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2003 Basque Foral Elections
The 2003 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 7th General Assemblies (Juntas Generales), General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three General Assemblies were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with 2003 Spanish regional elections, regional elections in thirteen Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous communities and 2003 Spanish local elections, local elections all throughout Spain. Overall Foral deputation control The following table lists party control in the foral deputations. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour. Historical territories Álava Biscay Gipuzkoa References {{Basque elections 2003 elections in Spain, Basque Foral elections in the Basque Country (autonomous community), 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Assemblies (Juntas Generales)
The General AssembliesThe official name of the legislature/parliament is "General Assemblies" (plural). The name is plural, although it is a single legislature/parliament (in Spanish it is "JuntaS", not "Junta"). (Spanish: ''Juntas Generales''; Basque: ''Batzar Nagusiak'') is the name of the legislative body (legislature) of the Spanish Basque territories of Biscay, Gipuzkoa, Alava and Navarre, and the elected assemblies to which the Government of each territory is responsible. The northern, French Basque Country, had its own regional assemblies until the Napoleonic period. The 4 legislative bodies The four legislative bodies of the Assembly are as follows: * General Assemblies of Biscay (in Biscay): composed of fifty-one members. The head of the legislature is the speaker of the General Assemblies of Biscay. The assembly elects the head of the government (called "General Deputy of Biscay") and he or she appoints their ministers. The regional government (called "Provincial Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Party Of The Basque Country–Basque Country Left
The Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (, , PSE-EE) is a social-democratic political party in the Basque Country that acts as the regional affiliate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). History Although local Socialist groups had been active since 1886, and many affiliated with the PSOE (Biscay being one of the strongholds of Spanish social democracy, along with Madrid and Asturias), the PSE was actually established as a branch of the main party only in 1977, during the Spanish transition to democracy, initiated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. During the violent years of the 1980s in the Basque Country, mid- and high-ranking party officials held government positions in Spain and the region, as civil governors. The Basque nationalist left—Herri Batasuna and related groups—denounced during that period the collusion of the party with police abuses—especially pointing to the Guardia Civil—and in early 1984 blamed directly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basque Government
The Basque Government (, ; ) is the governing body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain. The head of the Basque government is known as the '' Lehendakari''. The Lehendakari is appointed by the Basque Parliament every four years, after a regional election. Its headquarters are located in the Lakua district of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Álava. The first Basque Government was created after the approval of the first Basque Statute of Autonomy on 1 October 1936, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. It was headed by José Antonio Aguirre ( EAJ-PNV) and was supported by a coalition of all the parties that fought the Nationalist forces in the Civil War: those comprising the Popular Front ( PSOE, PCE, EAE-ANV and other parties that sided with the Second Spanish Republic). After the defeat of the Republic, the Basque Government survived in exile, chaired by Jesús María Leizaola after the death of Aguirre in 1960. This first Basque Government was formally disbanded after the appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euskal Herritarrok
Euskal Herritarrok (, EH) was a Basque nationalism, Basque independentist and Socialism, socialist political party in the Euskal Herria, Basque Country. EH was banned in 2003 by the Supreme Court of Spain on the grounds that it sympathized with Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, ETA. History In February 2000, Batzarre and Zutik left EH after the rupture of the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, 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 Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, ETA and its rupture of the truce. Election results Regional parliaments Basque Parliament Parliament of Navarre European Parliament Local councils Foral elections References Euskal Herritarrok, Banned secessionist parties Banned socialist parties Basque conflict 20th century in the Basque Country Defunct socialist parties in the Basque Country (autonomous commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlist Party (1970)
The Carlist Party (, , , , ; PC) is a Spanish political party that considers itself as a successor to the historical tradition of Carlism. The party was founded in 1970, although it remained illegal until 1977 following the death of the caudillo Francisco Franco and the democratisation of Spain. Since 2000, the general secretary of the party has been Evaristo Olcina and its official publication since is ''El Federal''. It has a political line of the alternative left, workers' self-management and confederalism. It annually organises the acts of Montejurra. The Carlist Party holds a federal structure with the possibility of it forming sovereign Carlist parties in the associate nationalities in the Carlist Party. The youths of the different Carlist parties and Carlist groups group together in the Carlist Youths. The party is known as the left-wing of the Carlist movement since the movement itself has historically been a right-wing conservative one. The Carlist Party was also kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humanist Party (Spain)
The Humanist Party () is a Spanish political party founded in 1984. It is a member of the Humanist International. Election results External links Official website References 1984 establishments in Spain Spain Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ... Political parties established in 1984 Political parties in Spain {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alavese Unity
Alavese Unity (Spanish: ''Unidad Alavesa'') was a political party in the Basque Country based in the province of Álava A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''provin ..., that existed between 1989 and 2005. References 1989 establishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community) 2005 disestablishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Political parties established in 1989 Political parties disestablished in 2005 Political parties in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Organisations based in Vitoria-Gasteiz Conservative parties in Spain {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aralar (Basque Political Party)
Aralar was a Basque socialist and separatist political party in Spain. It was opposed to the violent struggle of ETA. History Aralar was born in the 1990s from a critical tendency within Herri Batasuna (HB) and Euskal Herritarrok (EH), led by Patxi Zabaleta. The tendency had its main base in Navarre. The breaking of ETA's truce in 2000 provoked Herri Batasuna's reformation into Batasuna, to have presence in all Euskal Herria. Following disagreements over the internal organization of Batasuna, Aralar broke away to form a separate political party. In 2004 the youth wing of Aralar, Iratzarri, was founded. In the May 2003 election for the Navarre Assembly, Aralar obtained 24,068 votes (8.02% of the valid votes) and four seats and in the same community obtained 4.76% of the valid votes in the municipal elections and 18 local councillors. In the Basque Autonomous Community it obtained 30 councillors and 1.51% of the valid votes. Aralar contested the Spanish general election, 2004 in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Left–Greens
United Left–Greens (, EB–B) was a left wing environmentalist political party in Spain. Javier Madrazo led the party as general coordinator from 1994 to 2009. In the 1994 Basque elections EB won 93,291 votes (9.15%) and gained its first six seats in the Basque Parliament. It was a member of the Basque Government for 8 years (between 2001 and 2009), supporting Juan José Ibarretxe of the Basque Nationalist Party as ''lehendakari''. In 2009 it obtained 36,134 votes (3.51%). Its remaining MP in the Basque Parliament The Basque Parliament (Basque language, Basque: ''Eusko Legebiltzarra'', Spanish language, Spanish: ''Parlamento Vasco'') is the legislative body of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community of Spain and the elected ..., Mikel Arana, the general coordinator, lost his seat in the 2012 Basque parliamentary elections, leaving the party without representation there. In January 2012, following a period of internal strife, EB joined the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
