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...findings that Batasuna forms an integral part of ETA's structure and, as such, shares responsibility for the band's terrorist actions. The move coincided with a resolution passed on Monday in the Spanish Congress by a large bipartisan majority, urging the government of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar to petition the Supreme Court for an outright ban on the party - the first such a measure since the restoration of democratic rule in Spain...
...clampdown on Batasuna, however, may have more to do with the mainstream parties' bid to anchor their electoral support elsewhere in Spain than with finding a solution to the Basque conflict. The goal of Aznar's ruling Popular Party is "to defeat ETA," according its leader in the Basque country, Jaime Mayor Oreja. That message may attract voters elsewhere in Spain, but in the Basque Country, the citizenry's main desire is a peaceful resolution of the conflict. Last May, the Catholic bishops of the Basque archdioceses published a letter calling for a negotiated solution to the conflict. The Bishops...
...unemployment. Predictably, Spain has objected to the new Commission plans. "This is a death sentence for our fishing industry," says Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, a Spanish conservative and member of the European Parliament. Publication of Fischler's proposals was delayed after Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar reportedly pressured Commission President Romano Prodi to soften the reforms. Around the same time Steffen Smidt, the Danish chief of the Commission bureaucracy on fisheries and a strong supporter of the plans, was dismissed, prompting charges that he was forced out for opposing any changes. Then E.U. transport and energy...
...first time, have to cope with "European" attitudes toward economics, the environment and even defense that is just that--European. The E.U. is slowly but surely turning into something less than a nation state but much more than a trading club. Even its leaders who are "pro-American"--like Aznar--have staked their future on turning the E.U. into a true political force...
...reclaim the center ground, or pursuing a new, bolder identity. To survive, the center-right will have to do both. Distancing itself from the far right and projecting an image of inclusivity and compassion - as George W. Bush and Spain's José María Aznar have done with success - would be a start. But if conservatives intend to provide an alternative to the center-left, they will also have to try a little radicalism. And that might best come in the form of a concerted campaign to rethink, reform and scale back a European welfare state that...