Synergia

2018/12/10

Frisian National Party form coalition with liberals and christian democrats

a 12/10/2018

The Fryske Marren will be ruled by CDA, christian democrats, FNP, Fryske Nasjonale Partij,
and VVD, liberals. Together they have 19 of the 31 board seats. The current group of aldermen will be able to continue his work and VVD member Jos Boerland will be included. In the past four years the CDA and the FNP formed the coalition in De Fryske Marren. De Fryske Marren is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2014 and consists of the former four municipalities^. The municipality has a population of 51,740 and a combined area of 559.93 km2.

N-VA: We won’t quit government or back UN pact

a 12/08/2018

The Flemish New Alliance (Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie, N-VA) won’t quit the government but voted against signing an international migration agreement. The government is formed by rightist Walloon MR party, wich is the only French-speaking one in a precarious coalition with three Flemish parties. The imbalance appears to be made greater still by the presence in government for the first time of the center Flemish Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA). The others are the Flemish Christian democrat CD&V and the Flemish liberal Open VLD.

Peter De Roover, parliamentary leader of the New Flemish Alliance, said Wednesday his party will vote against the U.N. deal but stressed that the decision whether to sign is up to the government as a whole (the N-VA is the largest party in the coalition). “The constitution says it has to be a government decision,” De Roover said. Opposition greens and socialists have promised their support but finally Walloon socialists abstained.

However, the prime minister can’t officially sign the U.N pact without the support of all coalition partners, including the N-VA, a constitutional expert, echoed by N-VA members, told local paper De Tijd. “We’re four parties in the government. There is still a lot of work to be done. We hope this government continues,” De Roover said Wednesday. If the N-VA was to leave the government, it would leave Michel without a majority in parliament and potentially trigger an early election in the new year. Belgium currently faces regional, federal and European elections in 2019.

Police hit severely Catalan demonstrators in Girona; 19 wounded, 1 detained

a 12/06/2018

The police clashed with a group of Catalan antifascist demonstrators in Girona, northern Catalonia, on Thursday, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution. The rally was aiming to protest against an event to mark the constitution's jubilee in the city, supported by parties including the far right Vox and the People's Party.

The clash between the police and the demonstrators ended up in one person arrested and four injured, one of whom in serious condition. According to the organization Metges per la República (Doctors for the Republic), some 15 protesters were also injured due to the police's charges.

The officers started beating the group of antifascists when they knocked down some fences prepared for the unionist event, which was due to start some two hours later. They also charged against the protesters a second time just before the event was set to start.

The left pro-independence Candidacy for Popular Unity (CUP) party has demanded for the Catalan home affairs minister to step down, while the main unionist political force in the country, Ciutadans, condemned the attitude of the antifascist protesters.

Galician National Block rally against the Spanish constitution

a 12/06/2018

The Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) gathered at the square of Obradoiro, in Compostela, demanding self-determination on December 6th. The Galician national movement has denounced the centralization of Spain and recalled that in the 40 years of the Spanish constitution Galicia has lost 3% of the population and its GDP has fallen from 6% to 5.2%.

Thousands rally for a Basque Republic and against Spanish Constitution

a 12/06/2018

On the 40th anniversary of the Spanish constitution, thousands filled the streets in Bilbao, to claim for a Basque Republic In front of the autocratic framework that Spain imposes to its peoples, Basques, Catalans & Galicians must build their own Republics. The Basque coalition EH Bildu convoked the rally 40 years after the Spanish constitution was voted. 4,600 people gathered claiming for a Basque Republic in Bilbo. They denounced that thay are living in a state against their will. The Spanish kingdom is clearly marked and heir of the Francoist dictatorship and acts against the will and interests of the Basque people. Arnaldo Otegi, EH Bildu general secretary, denounced that Spanish supremacists rule in Spain denying the rights of other national minorities.

Budget devoted to Asturian language grows to € 1,700,000

a 12/05/2018

Both the 2016 and 2017 budgets devoted € 1,677,000 to the Asturian language and the Galician-Asturian dialect (eonaviego). The increase is focused on € 70,000 for television dubbing for children's series. The thickness, however, is for Asturian education, optional but available in all schools and growing. Also to promote the official degree in Asturian language. This, with five levels, will be available as of 2019.

According to the analyzed games, the Xunta by the Defense of the Asturian Llingue has considered that the growth is of 0,04%. On the other hand, the PSOE government figures it at 9% because it includes several educational games that are generic. The budget also includes € 57,000 in subsidies, highlighting the creation of a linguistic normalization services, publishing books and media. The subsidy to the Academy of the Asturian Language that, already in the budgets of 2016 and 2017, was increased by € 37,000 after the sharp cuts of 2012 when it went to 162,000 against 230,000 of 2011.

Femu a Corsica, formally becomes a party

a 12/04/2018

Femu a Corsica (Let's build Corsica) General Assembly in Corti last December 2nd elected Jean-Felix Acquaviva, MP, as a General Secretary. The Corsican nationalist party with a European dimension was launched on July 29, 2017. On October 15th it hold its Cungressu Fundatore. In that congress Inseme per a Corsica, A Chjama and the Corsican Nation Party (PNC), joined Femu A Corsica. All of them are center right Corsica national parties. Finally Inseme per a Corsica, A Chjama both have dissolved in Femu a Corsica as a new political party but the PNC renounced to be in the General Assembly and finally it is out of the project.

Around 1,100 people were in Corti to elect the direction of Femu a Corsica marking a new era for the Corsican nationalist movement. Among them Gilles Simeoni, Corsica's president. The main aim of the new party is to be bring together more people and political sections.

1st Assembly of the political Friulian movement Pact for the Autonomy, Massimo Moretuzzo re-elected as a leader

a 12/03/2018

The main Friulan national party, Patto per l'Autonomia, held its first general assembly in Campoformido on December 2. Massimo Moretuzzo was confirmed secretary of the centrist movement training that has 2 seats in the autonomic parliament. PA was born less than a year ago. "We have achieved an autonomous movement in the Regional Council. We have chosen to run alone, separated from the Italian parties. Governor Sergio Cecotti, who was at the service of our cause, and thanks to the ability to knit the relationships of the members of the party, work in the territory, we had a historical result, from where we started to build the future. (...) It is a movement that wants to reconstruct a pact between the territories of this region that can give them a new value in a network logic and the recognition of specific functions and vocations, emphasizing the differences (historical, linguistic, economic, environmental ...) and transfer to the territories not only the administrative powers, but also the planning of the future and the potential We want to rebuild the Autonomous Community so that it is once again able to give a future perspective for your community and the region. Therefore, it is a priority for rebuild the specificity of the region, both in terms of skills (which must be claimed for new ones, for example, education). "

Welsh language campaigners slap stickers on road signs in protest at lack of translation

a 12/02/2018

According to Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, there are hundreds of give way signs in the county which are only written in English. Over the weekend, the group chose to place stickers with the Welsh translation ‘Ildiwch’ on some of them in order to draw attention to the issue.
It comes as politicians prepare to discuss a damning report by the Welsh Language Commissioner this week, which highlights repeated problems with Welsh language signage in the area.
However, Wrexham Council has insisted it is not legally required to replace any give way signs which pre-date March 2016, when the Welsh Language Standards were introduced.
Aled Powell, who chairs the Wrexham branch of Cymdeithas, said: “Since before Wrexham Council was formed in 1996, there has been a legal duty on each authority in Wales to ensure road signs are in both Welsh and English.

Two Catalan Political Prisoners began a Hunger Strike

a 12/01/2018

The hunger strike of the MPs of Junts per Catalunya (JxCat, Together for Catalonia) began today and has the support of the president of the Generalitat in the Exile Carles Puigdemont. The former chairman of the Assemblea Nacional Catalana (ANC, Catalan National Assembly), MP from JxCat and promoter of the Crida Nacional per la República (CNR, National Call for the Republic) Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Turull has announced the measure. Turull is former Catalan Minister as well as MP from JxCat and promoter of the Crida Nacional per la República (CNR, National Call for the Republic) has he has joined the fast.
The family members and the lawyers of the prisoners have already been informed of the action. The initiative will be limited to 15 days of fasting and a protest of an indefinite nature is ruled out. The protest calls to the Spanish Constitutional Court to resolve their their judicial remedy paralyzed for a year. Without this response from the Constitutionalist, Catalan political prisoners can not go to the European Court of Human Rights.

The hunger strike is not the first time it has been used by the ANC as a form of protest. At the end of 2017, activists from Cornellà de Llobregat (Barcelona) carried out a similar action, also to demand the release of "political prisoners", with little echo. The ANC wants to try again, this time with one of the prisoners who has spent more time in prison, more than a year.