Eta, Spain's ferocious anachronism
One of the questions I'm asked when travelling abroad is what remains of Franco's Spain today. My answer is: our splendid tradition of intolerance and the organisation Eta, which is the most visible manifestation of our splendid tradition of intolerance.
This tradition will take generations to disappear, if it ever does. As for Eta, the strange thing is not that it may disappear but that it's still alive, converted into a ferocious anachronism. It's practically the last terrorist group in Europe, a splinter group that demands at gunpoint the independence it cannot achieve through the ballot box – and what's more, demands it for the Basque country, one of the most privileged territories of the continent, with extremely broad political, economic and administrative autonomy.… Seguir leyendo »