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BNG Opens Galicia Campaign to Convert Strike Energy into Votes

The party is pressing Madrid for local rail services, transfer of the AP-9, a €4,010m debt quita and national TV access to boost its seat total and defend regional rights

Overview

  • The official two-week campaign opened this week with kickoff events in Santiago de Compostela and Vigo where Ana Pontón urged supporters to turn the mass participation in the 11 November general strike into votes for the BNG.
  • BNG leaders formally requested a slot on RTVE's late‑night show La Revuelta and asked RTVE Galicia to stage a televised debate among Galician candidacies to secure wider media visibility.
  • BNG candidate Néstor Rego says polls point to growth from one deputy to at least two or three seats, and the party is targeting voters dissatisfied with housing, wages and public services.
  • The party is centring its platform on Galicia‑specific demands — creation of suburban rail (cercanías), transfer and sustained subsidies for the AP‑9 and a €4,010 million debt quita — and is framing those demands as remedies to long‑standing discrimination by state parties.
  • National polls reported by media, including a GAD3 survey, give the PP and Vox a strong combined lead that the BNG warns could threaten Galician rights and social protections and makes the next two campaign weeks decisive for turnout and coalition math.