Euskal Herria Bai
Basque Country Yes
Founded2007
IdeologyBasque nationalism
Abertzale left
Socialism
Left-wing nationalism
Ecologism
Political positionLeft-wing
Departamental Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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Website
www.ehbai.eus

Euskal Herria Bai (transl.Basque Country Yes, EH Bai) is a Basque political party and former electoral alliance in France, founded in 2007 by Abertzaleen Batasuna, Eusko Alkartasuna and Batasuna.[1] Batasuna disappeared in 2013, being replaced by Sortu.[2] It became a unified party in November 2022.[3]

Election results

Cantonal elections of 2015

EH Bai won 17,779 votes (16.09%) in the first round of the elections, getting to the second round in 5 of the 12 cantons of the French Basque Country. In the second round EH Bai won the 78.05% of the vote in the Canton of Nive-Adour, losing in the other 4 cantons (45,40% in Canton of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, 44,43% in the Canton of Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle, 42,87% in Montagne Basque and 38,14% in Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre).[4]

See also

References

  1. Euskal Herria Bai exigirá a París que reconozca y respete al Pueblo vasco. Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine Gara, 12/04/2007.
  2. Batasuna anuncia su disolución en Francia. ABC, 03/01/2013
  3. Garicoïx, Michel (25 November 2022). "Les " patriotes " basques d'EHBai transforment le mouvement en parti politique". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. Arantxa Manterola: «El centro-derecha se impone y el voto abertzale rompe sus fronteras». Gara. 30/05/2015.


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