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May 3, 2018 · In all, the group killed 853 people over four decades, according to a tally by the Spanish Interior Ministry, most of them during the tumultuous 1980s. ETA also injured more than 2,600, kidnapped ...
The Basque people have an ancient history and nationalists here want self-determination to revive their culture and language, which is spoken by less than one third of the Basque population. W The conflict began under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco and continued during Spain’s transition to a constitutional monarchy.
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May 29, 2014 · Lawmakers in Spain's Basque Country on Thursday adopted a declaration of self-determination, stepping up a push for more powers and potentially creating a new political headache for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The northern region - which already has significant self-governing powers and can raise its own taxes - is following in the footsteps of the regional parliament in Catalonia, which ...
A group of Basque historians argued that, rather than a Basque Conflict, the situation in the Basque Country was one of "ETA totalitarianism." [17] In 2012, Antonio Basagoiti, the head of the Basque branch of the People's Party admitted the existence of a Basque conflict, but stated that it was a political one between different entities in the ...
- 31 July 1959 – 20 October 2011 (52 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
- Spanish and French government victory, 2011: ETA declares definitive cessation of its armed activity, 2017: ETA completely disarms, 2018: ETA completely dissolves
Jun 10, 2018 · Spain's Basques form human chain calling for independence vote. Tens of thousands of people in the autonomous Basque country of northern Spain have formed a human chain to push for greater ...
Disagreements over the appropriateness of the Basque nationalist-led Lizarra process, which focused on ‘peace for self-determination’, was a deeply divisive issue not only in the Basque Country itself; it eventually provoked serious crisis in relations between the nationalist-dominated Basque government and the PP-led central government of ...
enduring struggle for self-determination. The parts of the Basque Country on the Spanish side of the border exercise a degree of autonomy and self-governance. Within the autonomous community, nationalist voices call for the full independence of the Basque Country whilst others advocate the continued unification of the Basque Country to Spain.
