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Fri 02 Feb 2009With radicals out of picture, Socialists enter Basque frame
The banning of radical parties could lead to the the Basque Nationalist Party being ousted from power in the region, writes PADDY WOODWORTH.
NEXT SUNDAY, Spanish Basques will elect their regional parliament with a very significant gap on their ballot papers. For the first time since 1980, they will have no option to vote for the izquierda abertzale (“patriotic left”) – that is, for parties close to the thinking of terrorist group Eta.
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