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Basque Country Unite
Euskal Herria Bildu
LeaderArnaldo Otegi
Founded2011
Merger of
IdeologyBasque nationalism
Separatism[1]
Socialism[1]
Progressivism
Left-wing nationalism
(Abertzale left)
Political positionLeft-wing[2][3]
to far-left[4][5]
National affiliationCambio-Aldaketa
Ahora Repúblicas
European Parliament groupEuropean United Left—
Nordic Green Left
International affiliationNone
Congress of Deputies (Basque A. Community and Navarre seats)
5 / 23
Senate of Spain (Basque A. Community and Navarre seats)
2 / 20
European Parliament (Spanish seats)
1 / 59
Basque Parliament
18 / 75
Parliament of Navarre
7 / 50
Juntas Generales/Batzar Nagusiak
39 / 153
Mayors (2019–2023)[6][a]
120 / 525
Local government (2019–2023)[a]
1,254 / 4,663
Website
www.ehbildu.eus

EH Bildu, short for Euskal Herria Bildu (English: Basque Country Unite[7][8] or Basque Country Gather[9][10][11][12]) is a leftist,[13] Basque nationalist, pro-independence[1] political coalition active in the Spanish autonomous communities of Basque Country and Navarre.

EHB's predecessor Bildu ("Gather") was launched on 3 April 2011 to participate in the May 2011 local elections[14] It was formed as a reaction to the Supreme Court of Spain's ruling in March 2011 that barred the new left-wing Basque nationalist (Abertzale left) Sortu party from electoral participation. Bildu was an alliance of the centre-left Eusko Alkartasuna, left-wing Alternatiba and independents of the left-wing nationalist spectrum, many of whom former members or supporters of the outlawed Batasuna party.

EHB was launched on 10 June 2012 in San Sebastián by five founding components: Eusko Alkartasuna, Aralar, Alternatiba, Sortu, and independents of the Abertzale left (groups and independent individuals from the Basque leftist-nationalist milieu, many of whom had been members of Batasuna), all of whom had been previously members of the Amaiur coalition.[15] On 3 July 2012 Laura Mintegi was chosen as candidate for Lehendakari in the 2012 Basque parliamentary election.[16] Mintegi, a professor at the University of the Basque Country, formerly stood as a candidate for Herri Batasuna.[17]

History

Formation of Bildu

Bildu was formed as a response to the March 2011 ruling by the Supreme Court of Spain that banned a new Basque party called Sortu from being registered. Bildu was a coalition of the social-democratic Eusko Alkartasuna, Alternatiba (a splinter group of Ezker Batua) and independent individuals from the Basque leftist-nationalist environment, originating from the outlawed Batasuna party. Bildu was banned by the Supreme Court as well, due to their alleged ties to Batasuna, the alleged political wing of ETA. The decision to ban Bildu resulted in street protests in Bilbao and other cities. However, on 5 May 2011, exactly the day the election campaign started off, the Constitutional Court of Spain lifted the ban and Bildu was allowed to take part in elections.[18]

2011 regional and local elections

Interview with Joseba Asiron, EH Bildu mayor of Pamplona (2015-2019)

At the 2011 local elections Bildu received 26% of the vote in the Basque region, coming second only to the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV).[19] The party won seats in most of the councils of the Southern Basque Country, including San Sebastián (where it came up first), Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Pamplona.

2011 general election

For the 2011 general election Eusko Alkartasuna, Alternatiba and their allies formed a new alliance, under the name Amaiur, along with Aralar, previously part of Nafarroa Bai, and other abertzale (i.e., Basque nationalist) groups.

2012 Basque Parliament Elections

In the election for the Basque Parliament that took place on 21 October 2012, EH Bildu the second most seats after the more established EAJ-PNV.[20][21] The coalition party won 21 out of 75 seats with 25% of the popular vote. No single party won a majority in this election.

2014 European Parliament election

In the 2014 European Parliament election EH Bildu participated as part of the list The Peoples Decide (LPD), comprising left-wing nationalist and separatist parties from several autonomous regions of Spain. On the first position of that list was EHB member Josu Juaristi who was elected member of the European parliament. He joined the group of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL).

Electoral performance

Basque Parliament

Basque Parliament
Election Vote % Score Seats +/– Leader Status in legislature
2012 277,923 24.7% 2nd
21 / 75
 16[b] Laura Mintegi Opposition
2016 225,172 21.1% 2nd
18 / 75
 3 Arnaldo Otegi[c] Opposition

Parliament of Navarre

Parliament of Navarre
Election Vote % Score Seats +/– Leader Status in legislature
2011 42,916 13.3% 4th
7 / 50
 7 Maiorga Ramírez Opposition
2015 48,166 14.2% 3rd
8 / 50
 1 Adolfo Araiz Government
2019 50,631 14.5% 4th
7 / 50
 1 Bakartxo Ruiz Opposition

Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales
Election Congress Senate Status in legislature
Vote % Score Seats +/– Seats +/–
2015 219,125 0.9% 10th
2 / 350
 5[d]
0 / 208
 2[d] Opposition
2016 184,713 0.8% 9th
2 / 350
 0
0 / 208
 0 Opposition
2019 (Apr) 259,647 1.0% 10th
4 / 350
 2
1 / 208
 1 Opposition
2019 (Nov) 276,519 1.2% 10th
5 / 350
 1
1 / 208
 0 Opposition
Election Basque Country Navarre
Congress Senate Congress Senate
Vote % Score Seats +/– Seats +/– Vote % Score Seats +/– Seats +/–
2015 184,186 15.1% 3rd
2 / 18
 4[d]
0 / 12
 2[d] 34,939 9.9% 4th
0 / 5
 1[d]
0 / 4
 0[d]
2016 153,339 13.3% 4th
2 / 18
 0
0 / 12
 0 31,374 9.4% 4th
0 / 5
 0
0 / 4
 0
2019 (Apr) 212,882 16.7% 4th
4 / 18
 2
1 / 12
 1 46,765 12.7% 4th
0 / 5
 0
0 / 4
 0
2019 (Nov) 220,132 18.7% 3rd
4 / 18
 0
1 / 12
 0 56,387 17.0% 3rd
1 / 5
 1
0 / 4
 0

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election Total Basque Country Navarre
Vote % Score Seats +/– Vote % Score Vote % Score
2014 Within LPD
1 / 54
 1 177,694 23.4% 2nd 44,129 20.2% 2nd
2019 Within AR
1 / 54
 0 246,488 22.0% 2nd 54,308 16.0% 3rd

Notes

  1. ^ a b Results in the Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre and the Enclave of Treviño.
  2. ^ Compared to the combined totals of Aralar and Eusko Alkartasuna in the 2009 regional election.
  3. ^ Sortu Secretary-General Arnaldo Otegi was proclaimed as EH Bildu's leading candidate on 24 May 2016, having left the Logroño prison on 1 March after serving his full prison sentence imposed for attempting to reorganize the banned Batasuna party. On 24 August, the Gipuzkoa Provincial Electoral Commission disqualified Otegi due to a legal barring from holding any public office still in force until 2021. Subsequently, EH Bildu did not elect an alternative candidate to replace Otegi, though journalist Maddalen Iriarte—second in EH Bildu Gipuzkoa's list—went on to top the list as provided for in Article 65.2 of the Electoral Law of the Basque Country.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Compared to Amaiur totals in the 2011 general election.

References

  1. ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Basque Country/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. ^ Kassam, Ashifa (4 November 2015). "Basque secessionists follow Catalans in push for independence". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ^ Hedgecoe, Guy (16 November 2016). "Spain exhumes conspirators whose coup sparked civil war". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. ^ Gorospe, Pedro (7 February 2018). "Basque ruling party wants to include "right to decide" in new regional charter". El País. Retrieved 11 November 2019. There are three Basque parties that defend the right to decide: the PNV, Podemos and EH Bildu (a far-left coalition that includes ex-members of Batasuna, considered the political wing of the terrorist organization ETA)
  5. ^ Angela Bourne, Democratic Dilemmas: Why democracies ban political parties, First Edition, Routledge, Abingdon, 2018, p. 47
  6. ^ Gehiengoak maximizatzen. Berria, 16/06/2019.
  7. ^ "Basque party snubs vote condemning Paris attack". TheLocal.es. 9 January 2015.
  8. ^ Tim Lewis (22 March 2015). "Another Country: Inside The Basque Region". Esquire.
  9. ^ Sanjay Jeram; Daniele Conversi (2014). Deliberation and Democracy at the End of Armed Conflict: Postconflict Opportunities in the Basque Country. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 53. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  10. ^ David Lublin (2014). Minority Rules: Electoral Systems, Decentralization, and Ethnoregional Party Success. Oxford University Press. p. 197.
  11. ^ Santiago Pérez-Nievas; Teresa Mata López (2013). "The 2012 Basque Country Regional Election: Back to Nationalist Rule in the Context of the Economic Crisis" (PDF). Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (AECPA). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. ^ Ryan Barnes (10 January 2013). "Basque and Catalan Nationalism: An Evolution". Fair Observer.
  13. ^ Morel, Sandrine (25 September 2016). "En Espagne, le parti de Rajoy renforcé par des régionales en Galice et au Pays basque". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  14. ^ (in Spanish) "Bildu presenta las bases de su programa electoral para el 22-M", Gara, 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  15. ^ http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/06/09/paisvasco/1339264728_612106.html
  16. ^ http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20120702/54319662264/laura-mintegi-candidata-lehendakari-coalicion-abertzale-euskal-herria-bildu.html
  17. ^ http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/07/03/paisvasco/1341335309_343791.html
  18. ^ "Spanish Constitutional Court lifts ban on Bildu". Xinhua News. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  19. ^ "New Basque Coalition Bildu Surges in Basque Local Elections". Eitb.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-28. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  20. ^ EFE (22 October 2012). "Urkullu asume desde hoy el reto de llegar a acuerdos con otros partidos". El Mundo (in Spanish). Bilbao: Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  21. ^ "Elecciones Parlamento Vasco". EITB (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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