The Spanish constitutional tribunal has ruled that the left-wing Basque nationalist party Herritarren Zerrenda (HZ) may not run in this year’s European election.
The court yesterday (27 May) declared that the Basque party was a reformation of the outlawed Batasuna party and so could not present candidates on 13 June.
After two days of deliberations, the tribunal unanimously voted for the ban that was supported by both the ruling socialist party and the popular party of Mariano Raj...
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