In Spain, regional parliamentary elections are held in the Basque Country. Nearly 1,800,000 people are invited to vote in 729 polling stations. Sociologists give the lead to the party "Let's gather the Basque country". If their predictions turn out to be correct, it will end the long-standing hegemony of the Nationalist Basque Party.
There are only a few hours left until the end of election day, but political scientists are already racing to explain that it doesn't matter who will be the first in the number of votes won, because it will most likely not guarantee him the right to rule the Basque Country. The more important thing, according to them, is who will ally with whom in order to stand at the head of the local regional government, BNR reports.
Since 1986, the only time the Nationalist Basque Party has not been in power is when the socialist Lopez, supported by the People's Party, has been at the helm. Aware of the uncertainty and seeing the mobilized electorate of “Let's gather the Basque country”, the Nationalist Basque Party called on people to bet on "experience, stability, governance and rigor" and not to take risks with the "laboratory experiments of others".
In turn, “Let's gather the Basque Country” he bet in this campaign more on social issues than on identity and independence, although he did not give it up, and managed to attract many young people to his side. The political leaders themselves are from a generation not associated with ETA, and although in the previous elections they initially had on their lists people who were associated with crimes, after their removal, they managed to regain confidence in themselves, although they never condemned terrorism but asked for forgiveness from the victims.
According to them "the cycle change is unstoppable" and even if they don't win now, that time will come. In third place, according to sociologists, are the socialists, followed by the People's Party, which in the previous elections was in a coalition with the "Citizens" and now appears alone and seeks to steal the votes of the far-right "Vox".
Whatever the results, however, the winning candidate for Prime Minister will have to take into account the fact that support for the independence of the Basque Country is falling to just 20%, as sovereignty and nationalism are not among the main concerns of Basque society.