Aznar hurt, ETA clobbered
The voters say no to both
HE GOT it wrong. But Spain's prime minister, Jose Maria Aznar, is not a man who gives up easily. The Basque regional election on May 13th gave him his worst political setback since he came to power in 1996, but his reaction was characteristically defiant: “Our premise will not change. We're in for the long haul.”
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Aznar hurt, ETA clobbered”
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