Word: herritarrok
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...only good news for the central government - and for those Basques who are both nationalist and nonviolent - is that Ibarretxe's gain was at the expense of Euskal Herritarrok, the party seen as the political face of ETA. In past elections its refusal to condemn the terrorists' actions has not stopped EH attracting 200,000-plus votes. This time the party's representation was halved to seven seats...
...Ibarretxe avoided gloating after his victory and said his door is open to all parties, though Euskal Herritarrok must first publicly condemn violence. His party's leader, Xabier Arzalluz, called for a start to dialogue "once the hatred and bitterness" of the campaign dies down. Arzalluz, whose bitterness toward Aznar is fully reciprocated, suggested a solution "along Irish lines." But any possibility of talking with terrorists was dismissed by the PP. "We will sit at a table against ETA," said Mayor Oreja, "but never at a table with them...
...vote in regional elections. A masterful new book by Irish journalist Paddy Woodworth helps to explain this conundrum, why it is that so many presumably sane electors in the northern Basque region have kept putting their X next to the candidates of the extreme nationalist party Euskal Herritarrok or its predecessor Herri Batasuna...
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