Batasuna was a Basque nationalist political party. Based mainly in Spain,it was banned in 2003,after a court ruling declared proven that the party was financing ETA with public money.
Arnaldo Otegi Mondragón is a Basque politician who is currently General Secretary of Basque nationalist party EH Bildu. He was member of the Basque Parliament for both Herri Batasuna and Euskal Herritarrok. He was one of the key negotiators during the unsuccessful peace talks in Loiola and Geneva,in 2006.
The 2006 Madrid–Barajas Airport bombing occurred on 30 December 2006 when a van bomb exploded in the Terminal 4 parking area at the Madrid–Barajas Airport in Spain,killing two and injuring 52. On 9 January 2007,the Basque nationalist and separatist organisation ETA claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack,one of the most powerful carried out by ETA,damaged the airport terminal and destroyed the entire parking structure. The bombing ended a nine-month ceasefire declared by the armed organisation and prompted the government to halt plans for negotiations with the organisation. Despite the attack,ETA claimed that the ceasefire was still in place and regretted the death of civilians. The organisation eventually announced the end of the ceasefire in June 2007.
The Basque Country,also called Basque Autonomous Community,is an autonomous community of Spain. It includes the provinces of Álava,Biscay,and Gipuzkoa,located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula,bordering on the autonomous communities of Cantabria,Castile and León,La Rioja,and Navarre,and the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Egin was a Basque newspaper written in Spanish language and Basque language. Founded in 1977 the paper was in circulation until 1998 when it was closed down by the Spanish government.
Sortu is a Basque socialist political party. Founded in February 2011,it is the first political party belonging to the Basque nationalist "abertzale left" that openly rejects any kind of political violence. Before Sortu,sections of the Basque nationalist left who rejected ETA's violence left the movement and founded another party,Aralar,to represent that element of the abertzale left.
The 2012 Basque regional election was held on Sunday,21 October 2012,to elect the 10th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in Galicia. Lehendakari Patxi López announced the parliament's dissolution half a year ahead of schedule as a result of the People's Party (PP) withdrawing their support from his government,prompting Galician president Alberto Núñez Feijóo,who had been scheduling a snap election in Galicia to be held at some point throughout late 2012,to make his decision to have a simultaneous vote.
EH Bildu,short for Euskal Herria Bildu is a left-wing,Basque nationalist,pro-independence political coalition active in the Spanish autonomous communities of Basque Country,Navarre and Burgos Province.
Abertzale left is a term used to refer to the parties or organizations of the Basque nationalist/separatist left,stretching from democratic socialism to communism.
The 2016 Basque regional election was held on Sunday,25 September 2016,to elect the 11th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in Galicia. Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu announced that the election would be held one month ahead of schedule,on 25 September 2016,based on the "climate of ungovernability" affecting national politics as a result of the ongoing Spanish government formation negotiations,intending to move the regional election as far away as possible from a possible new general election. This prompted Galician president Alberto Núñez Feijóo to hold the Galician regional election in the same date.
Joxe Pernando Barrena Arza is a Basque politician,former member of the Parliament of Navarre and former member of the European Parliament for Spain.
María Mercedes Aizpurua Arzallus is a Spanish journalist and politician from the Basque Country who currently serves as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Jon Iñarritu Gartzia is a Basque politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Senate of Spain.
Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo Undiano is a Basque sociologist,politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Basque Parliament.
Oskar Matute García de Jalón is a Spanish politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Basque Parliament.
Maria Isabel Pozueta Fernández is a Basque sexologist,activist,politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Hasier Arraiz Barbadillo is a Spanish politician from the Basque Country. He was the first president of Sortu,and a member of the Basque Parliament.
Enrique Rodríguez Galindo was a Spanish brigadier general of the Civil Guard,who was sentenced to 71 years in prison in 2000 for the kidnapping and murder of the alleged ETA members JoséAntonio Lasa and JoséIgnacio Zabala in the so-called Antiterrorist Liberation Groups case.
In the run up to the 2023 Spanish local elections,various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in local entities in Spain. Results of such polls for municipalities and the three foral deputations in the Basque Country are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous local elections,held on 26 May 2019,to the day the next elections will be held,on 28 May 2023.
