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...biggest issue facing López, however, is the separatist group ETA, which relies on violence - the group has killed more than 800 people in its 40 year existence - to achieve its nationalist aims. The new lehendekari, or president, today promised to "erase ETA from the public space." Landaburu believes he has a better chance of doing so than his predecessors. "The PNV was always against ETA, but there was always ambiguity there too. When it served them, they would rely on the votes of ETA's supporters," he says in reference to nationalist parties like Batasuna and ANV, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Basque Govt.: A Blow to Separatists? | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

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