Sovereignty and democratic control.
Land is power. If Cymru cannot control who owns its land, it cannot control its future. Gweriniaeth Cymru argues that foreign individuals and corporations own large areas of Welsh land without democratic accountability to Cymru.
Decisions about land use (forestry, farming, housing, wind energy, tourism) are shaped by external interests rather than local needs. Cymru already lacks control over key assets such as the Crown Estate, so further foreign ownership compounds the situation.
Ireland, Denmark, and New Zealand all restrict foreign ownership of land far more tightly, and they do it to protect sovereignty, housing affordability, rural communities, and cultural identity.
At the moment, Cymru is treated as a managed territory, a victim of colonial land dispossession. Land should be treated as a national resource, not as an open market free-for-all.