José Domingo Posada González (born May 9, 1940), of Galicia, Spain

Spain

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, was a member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 from 1994 to 1999 and is the president of Coalición Galega (a regionalist

Regionalism (politics)

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 political party now integrated in Terra Galega

Terra Galega

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).

Posada came to the spotlight in 1994 as he was the first member of the Parliament to use Galician

Galician language

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 in his spoken and written communications. This was accepted since Galician was considered to be like Portuguese

Portuguese language

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, which is an official language of the European Union. Since then Posada is considered a reintegrationist

Reintegrationism

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