CxG proposed to reform the Galician electoral law to create a single Galician constituency, in both the autonomic and general elections, the implementation of open lists as well as open government and promoting citizenship participation by the ILPs, the removal of the provinces and the limitation of mandates of the elected officials.
CxG considers Galicia as a "nation in terms society and culture". Unlike other Galician nationalist organizations, CxG does not want independence or total sovereignty for Galicia,[7] but a multinational and republican Spain.[8] The party also accepts capitalism, but defends a strong welfare state and social democratic public policies.[9] The party is also pro-European.[10]
History
The party was formed in December 2012, in its first National Congress. The previous organizations were partially dissolved,[11] not allowing the new organization double militancy.
Encontro Irmandiño, also a split from the BNG, and led the Xosé Manuel Beiras, also showed willingness to come together in a common organization, but suggested that the project had to be created from base assemblies, and not from agreements between the leaders of the organizations. At the meetings of the Encontro Irmandiño, that allowed free participation, there were some tensions with the militants of the Galician People's Front (FPG) and Causa Galiza, anticapitalist and pro-independence organizations.[14] This process culminated in the creation of two differentiated project: Compromiso por Galicia and Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood.
In the local elections of 2015 the party presented 40 lists[18] (out of 314 municipalities in Galicia) and participated in a coalition.[19][20] CxG also supported 18 independent lists in other municipalities.[21] Finally CxG-CCTT gained 41 town councillors and the mayors of Lalín, Miño, Muros and Vilar de Santos. The election of the mayor of Miño was very polemic because the list of CxG in that municipality was the least voted in the 2015 election, but the People's Party decided to vote for the candidate of CxG to avoid the candidate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) getting elected.[22]
In 2017 Juan Carlos Piñeiro was elected as the new secretary-general of CxG.[23]