Spanish PM promises hard line on ETA
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Spain&#39;s prime minister promised a tough line Sunday against armed Basque separatist group ETA as a bomb went off on a motorway and a day after four ETA suspects were arrested in France.
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A weekend announcement by the armed Basque separatist group ETA has revived hopes of a long-awaited end to violence but Spain's government said the organisation would have to show it intends to abandon violence 'once and for all.'
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Spain's prime minister outlined on Sunday his government's program to resolve troubles in the Basque region during his first visit there since the armed separatist group ETA shattered a cease-fire in December.
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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 regional government outlines his autonomy plan to parliament in Madrid.
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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 pledged to keep up a tough line  with the Basque separatist guerrilla group ETA on Wednesday  after a bomb exploded at a Civil Guard police barracks, causing  minor damage.
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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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Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Spain's capital Saturday to demand a tougher government policy toward Basque separatists.
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Spain's prime minister is due to hold talks in Senegal which are expected to centre on the issue of illegal immigration.
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Spain said Monday that it was on the verge of crushing the Basque separatist group ETA following the arrest of its alleged leader and seizure of a vast weapons arsenal in raids in France.
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Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez  Zapatero Monday strongly defended Spain's withdrawal of troops  from Iraq after the March 11 Madrid train bombings that killed  191 people.
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Threats by hooded gunmen and torched  buses have not yet derailed Spain's planned peace talks with  ETA, but may show the Basque separatist guerrilla group's  patience is beginning to wear thin.
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The prime minister on Wednesday denied suggestions his government had bowed to terrorists by allowing a hunger-striking Basque separatist to serve out his jail term under house arrest.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (14/12/04) - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero yesterday accused the previous Spanish administration of carrying out a &quot;massive campaign of deception&quot; in blaming the 11 March train bombings on ETA Basque separatists
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"It will continue hitting the structure of the Spanish state on all fronts until achieving democratic conditions that allow the defense of all political projects"  Basque guerrillas ETA vowed on Sunday to continue attacks on the Spanish state, saying last year's exploratory peace talks showed there was no point in negotiating with the government. via New York Times
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The armed Basque separatist group ETA threatened to set off four bombs in different parts of Spain at 12:30 p.m. GMT Monday, the Basque newspaper Gara said on its Web site.