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A Proposal to Bring an End to the Basque Conflict... Juan José Ibarretxe markuartu

A Proposal to Bring an End to the Basque Conflict... Juan José Ibarretxe markuartu Lehendakari of the Basque Country. A thousand-year-old people at the forefront of europe. “ This extraordinary people have

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A Proposal to Bring an End to the Basque Conflict... Juan José Ibarretxe markuartu

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  1. A Proposal to Bring an End to the Basque Conflict... Juan José Ibarretxe markuartu Lehendakari of the Basque Country

  2. A thousand-year-old people at the forefront of europe

  3. “Thisextraordinarypeoplehave preservedtheirancientlanguage, genius, laws, government and manners, longerthananyothernation of Europe” John Adams 1786 President of theUnitedStates of America

  4. At the heart of Europe...

  5. People who love their self-government

  6. Human development index 2007 1 Iceland 0.968 2 Norway 0.968 3 Basque Country 0.964 4 Australia 0.962 5 Canada 0.961 6 Ireland 0.959 7 Sweden 0.956 8 Switzerland 0.955 9 Japan 0.953 10 Netherlands 0.953 11 France 0.952 12 Finland 0.952 13 USA 0.951 14 Spain 0.949 15 Denmark 0.949 Sources:UNDP. Human Development Report 2007-2008 Eustat: Basque Statistics Institute

  7. Preliminary considerations to the road map… • Resolution of political conflict not to be confused with violence of ETA. • Violence of ETA must cease immediately. • Defense of all human rights for everyone, without exception. • Right to decide key to the solution of the Basque political conflict.

  8. 1 OFFER OF A POLITICAL AGREEMENT September 2007 June 2008 To the President of the Spanish Government 2 BASQUE PARLIAMENT PLENARY SESSION June 2008 ROAD MAP TO BRING AN END TO THE BASQUE CONFLICT If there is political agreement, ratify agreement and authorise popular consultation If there is no political agreement, authorise a non binding consultation If consultation authorisation is rejected, elections will be called. POPULAR CONSULTATION 25October 2008 3 Binding, ratify agreement and start solution process Non binding, unlock and start solution process STEPSDATES Whatever the result, elections will be called. NEGOTIATION PROCESSES 2008 / 2010 4 Dialogued end to violence Inclusive political negotiation between Basque parties 5 2ndsemester 2010 REFERENDUM Ratify political negotiation process result

  9. “The wind of freedom blows” Standford’s motto

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