Uztaritze has become the symbol of the Abertzale advance in the last municipal elections of Ipar Euskal Herria. And witness the alliance between Abertzales and other left-wing forces. The sum has been effective in many places and marks an interesting line for the future in Iparralde’s policy. 25 years ago, when the Abertzale candidature for Herria Bizi Egiten was presented in Uztaritze, he obtained a councilor, in 2001 the Abertzales reached three with 26% of the votes and in 2014 they achieved the mayor with 45.6% of the votes.

For the first time, the Abertzales have won the mayor of Lapurdi, in a village of over 6,000 people. It's not a joke symbol. And it's a symbol because the Abertzales have shown that their roots are getting stronger and stronger throughout Ipar Euskal Herria. In other localities such as Uztaritze, Baigorri, Ziburu, Urrugna, Ahetze, Arbona, Hendaia or Baiona, the results have been significant and in the second round several mayors have competed or have been key to achieving the mayor in several councils.

The political force of nationalism is still a minority in Ipar Euskal Herria, and in large areas such as the BAB it seems that it will last a long time, but it is no longer marginal, as has happened in recent decades. It seems that it has been consolidated as a significant political framework and that citizenship has also put the alternative to value in many places. The new mayor of Uztaritze, Bruno Carrere, will have thousands of eyes both for and against him and his team, and now has the opportunity to show that he can do better than the leaders of the center-right and the PS who rule most municipalities, among other things because his team has different ideas and has no load of dinosaur parties.

France

The center-right has been imposed with slack, with an increase of almost four points compared to 2008 (42.5%/46%). The PS has sunk, losing almost 10 points compared to 2008 (44.63% / 36.41%). He has lost Toulouse, Bastia, Ajaccio, Pau, Tours, Angers, Reims, Kemper, Saint-Etienne and many other important cities. And 151 villages with over 10,000 inhabitants. The blow received by the President of the Republic, François Hollande, has been formidable and, in addition, surveys indicate that the decline is closely linked to Hollande’s short career in his mandate. Many of the centre-left voters have chosen to stay at home or vote against the law, as he said. As a guiding thread, the PS candidate, Anne Hidalgo, will be the first woman to occupy the position of mayor of Paris.

On the contrary, the far-right Fn has achieved the best results in its history in municipal elections. The far right – the vast majority of which is the FN vote – earned 1.5% of the votes in 2008 and 8.9% in 2014.

Yolanda Barcina

Lehendakari has not advanced the elections and, therefore, the elections in May 2014 will decide on the new government of Patxi López. The loss of the PSN, the question of the CAN, the resignation of senior managers, the resignation of Idoia Nieves and the commission of inquiry, two motions of censure, the internal division of UPN... Barcina has faced everything, with his personal strength and, with the invaluable help of the Spanish Justice and the PSOE. Budgets are a sign of their weakness: They are likely to be extended for the third time in 2014. At least in the area, there is no known government that has done such a thing. But of course, there's also no government that wants to make a high-speed journey of 80 kilometers. Now UPN has a year to know who will be the candidate for lehendakari, or Barcina in person or someone, as Alberto Catalana and the Miguel Sanz sector in Navarre want.

The opposition also has a year. There is their inability to take power, but also the strength to make opposition. The SNP will have a hard time sucking up the wounds and, in principle, the elections come very uphill. The other parties and coalitions – Bildu, Aralar-NaBai, Geroa Bai and Left – are in a good position: on the one hand, they have all year round to show the weakness of the Barcina Government; and on the other, they have completed the strongest opposition of official and factual Navarre in recent decades. Given the opposition in Navarre over the last three decades, it is not a joke. First thermometer in May: European elections.