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Basque election: leftwing coalition partly descended from Eta leads in polls

Basque election: leftwing coalition partly descended from Eta leads in polls

Surveys suggest EH Bildu’s focus on health, housing and employment is attracting younger voters

A leftwing coalition of Basque separatists, partly descended from the political wing of the defunct terrorist group Eta, could become the largest party in the Basque Country’s parliament after an election in the northern Spanish region on Sunday.

Latest polls suggest that EH Bildu, which is led by a convicted Eta member who later played a key role in persuading the group to end its armed campaign for an independent Basque homeland, has edged ahead of its rivals in the Basque Nationalist party (PNV).

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