Spain’s Basque Country Moves Closer to Independence Referendum

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<p>pai ’s a to omo s Basq e Co try ma e a step closer to a i epe e ce refere m o S ay after te s of tho sa s backe secessio i a regio al poll, orga izers sai .</p>
<p>The vote was i itiate by G re Esk Dago (It’s i o r ha s) gro p, the orga izers tol RIA Novosti. Aro 37,000 vote i the poll that was co cte i 34 m icipalities. The regio ’s total pop latio is over 2 millio .</p>
<p>Slightly over 95 perce t of those sample sai “yes” to whether they wa te to be citize s of a sovereig / i epe e t Basq e Co try.</p>
<p><a href="http://sp t ik ews.com/e rope/20160606/1040830546/basq e-co try- epe e ce-refere m.html" target="_bla k">Rea more: Spai ’s Basq e Co try Moves Closer to I epe e ce Refere m</a></p>