rise with prices, so that a pay rise that only keeps up with inflation does not increase our tax burden.
Separate vote on income-tax point 1. Nonbinding motion; it does not change the law. Voted against general income-tax adjustment. This vote does not establish a position on every targeted cut for lower incomes.
Separate vote on income-tax point 1. Nonbinding motion; it does not change the law. Voted against general income-tax adjustment. This vote does not establish a position on every targeted cut for lower incomes.
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Original source · Punto 1 (IRPF) y votos nominalesStarting and running a small business should involve less paperwork.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes simpler control and certification procedures for craft production and small businesses and industries.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes simpler control and certification procedures for craft production and small businesses and industries.
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Health, education and care · 7
Health services that have been privatised should return to public management.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes changing national healthcare management law to reserve ownership, funding, management and provision to public bodies.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes changing national healthcare management law to reserve ownership, funding, management and provision to public bodies.
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Original source · 35When public money funds more school places, public schools should come first, ahead of subsidised private schools.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes gradually ending private-school subsidies and expanding public provision.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes gradually ending private-school subsidies and expanding public provision.
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Original source · 33There should be free nursery places for children up to age three.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes free early-childhood education places up to age three.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes free early-childhood education places up to age three.
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Original source · 24Public funding should help people who need daily care and their families.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public help for people who need daily care and their families.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public help for people who need daily care and their families.
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Original source · 49Public healthcare should provide more mental-health support.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes more public mental-health resources for young people. This evidence concerns young people, rather than every psychological service.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes more public mental-health resources for young people. This evidence concerns young people, rather than every psychological service.
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Original source · 64Grants should let people keep studying when they cannot afford it.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports grants and financial help so that low income does not prevent further study.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports grants and financial help so that low income does not prevent further study.
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Original source · 34Science and research should receive public funding.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public funding for science and research.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public funding for science and research.
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Housing and contracts · 7
In areas where rents have soared, there should still be a limit on what landlords can charge.
Rego supports limiting rent increases and expanding public housing; considers the first decree insufficient. It was repealed on 2 October.
Rego supports limiting rent increases and expanding public housing; considers the first decree insufficient. It was repealed on 2 October.
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Original source · 10People buying their first home to live in should pay less tax.
BNG’s 2008 national-election manifesto (historical evidence; not its 2026 manifesto). Its 2008 national manifesto proposes reducing mortgage stamp duty for under-35s accessing a first home. This is historical evidence of support for first-home tax relief, rather than a current VAT proposal or a claim that mortgage tax rules remain unchanged.
BNG’s 2008 national-election manifesto (historical evidence; not its 2026 manifesto). Its 2008 national manifesto proposes reducing mortgage stamp duty for under-35s accessing a first home. This is historical evidence of support for first-home tax relief, rather than a current VAT proposal or a claim that mortgage tax rules remain unchanged.
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Original source · 66Housing purchases by funds and companies seeking to speculate should be restricted.
Rego supports restricting speculation and investment funds when endorsing the decree’s measures, considering them necessary but insufficient.
Rego supports restricting speculation and investment funds when endorsing the decree’s measures, considering them necessary but insufficient.
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Original source · 10A seasonal lease should not be used to get around the rules for renting someone’s main home.
Rego supports regulating seasonal and room rentals to prevent avoidance of LAU obligations. This is explicit national-policy evidence from December 2024; its age is retained and it is not presented as a new election promise.
Rego supports regulating seasonal and room rentals to prevent avoidance of LAU obligations. This is explicit national-policy evidence from December 2024; its age is retained and it is not presented as a new election promise.
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Original source · 15If you pay the rent for your main home and keep to the contract, your lease should renew automatically.
Rego explicitly supports the second decree, devoted to automatic lease renewal, to protect families at the end of their contracts. Support concerns this specific measure.
Rego explicitly supports the second decree, devoted to automatic lease renewal, to protect families at the end of their contracts. Support concerns this specific measure.
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Original source · 41A vulnerable family with nowhere else to live should be able to delay eviction for a limited time.
Rego supports suspension and seeks structural solutions beyond temporary extensions.
Rego supports suspension and seeks structural solutions beyond temporary extensions.
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Original source · 25A landlord should be able to recover their home sooner, with a judge’s permission, if the tenant fails to pay or breaks the contract.
Rego opposes facilitating civil evictions through changes to civil procedure and tenancy law, highlighting harm to vulnerable people. The evidence concerns civil evictions rather than criminal occupation.
Rego opposes facilitating civil evictions through changes to civil procedure and tenancy law, highlighting harm to vulnerable people. The evidence concerns civil evictions rather than criminal occupation.
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Transport, villages and culture · 3
Small towns and villages should have access to basic services, even when few people live there.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports services and infrastructure giving small communities and rural areas access to basic services.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports services and infrastructure giving small communities and rural areas access to basic services.
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Original source · 144Public funding should make public transport cheaper to use.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes public funding to reduce the cost of public transport.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes public funding to reduce the cost of public transport.
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Original source · 40There should be public support for culture and preserving heritage.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public backing for culture and preserving and sharing heritage.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public backing for culture and preserving and sharing heritage.
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Climate, energy and food · 5
The government should promote a shift from oil and gas to clean energy to curb global warming.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports reducing emissions and moving towards clean energy to address climate change.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports reducing emissions and moving towards clean energy to address climate change.
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Original source · 48Existing nuclear power plants should be able to run for more years if the nuclear safety regulator approves.
Rego opposes extending nuclear operation and supports the planned shutdown, citing waste and accident risks.
Rego opposes extending nuclear operation and supports the planned shutdown, citing waste and accident risks.
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Original source · 35Cities currently required to have low-emission zones should still have to keep them.
Da Silva supports retaining low-emission zones, seeking city-wide design without discrimination by income or vehicle label.
Da Silva supports retaining low-emission zones, seeking city-wide design without discrimination by income or vehicle label.
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Original source · 72Public money should go into saving and using water better to cope with droughts.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes investment and water-saving, efficiency or reuse measures to address scarcity and drought.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes investment and water-saving, efficiency or reuse measures to address scarcity and drought.
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Original source · 161Public support should help maintain local food production.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public aid and funding to sustain local agricultural production.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public aid and funding to sustain local agricultural production.
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Rights and privacy · 4
Specific protections should remain for women experiencing gender-based violence.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports specific measures and protection against gender-based violence towards women.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports specific measures and protection against gender-based violence towards women.
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Original source · 22Abortion should be available in public healthcare, including at ages 16 and 17 without parental permission.
Rego supports restoring decision-making at 16 and 17 and demands abortion provision in public healthcare.
Rego supports restoring decision-making at 16 and 17 and demands abortion provision in public healthcare.
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Original source · 7From age 16, people should be able to change the sex on their official documents without a medical diagnosis or compulsory hormone treatment.
Supports the bill allowing legal gender changes from age 16 without medical reports or hormone treatment. Legislative evidence from 2022, enacted as Law 4/2023.
Supports the bill allowing legal gender changes from age 16 without medical reports or hormone treatment. Legislative evidence from 2022, enacted as Law 4/2023.
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Original source · 5A person should be able to request medical help to die if they meet the conditions of the euthanasia law.
Supports lawful assistance in dying with medical safeguards and personal choice, seeking to avoid unnecessary court delays.
Supports lawful assistance in dying with medical safeguards and personal choice, seeking to avoid unnecessary court delays.
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Migration and borders · 4
Spain should legalise residency on a large scale for migrants who already live here without a permit and meet the process requirements.
Rego’s proposal supports the extraordinary process under RD 316/2026 and seeks inclusion of stateless Sahrawis. Support includes broader eligibility; the date is the bulletin publication, not the filing date.
Rego’s proposal supports the extraordinary process under RD 316/2026 and seeks inclusion of stateless Sahrawis. Support includes broader eligibility; the date is the bulletin publication, not the filing date.
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Original source · 69–71Nobody should be sent back from the border without a chance to seek asylum and have their case assessed.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes banning pushbacks as part of citizen-security law reform.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes banning pushbacks as part of citizen-security law reform.
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Original source · 27Spain should deport migrants without permission to stay sooner once they have a final removal order.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Calls for closing immigration detention centres and ending deportations while protecting migrant and refugee rights. This general proposal opposes accelerating administrative removals.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Calls for closing immigration detention centres and ending deportations while protecting migrant and refugee rights. This general proposal opposes accelerating administrative removals.
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Original source · 20If a region cannot take in more migrant children arriving alone, other regions should be required to help by taking some in.
Rego votes to retain the specific decree requiring distribution of migrant children during extraordinary contingencies, according to objective capacity and solidarity criteria.
Rego votes to retain the specific decree requiring distribution of migrant children during extraordinary contingencies, according to objective capacity and solidarity criteria.
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Territory and languages · 4
People in Catalonia or the Basque Country should be able to vote on whether to remain in Spain or become independent.
Rego supports democratic decisions about the future of Spain’s constituent nations.
Rego supports democratic decisions about the future of Spain’s constituent nations.
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Original source · 4Regions with another official language should be able to teach mainly in it, without a fixed share of classes in Spanish set by the national government.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Its national manifesto seeks full power to organise Galicia’s education and language model, overcoming powers reserved by the central state. It supports deciding its own model without claiming a particular percentage of teaching in each language.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Its national manifesto seeks full power to organise Galicia’s education and language model, overcoming powers reserved by the central state. It supports deciding its own model without claiming a particular percentage of teaching in each language.
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Original source · 32Catalonia should collect and manage all its taxes and agree how much it contributes to shared costs and solidarity.
Rego accepts the separate funding arrangement agreed for Catalonia and calls for Galicia to receive the legislative and collection powers of a fiscal agreement too.
Rego accepts the separate funding arrangement agreed for Catalonia and calls for Galicia to receive the legislative and collection powers of a fiscal agreement too.
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Original source · 32The 2024 amnesty law should remain in force for the acts of the Catalan independence process that it covers.
Supports adopting the 2024 amnesty to address the Catalan political conflict.
Supports adopting the 2024 amnesty to address the Catalan political conflict.
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Security, justice and corruption · 5
Lobbyists should have to join a public register so we can see their activities.
Rego’s amendment 28 requires register disclosure of submissions, contacts and meetings by lobbyists obliged to register, including contacts outside draft legislation. His amendments exempt non-profit platforms defending collective rights rather than treating them as commercial lobbyists.
Rego’s amendment 28 requires register disclosure of submissions, contacts and meetings by lobbyists obliged to register, including contacts outside draft legislation. His amendments exempt non-profit platforms defending collective rights rather than treating them as commercial lobbyists.
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Original source · 20People who report corruption should be protected by a national body independent of the government.
Supports the whistleblower-protection bill establishing an independent national authority (Law 2/2023, article 42). Evidence of the substantive legislative vote; abstentions are not assigned a stance.
Supports the whistleblower-protection bill establishing an independent national authority (Law 2/2023, article 42). Evidence of the substantive legislative vote; abstentions are not assigned a stance.
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Original source · 5Judges should choose their representatives on the council that oversees the judiciary, instead of parliament.
Rego opposes removing parliamentary selection of judicial members, defending democratic oversight over selection by the judiciary.
Rego opposes removing parliamentary selection of judicial members, defending democratic oversight over selection by the judiciary.
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Original source · 77A politician accused of a crime should go before the ordinary courts, without a different court because of their office.
Galician Parliament session diary no. 32, 7 June 2017: BNG’s own amendment (p. 64), Olalla Rodil’s speech (p. 68) and vote (p. 88). Territorial and historical evidence. BNG negotiated the unanimously approved resolution to remove Galician MPs’ special court privilege through statutory reform and a national agreement. It preserves free parliamentary speech and votes, a separate safeguard. This is historical regional evidence, not a new commitment covering every Spanish officeholder.
Galician Parliament session diary no. 32, 7 June 2017: BNG’s own amendment (p. 64), Olalla Rodil’s speech (p. 68) and vote (p. 88). Territorial and historical evidence. BNG negotiated the unanimously approved resolution to remove Galician MPs’ special court privilege through statutory reform and a national agreement. It preserves free parliamentary speech and votes, a separate safeguard. This is historical regional evidence, not a new commitment covering every Spanish officeholder.
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Original source · 68Someone with repeated convictions for petty theft should receive tougher penalties.
Rego’s amendment 15 rejects simply increasing penalties as the response to repeated petty theft. It proposes community work, training and rehabilitation alternatives while retaining a cumulative €400 threshold; it does not oppose every sanction for repeat offending.
Rego’s amendment 15 rejects simply increasing penalties as the response to repeated petty theft. It proposes community work, training and rehabilitation alternatives while retaining a cumulative €400 threshold; it does not oppose every sanction for repeat offending.
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Europe and international relations · 3
Public money should help fight poverty in poorer countries.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public funding for development cooperation to fight poverty and inequality.
2024 Galician election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public funding for development cooperation to fight poverty and inequality.
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Original source · 191Spain should spend at least 2 out of every 100 euros produced by its economy on defence.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes cancelling the commitment to raise military spending to 2% of GDP and reallocating resources.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes cancelling the commitment to raise military spending to 2% of GDP and reallocating resources.
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Original source · 66Spain should stop buying and selling arms with Israel while the war in Gaza continues.
Supports the arms embargo and seeks to close exceptions or improve controls; this does not establish an implemented embargo without exceptions.
Supports the arms embargo and seeks to close exceptions or improve controls; this does not establish an implemented embargo without exceptions.
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Religion and public life · 1
Public schools should offer optional religious classes, including Islam, to families who request them.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes removing religion from the school curriculum and leaving faith instruction to families and private settings.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes removing religion from the school curriculum and leaving faith instruction to families and private settings.
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