Euskal Herritarrok
Basque Citizens Euskal Herritarrok | |
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| Spokesperson | Arnaldo Otegi |
| Founded | September 1998 |
| Banned | 23 May 2003 (by the Supreme Court of Spain) |
| Merger of | Herri Batasuna Batzarre (until 2000) Zutik (until 2000)[1] |
| Merged into | Batasuna A minority faction formed the Aralar Party |
| Headquarters | c/ Juan de Bilbao, nº 17, Donostia |
| Ideology | Basque nationalism Socialism Ezker abertzalea Left-wing nationalism Basque independence Feminism Ecologism Revolutionary socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Basque Parliament (1998-2001) | 14 / 75 |
| Parliament of Navarre (1999-2003) | 8 / 55 |
| European Parliament (1999-2004) | 1 / 64 |
| Town councillors (1999-2003) | 890 / 4,635 |
Euskal Herritarrok (English: Basque Citizens, EH) was a Basque independentist and socialist political party in the Basque Country.[2] EH was banned in 2003 by the Supreme Court of Spain on the grounds that it sympathized with ETA.[3]
History
[edit]In February 2000, Batzarre and Zutik left EH after the rupture of the ETA 1998-2000 truce, due to the absence of any condemnation of that fact by EH. In June 2000 a sector of Herri Batasuna also decided to split and form the Aralar Party, that openly and fully rejected ETA and its rupture of the truce.[4]
Election results
[edit]| Election | Votes | % | Seats |
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| 1998 Basque parliamentary election | 224,001 | 17.91 | 14 MPs |
| 1999 Navarrese parliamentary election | 47,271 | 15,58 | 8 MPs |
| 1999 Spanish municipal elections | 272,446 | 1.28 | 890 councillors |
| 1999 European Parliament election in Spain | 306,923 | 1.45 | 1 MEPa |
| Elections to the Juntas Generales of the Basque Country, 1999 | 228,528 | 20.04 | 29 junteros |
| 2001 Basque parliamentary election | 143,139 | 10.12 | 7 MPs |
References
[edit]- ^ Santaren, Enrique (3 September 1998). "HB deja sus siglas y se integra en una amplia plataforma electoral". El Mundo (in Spanish). Bilbao. Archived from the original on 25 June 2001. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Basque (Spain)". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 13 August 2004.
- ^ Europa Press (29 March 2003). "El Supremo cree que ilegalizar Batasuna protege la democracia porque 'es complemento de ETA'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid: Mundinteractivos, S.A. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ Muez, Mikel (7 October 2001). "Las 'tres caras' de la izquierda 'abertzale' en Navarra". El País (in Spanish). Pamplona: Prisa. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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