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Bildu
Spokesperson	Pello Urizar Oskar Matute Bakartxo Ruiz
Founded	April 3, 2011 (2011-04-03)
Ideology	Social democracy, Democratic socialism, Socialism, Green politics, Basque nationalism, Abertzale left, Separatism
Political position	Centre-left, Left-wing
Affiliated parties	Eusko Alkartasuna Alternatiba Herritarron Garaia Araba Bai Independents
Official colours	green
Town councilors in Southern Basque Country	1,138 / 4,635
Parliament of Navarre	7 / 50
Members of provincial parliaments in the Basque Autonomous Community	45 / 153
Website
www.bildu.info
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Bildu ("Gather" in Basque) is a Basque nationalist, separatist and abertzale leftist political coalition active in the Basque Country and Navarre. It was official launched on 3 April 2011.^[1] Its main member is Eusko Alkartasuna, a social-democratic party, although the majority of votes and militants come from the outlawed abertzale left.

History[link]

Formation[link]

Bildu was formed as a response to the March 2011 ruling by the Supreme Court of Spain that banned a new Basque party called Sortu from being registered. Bildu is a coalition of Eusko Alkartasuna, Alternatiba (a splinter group of Ezker Batua) and independent individuals from the outlawed Basque leftist-nationalist environment. Bildu was initially banned as well by the Supreme Court due to their alleged ties to Batasuna, the alleged political wing of ETA. The decision to ban Bildu resulted in street protests in Bilbao and other cities. However, on 5 May 2011, exactly the day the election campaign started off, the Constitutional Court of Spain lifted the ban and Bildu was allowed to take part in elections.^[2]

2011 regional and local elections[link]

At the 2011 Spanish regional and local elections Bildu received 26% of the vote, finishing second in the Basque region only to the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV).^[3] The party won seats on most of the councils of the Southern Basque Country, including San Sebastián (where it finished first), Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Pamplona.

2011 general election[link]

For the 2011 general election Eusko Alkartasuna, Alternatiba and their allies formed a new alliance, under the name Amaiur, along with Aralar, previously part of Nafarroa Bai, and other abertzale groups.

References[link]

1. ^ (Spanish) "Bildu presenta las bases de su programa electoral para el 22-M", Gara, 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
2. ^ "Spanish Constitutional Court lifts ban on Bildu". Xinhua News. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-05/06/c_13860907.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
3. ^ "New Basque Coalition Bildu Surges in Basque Local Elections". Eitb.com. http://www.eitb.com/news/politics/detail/664911/new-basque-coalition-bildu-surges-basque-local-elections. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 

See also[link]

• Sortu

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Rosa Díez
Member of Basque Parliament
In office 1986–1999
Member of European Parliament
In office 1999–2007
Leader of UPyD
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2007
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 April 2008
Constituency	Madrid
Personal details
Born	(1952-05-27) 27 May 1952 (age 60) Güeñes, Basque Country,  Spain
Political party	UPyD
Spouse(s)	José Ignacio Fernández de Ochoa
Children	2
Religion	None

Rosa Díez González (born May 27, 1952 in Güeñes, Biscay, Spain) is a Spanish politician. She is a former Member of the European Parliament for the PSOE ("Partido Socialista Obrero Español" or Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), integrated in the Party of European Socialists.

In 2007 she gave up her seat and left the PSOE due to strong disagreement on what she perceived to be the Socialists' drift on individual liberties, ETA, and more. Subsequently she founded a new political party, UPyD ("Unión, Progreso y Democracia" or Union, Progress and Democracy), based on an already existing movement of basque citizens against terrorism of ETA. In 2008 and 2011, she was elected to the Congress of Deputies (Spain) representing Madrid district. In the last Spanish General Elections of 2011, she was re-elected, and her party was the fourth most voted party in Spain.

References[link]

• UPyD Website (in Spanish).
• UPyD Manifesto (in Spanish).

Rosa Díez