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Spain Faces Problems With Basque Country Besides Catalonia

© AFP 2023 / CESAR MANSOA woman with an "Estelada" (Catalan pro-independece flag) tied to her wrist waits for casting her ballot for the regional election at a polling station in Badalona on September 27, 2015
A woman with an Estelada (Catalan pro-independece flag) tied to her wrist waits for casting her ballot for the regional election at a polling station in Badalona on September 27, 2015 - Sputnik International
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President of the Basque Government Inigo Urkullu called for a "legitimate and coherent" referendum on the future of the Basque people.

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BARCELONA(Sputnik) — The Spanish government has problems not only with Catalonia but with the Basque autonomous community as well, President of the Basque Government Inigo Urkullu said Sunday.

Catalonia is currently holding regional elections, aimed at beginning the process of Catalan secession from Spain in case of the independence coalition victory.

Urkullu said he was sorry that Madrid sees Catalan election as a problem, adding that "they [the Spanish government] have a problem in Catalonia and they have a problem in the Basque Country."

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The Basque leaders also called for a "legitimate and coherent" referendum on the future of the Basque people.

In 2008, the Spain's Supreme Court prevented Basques from holding a consultative referendum on independence.

Barcelona has long sought independence, accusing Madrid of constraining its economic and cultural autonomy and of unfairly distributing resources. Spain has repeatedly rejected Catalans' the right to secede.

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