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Euskal Herria Bildu

Basque Country Unite
Euskal Herria Bildu
Leader Pello Urizar
Founded 2011
Merger of
Ideology Basque nationalism
Separatism
Left-wing nationalism
(Abertzale left)
Political position Far-left
International affiliation None
European Parliament group European United Left–
Nordic Green Left
Congress of Deputies (Basque seats)
2 / 23
Senate of Spain (Basque seats)
1 / 20
European Parliament (Spanish seats)
1 / 54
Basque Parliament
18 / 75
Parliament of Navarre
8 / 50
Provincial parliaments in the Basque Autonomous Community
39 / 153
Town councilors in Southern Basque Country
1,195 / 3,085
Website
www.ehbildu.eus

EH Bildu (short for Basque: Euskal Herria Bildu, also EHB, rendered as Basque Country Unite or Basque Country Gather) is a far-left, Basque nationalist and pro-independence 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 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. On 3 July 2012 Laura Mintegi was chosen as candidate for Lehendakari in the 2012 Basque parliamentary election. Mintegi, a professor at the University of the Basque Country, formerly stood as a candidate for Herri Batasuna.


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