Spanish conservatives might do well to reconsider their refusal to consider symbolic changes in national status for Catalonia and the Basque country.

西班牙的保守派不妨再次考虑他们对加泰罗尼亚和巴斯克国家地位的象征性变化的拒绝。

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Over the weekend two Spanish regions, Galicia and the Basque country, are set to hold elections.

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This might if their wildest dreams came true eventually include French bits of the Basque Country as well as the Spanish province of Navarre.

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Mr Aznar has little room for manoeuvre, short of giving Basques total independence and most people in the Basque country, probably including a slim majority of ethnic Basques, want to stay Spanish.

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