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2009 Schism: Tidy up

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==2009 Schism== ==2009 Schism== EA's support in Basque politics has greatly diminished since it was created in 1986 as a schism of the Basque Nationalist Party. In 2009, the party held one MP at the Basque regional parliament and some 20 [[mayor]]s in the [[Basque Autonomous Community]] (where it went from 181,000 votes in the 1986 regional election down to 37,820 in 2009),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/pais/vasco/Galdos/admite/voto/lista/PNV/europeas/elpepuespvas/20090610elpvas_3/Tes|title=Galdos admite que votó a la lista del PNV en las europeas|author=Ediciones El País|work=EL PAÍS|date=10 June 2009 |access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref>) getting four MPs in the [[Parliament of Navarre]] as part of the coalition [[Nafarroa Bai]].<ref name="elpais.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/pais/vasco/proyecto/menguante/elpepuespvas/20090603elpvas_5/Tes|title=Un proyecto menguante|author=Ediciones El País|work=EL PAÍS|date=3 June 2009 |access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref> EA's support in Basque politics has greatly diminished since it was created in 1986 as a schism of the Basque Nationalist Party. In 2009, the party held one MP at the Basque regional parliament and some 20 [[mayor]]s in the [[Basque Autonomous Community]] (where it went from 181,000 votes in the 1986 regional election down to 37,820 in 2009),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/pais/vasco/Galdos/admite/voto/lista/PNV/europeas/elpepuespvas/20090610elpvas_3/Tes|title=Galdos admite que votó a la lista del PNV en las europeas|author=Ediciones El País|work=EL PAÍS|date=10 June 2009 |access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref> getting four MPs in the [[Parliament of Navarre]] as part of the coalition [[Nafarroa Bai]].<ref name="elpais.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/pais/vasco/proyecto/menguante/elpepuespvas/20090603elpvas_5/Tes|title=Un proyecto menguante|author=Ediciones El País|work=EL PAÍS|date=3 June 2009 |access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref>

Following poor results in the latest Basque Autonomous Community elections, the party split amid bitter recriminations. The majority upheld the existing strategy of distancing the party from the PNV and a rapprochement with the [[abertzale left|left-wing pro-independence movement]], but a critical current, consisting of around 35% of the party's members, who stood for a return to a milder brand of Basque nationalism and the renewal of ties with the PNV,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/pais/vasco/criticos/EA/agradecen/oferta/colaboracion/lanzada/PNV/elpepuespvas/20090602elpvas_5/Tes|title=Los críticos de EA agradecen la oferta de colaboración lanzada por el PNV|author=Ediciones El País|work=EL PAÍS|date=2 June 2009 |access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref> announced their decision to leave EA and form a new party, the short-lived [[Hamaikabat]] (a [[Basque language]] pun meaning variety and unity, brief H1!). Most of the members of the breakaway group were from the province of [[Gipuzkoa]], hitherto considered EA's main stronghold. Following poor results in the latest Basque Autonomous Community elections, the party split amid bitter recriminations. The majority upheld the existing strategy of distancing the party from the PNV and a rapprochement with the [[abertzale left|left-wing pro-independence movement]], but a critical current, consisting of around 35% of the party's members, who stood for a return to a milder brand of Basque nationalism and the renewal of ties with the PNV,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/pais/vasco/criticos/EA/agradecen/oferta/colaboracion/lanzada/PNV/elpepuespvas/20090602elpvas_5/Tes|title=Los críticos de EA agradecen la oferta de colaboración lanzada por el PNV|author=Ediciones El País|work=EL PAÍS|date=2 June 2009 |access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref> announced their decision to leave EA and form a new party, the short-lived [[Hamaikabat]] (a [[Basque language]] pun meaning variety and unity, brief H1!). Most of the members of the breakaway group were from the province of [[Gipuzkoa]], hitherto considered EA's main stronghold.