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Secretary General of the PSE-EE and Basque President, Patxi López, chaired a meeting of his party's National Committee in Bilbao on Thursday morning, in which he said it was "time for the left to unite, in spite of our mistakes".

The Socialist leader insisted that ETA is "weaker than ever; we must put an end to the risk that has kept them alive and that is something we must request from the Basque nationalist left, who have always acted as their lifeline."

After declaring that the Basque nationalist left has accepted that, without conforming to the law, it cannot participate in the democratic process, the lehendakari added that "we are entering a new era of opportunities, to put a permanent end to terrorism in Euskadi."

Fiscal policy

During his speech, the Basque Premier also referred to the recession and its consequences in defence of his Government's support of public companies and services.

"We will defend and insist on the need for collective solidarity, which is best defined by fair taxation," said López, in reference to the Government's plan to "revise our fiscal system to make it more just."