Basque Country (autonomous community)

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Basque Country (autonomous community) Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 14th  7 234 km²  1,4% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 7th  2 124 846  4,9%  293,73/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€“ Basque  Basque  vasco/a euskal herritar, euskaldun GDP GDP/Cápita 30. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Basque_Country. ...

Autonomous communities of Spain Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country Politics of Spain Ibarretxe Plan President Juan José Ibarretxe Basque Autonomous Parliament Elections Spanish General Elections: 1977 - 1979 - 1982 - 1986 - 1989 1993 - 1996 - 2000 - 2004 Basque Regional Elections: 2001 2005 Referenda: Autonomy Statute (1979) - NATO (1986) European Constitution (2005) Political parties: Aralar Basque Nationalist Party Batasuna Communist Movement of Euskadi Communist Party of the Basque Territories (EHAK) Communist Party of Euskadi Eusko Alkartasuna Socialist Party of Euskadi Zutik Former political parties: Basque Nationalist Republican Party Democracia Cristiana Vasca Euskadiko Ezkerra Euskal Ezkerra Euskal Iraultzarako Alderdia HASI Herritarren Zerrenda

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Democracia Cristiana Vasca in Spanish (DCV); in Basque, Euskal Kristau Demokrazia, EKD ("Basque Christian Democracy") was a Basque Country Christian-democratic party active during the Spanish transition to democracy - legalized in 1977. Autonomous communities of Spain. ... The Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country is the legal document organizing the political system of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (Basque: Euzkadi) which includes the provinces of Alava, Vizcaya and Guipuzcoa. ... Politics of Spain takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the President of the Government is the head of government and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... The President of the Basque Country is referred to as Lehendakari (literally, firstlier) in Basque, or Eusko Jaurlaritzako Lehendakari (President of the Basque Government); the Spanish title is Presidente del Gobierno Vasco. ... Juan José Ibarretxe Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu (born May 15, 1957) is a Basque politician. ... The Basque Parliament (Basque: Eusko Legebiltzarra – Castillian Spanish: Parlamento Vasco) is the legislative body of the Basque Country autonomous community of Spain and the elected assembly to which the Basque Government is responsible. ... Won by a Mr Martin J Hollerwatch of 34 Clackton Road, Cumberbatch-On-Sea (El Partido Malvado - The Evil Party) through a sliding majority poll of fifty to something. ... Results for the 1979 Spanish general election Reference El País official webpage (spanish) Congreso de españa official webpage (spanish) ... PSOE and PSC presented two different candidatures: PSOE in Spain and PSC (Catalan Social Party) only in Catalunya. ... References El País official webpage (spanish) http://www. ... External links Official results Categories: Elections in Spain ... External links Official results Categories: | ... External links Official results Categories: Elections in Spain ... Legislative elections were held in Spain on March 12, 2000. ... Map of Spains electoral circumscriptions, and the parties leading in each circumscription in the election for the Congress of Deputies Legislative elections were held in Spain on March 14, 2004. ... The Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country is the legal document organizing the political system of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (Basque: Euzkadi) which includes the provinces of Alava, Vizcaya and Guipuzcoa. ... On 20 February 2005 a consultative referendum was held in Spain to ask whether the country should ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union. ... Aralar is a Basque nationalist political group in Spain. ... The Basque Nationalist Party is a political party in the Basque region of Spain. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Communist Movement of Euskadi (in Basque: Euskadi Mugimendu Komunista, in Spanish: Movimiento Comunista de Euskadi) was originally the branch of the Communist Movement (MC) in Basque Country, Spain. ... The Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (Spanish: Partido Comunista de las Tierras Vascas, Euskera: Euskal Herrialdeetako Alderdi Komunista, acronym: EHAK-PCTV) is a communist nationalist party in the Basque Country, that had limited electoral activities prior to 2005, but rose to national prominence when its leadership adopted the program... Communist Party of Euskadi - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Eusko Alkartasuna, Basque and Spanish regional political party, translated as Basque Solidarity and abbreviated as EA, is a party which describes itself as a Basque national, democratic, popular, progressive and non-denominational party. ... Zutik symbol Zutik is a political party in Basque Country, Spain. ... Basque Nationalist Republican Party (in Spanish: Partido Republicano Nacionalista Vasco) was a political party in Euskadi, Spain. ... Euskadiko Ezkerra (Basque Country Left, in Basque) or EE was a Spanish Basque socialist political organisation. ... Euskal Ezkerra (Basque Left) was a political party in Euskadi, Spain. ... The Herritarren Zerrenda is a Basque political party in Spain and France. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Basque (in Basque: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ... Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 14th  7 234 km²  1,4% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 7th  2 124 846  4,9%  293,73/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€“ Basque  Basque  vasco/a euskal herritar, euskaldun GDP GDP/Cápita 30. ... Christian Democracy is a heterogeneous political ideology and movement. ... The Spanish transition to democracy or new Bourbon restoration was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democratic state. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

Although it was the only newly-created regional right-wing party not to advocate Basque nationalism, it did not disagree with projects of regional autonomy. It ran in the Spanish 1977 election for the Constituent Cortes in all three circumscriptions in the Basque Country-proper (Gipuzkoa, Vizcaya, and Álava), in contrast with the nationalist candidacies in Navarre (considered part of the larger Basque national territory). It obtained poor results, was confirmed as the eighth party in the region (just under 25,000 votes - 2.58% of the total), and was not represented in the Cortes. In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... The Gernika oak is a symbol of Basque freedoms. ... Regional autonomy is the term for the de-centralisation of governance to outlying regions. ... Won by a Mr Martin J Hollerwatch of 34 Clackton Road, Cumberbatch-On-Sea (El Partido Malvado - The Evil Party) through a sliding majority poll of fifty to something. ... Constituent Cortes (Cortes constituyentes) is the description of the Cortes (Spanish parliament) when convened as a constituent assembly. ... Circumscription is a non-monotonic logic created by John McCarthy to formalize the common sense assumption that things are as expected unless otherwise specified. ... Guipúzcoa province Guipúzcoa (Basque Gipuzkoa, Spanish Guipúzcoa, in English sometimes as Guipuscoa) is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... (For the Vizcaya mansion in Florida, see Villa Vizcaya) Vizcaya province Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Álava province Álava (Basque: Araba) is a province of northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community in Spain. ... Location of Historical Territory of the Basque Country The Ikurriña, Basque Country flag The Lauburu, Basque Country symbol This article is about the traditional overall Basque domain. ...

Although still registered technically, the EKD is no longer active. Most of its members joined the Democratic Center Union, with the exception of such activists as Fernando Buesa, who became active in the Socialist Party of the Basque Country. Adolfo Suarez decorating a political poster 15th of June, 1977 The Democratic Center Union (Spanish: Unión de Centro Democrático, UCD) was a coalition, and later political party, in Spain, existing from 1977 to 1983, and initially led by Adolfo Suárez. ... Fernando Buesa Blanco (29 May 1946 - 22 February 2000) was a Spanish Basque politician in the PSE-EE branch of Socialdemocratic party PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers Party). ...