The shadow of Basque terrorism is back in Spain

Javier Cáceres writes that ETA's announcement that it is ending the ceasefire did not come as a surprise. "ETA is trying to blame the government for the failure of the peace process. However it is the Basque separatist group alone that has destroyed all hopes of a future without terror. It is a sect that lives in a parallel world which is like a self-imposed dungeon... They pursue a brand of nationalist ethno-terrorism which they adorn with socialist lyrics... This makes the challenge that the two popular parties in Spain are facing even greater. The time has come to pull anti-terrorism politics out of the swamp of intra-party bickering."

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