Charlemagne: Juan Jose Ibarretxe

摘要

Who would choose to be premier of Spain's bloodstained Basque region? For 2(1/2) years Juan Jose Ibarretxe was his party's choice for the job, treading a fine line between, on the one side, the separatist gunmen of ETA and, on the other, recently, the political bludgeoning of Spain's ruling People's Party, eager to oust his non-violent but still pro-independence Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) from office. And all without being master in his own house. Now, re-elected in May with an increased share of the vote, he has the chance to show his real worth.