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Basque officials approve right to self-determination

Politicians in Spain’s Basque country adopted a declaration of self-determination on Thursday, stepping up a push for more devolved powers.

The declaration was backed by 48 votes from the Basque National Party and the pro-independence party Bildu while the 27 MPs from the ruling centre-right People’s Party, the opposition Socialists and the smaller Union Progreso y Democracia (UPyD) voted against.
The northern region — which already has significant self-governing powers and can raise its own taxes — is following in the footsteps of the regional parliament in Catalonia, which made a sovereignty

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