Spanish PM meets Basque president
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The Spanish and Basque leaders meet to discuss controversial plans for greater independence.
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Spain's PM Zapatero hosts Madrid talks with the French and German leaders amid a new rapprochement.
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"Basque society is fed up with ETA's decision"  Spain's prime minister met with the president of the Basque region Wednesday to discuss efforts to defeat the armed separatist group ETA, which announced an end to its cease-fire earlier this month.Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has been meeting with political leaders to seek support for the government's efforts to deal with ETA after attempts to negotiate a permanent end to the group's activities collapsed.After their two-hour meeting, Basque regional President Juan Jose Ibarretxe described the sense of frustration he said was gripping the northern region. Read more
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The leader of the Basque government calls for regional elections to be moved forward.
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Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, testifying Monday before a parliamentary commission investigating Spain's worst terrorist attack, dismissed any link between his surprise election victory last March and the Madrid train bombings three days earlier.
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Politics: 13 December 2004, Monday. Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov affirmed his support for the proposal of Spain Prime Minister Zapatero of an alliance of civilizations, a high level assembly working to ...
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Rodriguez Zapatero and visiting Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga said here Tuesday that their governments support the ratification of the first European Union Constitution.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis  Rodriguez Zapatero said on Monday he wanted to testify before a  parliamentary commission probing the March 11 train bombings --  an appearance likely to trigger a fierce political debate.
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Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told the leader of the Basque country he refused to negotiate on a controversial plan to loosen ties between the restless region and the central Spanish government in Madrid.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Tuesday ruled out any talks with Basque separatist group ETA, a month after it ended a ceasefire and police unearthed a large amount of explosives.
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Spanish PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero thanks UK PM Tony Blair for help with the Basque peace process.
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The photos said it all. Eyes downcast, his face puffy, Spain's prime minister looked shattered by news that Basque rebels ETA were ending their truce, a move that dooms a key policy with elections looming next year.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero pledged Thursday to join forces to fight Basque separatist violence.
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unveiled a plan to end the long-running conflict in the region, saying it wants peace talks. demilitarising the 36-year-old conflict and a referendum in the Basque country on its future.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced that his government would open talks with the armed Basque movement ETA to try to end nearly four decades of separatist unrest.
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US President George W. Bush may meet Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero during an upcoming trip to Brussels, a move that could help repair relations damaged by Zapatero - s decision to pull ...
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder outlined a joint vision of a strong and united Europe bound by tighter defence and economic cooperation following summit talks in this northern Spanish city.