#eh bildu is basque left

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

yesterday i saw a map where it showed that almost everywhere the pp had won which perpetuates that they should be ruling and that spain is conservative and whatnot, but that map was influenced by the US electoral system where a state is either red or blue and it has no validation following spain's electoral system. this is the real map we should be focusing on (found here)

like in the canary islands both provinces have 3 pp seats and 3 psoe seats. but one is blue and the other is red for some reason. in badajoz the right won, but still, it's red. in pontevedra the left won, but it's blue. even places like madrid where everyone was saying yesterday that they fucked up the psoe winning, the right only won by two seats. honestly, looking at the overall map, things are more 50-50 than the other map wanted to show.

[beautiful-basque-country]

European elections in the Spanish state (2019 vs 2024)

PP - ultraliberal Spanish nationalist right

PSOE - liberal center-right

PNV - Basque nationalist right

Junts - Catalan secessionist right

EH Bildu - Basque secessionist left

[thoughtlessarse]

The leftwing separatist coalition EH Bildu, widely viewed as the political heir of the defunct armed group ETA, made a major breakthrough in Sunday's Basque regional elections although falling short of the win predicted by pollsters. With 99 percent of the vote counted, Bildu increased its representation from 21 to 27 mandates in the 75-seat Basque parliament, giving it the same result as the centrist Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), which has ruled the region for decades. Polls had predicted a tight race, seeing a narrow victory for Bildu -- a coalition which has worked to disassociate itself from ETA, whose bloody struggle for an independent Basque homeland claimed 850 lives before it rejected violence in 2011. And six years after ETA's dissolution, EH Bildu has pursued a winning strategy, putting its pro-independence demands on the back burner and focusing strongly on social issues, securing a solid following among young people under 40.

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[bayofalgecirascranes]

Started taking adhd medications today and now i've found myself watching a completely uncut session of the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Mr. Sánchez gave a few light jabs at the far right and both the leaders of the center-right and the far-right responded with accusing him of embezzlement of public funds. The leader of the Far-left shot back by insinuating that Vox are fascist wannabes and demanding the leader of the center-right apologize on behalf of his entire party for spying on him when Rajoy was in Government. The leader of the Nationalist Republicans essentially said "i respect none of you people." in both Castillian Spanish and what might be Galician but might be Catalan. The leader for Junts is doing what sounds like advocating for major Constitutional Reform in Catalan. The leader for EH bildu is alternating between Basque and Spanish calling the government ineffective and both major parties antidemocratic.

They're debating about how to implement an anti-disinformation law that the EU already passed.

[unofficial-aragon]

i am a foreigner genuinely trying to learn more so please don’t mistake this for something bad. i notice you tag things as aragon but never with spain. do you feel totally separate/wish independence? or is this just my confusion?

Hi! I appreciate your question. In Aragon we have been extremely Castilianized, at least when comparing ourselves to our Basque and Catalan siblings. Not tagging the posts with "spain" is one of the ways that I feel I can reclaim a bit more of our culture and heritage and keep it our own.

As for if I personally wish for independence, I do, but I also understand that it's basically unthinkable, especially taking into account the political climate we have. There are two main aragonesista parties, Partido Aragonés (PAR, literally 'Aragonese Party'), and Chunta Aragonesista (CHA, literally 'Aragonesist Assembly'). The PAR is basically a PP (Popular Party, the main Spanish right wing party) lapdog, and CHA... well they're left wing (or they try to be), they joined the Sumar left-wing coalition in the national and european elections, but they're all over the place in my opinion. Finally, there is another party called Puyalón de Cuchas (literally 'Left-wing Rise'), which do call for independence and a socialist Aragonese state. They also collaborate with EH Bildu and the Bloque Nacionalista Galego, for example. All this to say that I don't think most Aragonese people would take our independence kindly, we have been too accustomed to getting the leftovers of the current Spanish state.

[dougielombax]

Holy shit.

[swldx]

BBC 0430 21 Apr 2024

12095Khz 0359 21 APR 2024 - BBC (UNITED KINGDOM) in ENGLISH from TALATA VOLONONDRY. SINPO = 55445. English, dead carrier s/on @0358z with ID@0359z pips and Newsroom preview. @0401z World News anchored by Chris Berrow. The US House of Representatives has passed a major package of military aid for Ukraine after a six-month hold-up in a move Volodymyr Zelensky praised for keeping “history on the right track”. Democrats waved Ukrainian flags on the floor of the House as the bill authorising $60 billion (£48.5 billion) in lethal aid to be sent from US stockpiles passed by 311 votes to 112. Joe Biden’s plan to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan had been held up in Congress for six months, amid opposition from Republicans who argued the war with Russia had become too expensive. One person was dead and seven missing after two Japanese military helicopters crashed after possibly colliding while out to sea, officials said. Sierra Leone authorities on Saturday burned $200,000 worth of narcotic drugs and chemicals used to manufacture the synthetic drug kush, two weeks after drug abuse was declared a national emergency. A candlelight vigil is being held for the victims of a stabbing at Bondi Junction Westfield in Sydney. Thousands of people are expected to attend the event to pay their respects to those who were injured in the attack. The vigil is a way for the community to come together in solidarity and support for the victims and their families during this difficult time. The turnout for the vigil is expected to be large, showing the strength and unity of the community in the face of tragedy. Israel will summon ambassadors of countries that voted for full Palestinian UN membership “for a protest talk” on Sunday, a foreign ministry spokesman said. It came after the Palestinian Authority said it would “reconsider” its relationship with the United States after Washington vetoed the Palestinian membership bid earlier this week. Thursday’s vote saw 12 countries on the UN Security Council back a resolution recommending full Palestinian membership and two, Britain and Switzerland, abstain. Two mayoral candidates were killed in two different parts of Mexico as the country heads to elections in June, authorities said. Center-right mayoral candidate Noe Ramos of Ciudad Mante was fatally stabbed in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, said state attorney general Irving Barrios. Authorities are searching for the suspect. Meanwhile, in the southern state of Oaxaca, another mayoral candidate Alberto Antonio Garcia, was also found dead on Friday, according to the state prosecutor. More than 46,500 voters have been called to cast ballots on Sunday in four Serb-majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo. In an unprecedented process, they will not vote to elect mayors but to dismiss them. This is the first time Kosovo has organised this type of ballot in which voters can exercise their right to dismiss the mayors of Leposavic, North Mitrovica, Zvecan and Zubin Potok that they never considered as legitimate. But on Wednesday, the Central Election Commission, CEC, announced that 33 school premises in the four municipalities will not serve as polling stations because their directors refuse to allow the votes to be held there. The Basque Country will head to the polls this Sunday for a crucial regional election that could prove to be a political headache for incumbent Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Opinion polls ahead of this weekend’s ballot show the left-wing separatist EH Bildu party, partly descended from the political wing of the now-defunct terrorist group ETA, with a narrow lead over the ruling centrist Basque Nationalist Party (PNV). @0406z "The Newsroom" begins. 250ft unterminated BoG antenna pointed E/W w/MFJ-1020C active antenna (used as a preamplifier/preselector), Etón e1XM. 250kW, beamAz 315°, bearing 63° . Received at Plymouth, MN, United States, 15359KM from transmitter at Talata Volonondry. Local time: 2259.

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Left may pull ahead in Basque elections

The far-left Basque party EH Bildu, has a good chance of coming out on top in the regional elections on 21 April, Spanish media reported.

Founded in 2012, EH Bildu is a coalition of pro-independence and nationalist Basque parties with six representatives in the Spanish parliament, led by former ETA member Arnaldo Otegi.

Following the return of democracy to Spain (1975-1976) and the creation of the so-called “state of autonomies”, a quasi-federal model developed between 1979 and 1995, these Basque elections are set to be the closest in recent history, EFE news agency reported. Young people in particular find EH Bildu’s proposals interesting, especially regarding unemployment, the difficulties of emancipation and access to a first home.

EH Bildu “reinforces itself as a useful party capable of rejecting maximalism and extreme positions, and this is rewarded in the ballot” at a time when “social issues are more important than the (pro-independence) debate,” Braulio Gomez, professor of political science at Deusto University and director of the Deustobarómetro poll, told Spanish public television RTVE last week.

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[gwendolynlerman]

Exspaining Spain

Government

Spain is a secular parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with a hereditary monarch and a bicameral parliament. Since 2014, the head of state is King Felipe VI and the heir presumptive is Leonor, Princess of Asturias.

Since 2018, the head of government and prime minister is Pedro Sánchez, the leader of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE, Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party).

Branches

The government is divided into three branches. The executive power is wielded by the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and the Council of Ministers.

The legislative branch is represented by the Cortes Generales (“General Courts”), composed of the Congress of Deputies, a lower house with 350 members, and the Senate, an upper house with 259 senators.

The judiciary power is wielded by courts and tribunals, which are made up of judges and magistrates.

Elections

The minimum voting age in Spain is 18 years. There are four types of elections: general elections, regional elections, local elections, and European Parliament elections.

General, regional, and local elections are held every four years, while elections to the European Parliament take place every five years. Some autonomous communities hold their elections on a different date.

Political parties

Spain has a multi-party system at both the national and regional level. Nationally, four political parties dominate politics: conservative Partido Popular (PP, People’s Party) (center-right to right-wing), moderate PSOE (center-left), far-right Vox (right-wing), and progressive Sumar (left-wing), in order of votes received.

Regional parties are strong in autonomous communities such as Catalonia and the Basque Country. They include Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC, Republican Left of Catalonia) (center-left to left-wing), Junts per Catalunya (Junts, Together for Catalonia) (center-right to right-wing), Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea/Partido Nacionalista Vasco (EAJ/PNV, Basque Nationalist Party) (center), and Euskal Herria Bildu (EH Bildu, Basque Country Gather) (left-wing to far-left). All of these parties are nationalist and pro-independence.

[beautiful-basque-country]

kaixo ladies! what's your opinion on this? irishtimes(.)com /news/world/europe/show-of-contrition-for-eta-violence-does-not-go-far-enough-for-many-in-spain-1.4704949 thanks!!!

Kaixo, anon!

Oh, we knew somebody would ask about this...

First off, the article is so... ugh.

It has been 10 years since the Basque terrorist group Eta formally announced the end of its campaign of violence.

And let's not forget that in 2011, and again in 2014, and ever since, ETA tried to disarm and neither the French nor the Spanish Government collaborated by sending their special forces to handle the weapons.  NOBODY, not the Spanish National Police, not Guardia Civiles, not French Gendarmerie, NOBODY wanted to take ETA’s arsenal. Why? Because they both profited off ETA being active, terrorism and victims meant thousands of votes. Let's keep that in mind.

On Monday, Arnaldo Otegi, leader of the EH Bildu coalition, which is seen as the successor to Eta’s political wing, offered an unprecedented show of contrition on behalf of the defunct armed group to all its victims.

EH Bildu is NOT ETA's political wing, and has nothing to do with ETA, and we're so f*cking fed up with this. It's a coalition of several parties, the closest ones to the actual ETA's political wing being Aralar - which was formed by CRITICS of ETA - and Sortu, that was built on "an explicit rupture with ETA and a thorough respect of the Law of Parties".

So stop this. We know some profit off terrorism, but stop spreading sh*t.

“We feel your pain and from that sincere feeling we affirm that it should never have been caused, and nobody can be satisfied that all of this should have happened, nor that it continued for such a long time,” he said.

It was the latest in a long sequence of shifts by both the pro-independence Basque left, which EH Bildu represents, and Eta. This latest gesture is significant. Although Eta apologised in 2018 for the deaths it had caused of those not involved in “the conflict”, Otegi’s words went further, being addressed specifically to Eta’s victims and implicitly including members of the security forces.

So we have now two apologies, one from ETA itself, one from Otegi.

We're still expecting - not an apology! - but just some criticism to Francoism and fascism from ALL the right wing parties.

We're still expecting - not an apology! - but just to know the actual number of victims, many of them are buried in common graves in unknown places.

The families of the victims are still expecting - not an apology! - but just some closure.

We're still expecting - not an apology! - but that the victims of the fascist terrorism are recognised as terrorism victims, just like the victims of ETA and their families.

So our opinion: although we could take the easy and cynical road and say that an apology won't make the dead come to life and doubt about its honesty, we think that at least we can all agree that it's something humane that can help some heal their wounds. And that's what it's all about.

We approve the apologies, and we wish the Franco's ideological heirs did the f*cking same.

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Catalonia threatens shake up Sánchez government

Catalonia’s JxCat party threatened this week to vote against the government’s new anti-inflation package in parliament, which, if confirmed, would trigger the first major crisis of confidence between Sánchez and Catalonia-backing officials.

In the first vote of 2024, the Spanish parliament is expected to vote in favour of measures to combat high inflation, which, according to the latest figures from the state-run National Statistics Institute (INE), stood at 3.1 per cent in December 2023.

Moreover, the Sánchez government is confident that its parliamentary majority, thanks to the support of Catalan and Basque MPs, will be able to pass other social measures, including the reform of unemployment benefits and several reforms that Spain has promised to adopt in exchange for receiving EU Next Generation funds.

Sánchez governs in a coalition with the Sumar platform led by Vice President Yolanda Díaz. However, he still needs the decisive support of JxCat and the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), as well as the PNV and EH (Euskal Herria) Bildu parties to implement the desired measures.

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[beautiful-basque-country]

Hi again! Was wondering your opinions on the major political parties in Euskadi? Sortu in particular due to the controversy surrounding them and Otegi. Hope you're doing well!

Kaixo!

Well, let’s see them one by one.

Spanish parties:- PP: corrupt, ultra conservative, ultra catholic, ultra Spanish nationalist, Franco’s heir. They have the right to be like that - or that says the Sapnish law -, but we can’t stand how much support they have in Spain, with the exception of Euskadi, Catalunya & Andalusia. That says a lot, we guess. Next!- PSOE: the “S” stands for “socialist”; however, current leader stated that PSOE is a monarchist party, enough evidence to see this party is a joke. Also corrupt. In the 80s - 90s while a PSOE government, its former leader developed GAL, a group of State terrorism intended to kill ETA members. They ended killing people based on mere suspicions and there hasn’t been any trial for it. Fun fact: Pablo Iglesias - leader of Podemos & official devil of Spain - was named after PSOE’s founder, Pablo Iglesias. Ah, lovely irony.

- IU / EA: they’ll always be “the commies”. Good ideas but VERY few votes. Its leader Alberto Garzón is one of the best speakers, and one of the most interesting politicians of Spain, in our humble opinion.

- Podemos: they started so well! Clear ideas and words, they put PP & PSOE on their nerves when they saw there could be a new party governing Spain. Then Podemos turned to center-left to try to gather some PSOE voters, but lost far-left voters, that were who had carried them up to where they were. Now they’re still deciding if they’re moderate left or far left. Most of Basque people feel they’re a good option for Madrid, but not for the Basque government.

Basque parties:- PNV: THE party for many. Sabino Arana, its founder, was also the person who strengthen Basque nationalism, and designed ikurriña. That’s a LOT for many nationalist people. Basque nationalists, center, they’ve been governing Euskadi since before Franco, and just lost their power during 3 years to PSOE. We consider them good managers, but they’ve been in power for way too long and have created a network of “friends” that’s not healthy (a bit corrupt, you know). Also, they don’t seem to be very interested in independence, although they claim otherwise.

- Sortu: you say it’s a controversial party, we don’t see much controversy (except the one PP & PSOE want it to be). When Herri Batasuna was illegalised for supporting a terrorist band (ETA), former leaders created another party, Euskal Herritarrok, that was also illegalised. Then Batasuna, again illegalised. Some HB critic members founded Aralar, and some other - not so critic -, Sortu. It’s easy to get lost in Basque politics, as you can see. Some people say it’s HB’s ideological heir, but for some people everything leftist & independentist is HB or ETA…

- EH Bildu: a group of little and local Basque parties, including Sortu. Abertzales [”patriot” in Euskara, it’s a name given to independentist political parties, always leftist]. They had a huge support - us included - when they first appeared and gained some city halls, but they lacked experience and had a terrible management overall, which lead them to lose much of what they had previously won.

Otegi is one of those people that other people love to hate, but nobody really knows what’s the reason for that hatred. We’re sure that if you asked any Spaniard who Otegi is, 90% of them would answer “an ETA member”. 

He started off as a Congress man representing HB in the 90s, and since then he’s been accused and judged for exalting terrorism about 2 or 3 times, and 2 or 3 times he’s been eventually absolved. He’s been in prison for things like insulting the King of Spain, inducing violent riots during a general strike, and trying to re-found HB; this last case made many Basque people support Otegi since it’s a very hard to prove accusation, but still he ended up in jail for 5 years, and was sentenced to not being able to have a public charge until 2021. 

Since he came out of prison he’s been standing up for peace, and for Basque prisoners’ rights, but there’s nothing he can do to change his “ETA member” status outside Euskal Herria.

Phew, this post came out way too long, congrats on reading all this!!