Tuesday, March 26, 2013

The controversial weather map

The new weather map
After the foundation of basque public TV, the weather map includes Euskadi, Iparralde (north basque country) and Nafarroa. This caused complaints of UPN government in Nafarroa. When Patxi Lopez achieved the power with the help of PP, they changed the weather map for not including any image of "Euskal Herria" (the 7 provinces of basque country). After the last elections of Euskadi's parliament, PNV/EAJ achieved again the government.

Now, the government of PNV/EAJ is going to include again in the weather map the territories of Nafarroa and Iparralde. The different "unionist" political parties of Euskadi have protested. PSOE, PP and UPyD have required to use the weather map that was used during Patxi Lopez's government. According to them, "basque nationalists want to sell the lie that basques, navarres and french people are part of the same political community".

EH Bildu (coalition of pro-independence and leftist political parties) asked to the government of PNV/EAJ the recovery of the weather map that was used before Patxi Lopez's government. The new map that is using PNV/EAJ divides the territories of "Euskal Herria" and in the opinion of EH Bildu the weather map should not have internal frontiers.

Before Patxi Lopez's
 
During Patxi Lopez's government


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