1.0News from Spainhttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spaineuroresidenteshttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spain/author/euroresidentes/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0Zm9CV0vuX"><a href="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spain/basque-nationalis/">Basque nationalism</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spain/basque-nationalis/embed/#?secret=0Zm9CV0vuX" width="600" height="338" title="«Basque nationalism» — News from Spain" data-secret="0Zm9CV0vuX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Today Spain’s president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero receives the president of the regional Basque government, Juan Jose Ibarretxe, in the Moncloa in Madrid. This is the second time Zapatero receives Ibarretxe in his official residence since he became president, although this meeting is expected to be more tense than the first. Just before the New Year the Basque regional parliament narrowly voted in favour of the «Ibarretxe Plan» which was designed by the regional president during the last Popular Party government to upgrade existing autonomy in the Basque region and eventually achieve «free association» status. The plan is considered by