The Herritarren Zerrenda ( HZ , English: List of Fellow Citizens ; Spanish : Lista de Conciudadanos ) was a Basque nationalist political party in Spain and France , created in 2004 to run in the European Parliament election .
5-610: HZ aspired to represent the nationalist left , including the in 2003 banned pro- ETA Batasuna party. However the Supreme Court of Spain banned HZ, considering it to be a direct continuation of Batasuna. The list was therefore not allowed on the ballot and called for a spoiled vote in response. In the Basque Country 98,250 (12.2%) were spoiled, and in Navarre 15.683 votes (7.3%), amounting to 113.933 spoiled votes in total. However
10-665: A political party in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a political party in Spain is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Abertzale left Abertzale left ( Basque : Ezker abertzalea , Spanish : Izquierda abertzale ; lit. ' patriotic left ' ) is a term used to refer to the parties or organizations of the Basque nationalist /separatist left, stretching from democratic socialism to communism . This leftist character
15-665: Is highlighted in contrast to the traditional jeltzale nationalism represented by the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV), a conservative and Christian-democratic party, which has long been the largest in the Basque Country . The first examples of abertzale parties are the Basque Nationalist Republican Party (EAAE-PRNV), active from 1909 to 1913, and the Basque Nationalist Action (EAE-ANV), active from 1930 to 2008. They represented
20-621: The ban in Spain had no effect on the list participating in the elections in France . The list, lead by Mirentchu Laco , only contested the elections in the constituency of Sud-Ouest (which includes Iparralde ) . The list gained 5,157 votes (0,20%) in the constituency. Almost all of the votes came from Iparralde, where the list came first in a few rural communes , such as in Saint-Martin-d'Arrossa , Lecumberry and Lichans-Sunhar . This article about
25-539: The non-confessional Basque nationalist references when ETA was formed in 1959 by younger generations. Ezker abertzalea (or, in Spanish, izquierda abertzale ) is notably used when referring to the leftist-nationalist environment of Batasuna , an outlawed political party. More recently, in 1986, a left-wing splinter group of EAJ-PNV led by Carlos Garaikoetxea formed a new social-democratic party, Basque Solidarity (EA) . After ETA's permanent ceasefire (2010), EA engaged in
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