Europe the Ally

Ibarretxe asked of Europe (for whatever that means) to become an ally in the Basque peace process.

We certainly hope that the states and nations of Europe are willing to listen.

Because up until today, besides Ireland and a few other exceptions, the silence has been defeaning.

The note appeared at EITb:

Basque premier asks Europe to be "an ally" in the peace process

The Basque premier, Juan José Ibarretxe, has requested today in the inauguration of the conferences "Europe in the 21st Century," that Europe support and be "an ally" in Euskadi's peace process as well as in the search for political agreements.

Furthermore, he has described as "stubborn" the decision to "withdraw the countries without state" from the Constitutional Treaty and, after affirming that including them in the European project will make it "bigger," he has claimed for the participation of nations without state in the Unions' institution.

Ibarretxe, who has inaugurated the conferences "Europe in the 21st Century: Values, Borders and European Citizenship" at the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, has assured that "in an illusion moment" Euskadi aims at contributing to "Europe and the European project" with the peace in the Basque Country.

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