Basque Country

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Crowe raises ETA’s decommissioning in the Dáil

by Seán Crowe TD

During Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Dáil today, Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, raised ETA’s historic decision to decommission its weapons. He called for the Spanish and French Governments to respond positively to this development and for the Spanish government to address the issue of political […]

Crowe raises arrest of Basque lawyers in Dáil

by Seán Crowe TD

In the Dáil today Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, raised the arrests of 12 Basque lawyers with the Minister of State for European Affairs, Dara Murphy. Crowe called on the Minister to use his influence to express concern about the arrests and negative impact this will inevitably have on the fledgling […]

Basque Lawyers Arrests are Provocative- Seán Crowe TD

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has described the arrests in Spain of 12 lawyers who are involved in defending Basque political prisoners as provocative. Crowe, who is also a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, said that the move had the hallmarks of a securocrat […]

Crowe meets delegation from the Basque Country

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, met with Basque Senator Urko Aiartza Azurtza, and two political activist colleagues from the Basque Country, to discuss the increasingly aggressive attacks by the Spanish state on Basque political activists, including police raids on human rights groups and NGOs. The delegation held numerous meeting during their visit. […]