| Abertzaleen Batasuna | |
| Colorcode: | Red |
| Ideology: | Basque nationalism Left-wing nationalism Abertzale left Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialism Separatism |
| Website: | http://abertzaleen-batasuna.over-blog.com/ |
| Registered: | 2001 |
| Country: | Basque Country |
Abertzaleen Batasuna (AB; en|Patriot's Union or Unity) is a Basque political party in France.
It is the largest Basque nationalist party of the French Basque Country gathering around 10% of the votes in this territory. Its immediate goal is the establishment of a Pays Basque département out of Pyrénées-Atlantiques. In terms of ideology, besides Basque nationalism, it is a leftist political party.
It was founded as an electoral platform and in 2001 it was redesigned as a political party.[1] In 2001, members of AB who desired a stronger link to Southern Basques left to form the Northern branch of Batasuna, a different party with a similar ideology which is now illegal in Spain.
AB neither justifies nor condemns the violence of ETA, calling instead for a truce. ETA has scolded AB for this lack of support from what is seen as a friendly organization.[2]
The opinion newspaper most related to AB is Enbata.
ETA arremete contra los escindidos de EH , 4 April 2002.