Is EH Bildu left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation EH Bildu scores −06 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores −05. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is EH Bildu authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, EH Bildu scores −03. Contests every election and holds municipal and provincial government; ETA declared a permanent ceasefire in 2011 and dissolved in 2018.

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EH Bildu

Basque left nationalism · 2012– · Basque Country, Spain · Left Nationalist · Electoral party · coding confidence medium

−06ECcollective

−05CUpluralist

−03AUpluralist

−08SClocal

+02IDascriptive

−03CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

Basque self-determination and socialism, from a tradition whose armed wing dissolved in 2018.

Economic model

Public investment, a Basque social wage, cooperative economy, opposition to labour market deregulation.

Organisation of powers

Contests every election and holds municipal and provincial government; ETA declared a permanent ceasefire in 2011 and dissolved in 2018.

Reading note

A second completed transition from armed struggle to constitutional politics, alongside Sinn Féin and Nepal's Maoists.

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The evidence for every score

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EC · Economic organisation · scored −06

Coded −6: public investment and a Basque social wage.

Programme textProgramme commits to a regional minimum income and public housing expansion.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored −05

Coded −5: socially liberal and feminist in programme.

Programme textSupports abortion access, trans self-identification and Basque-language public services.

AU · Organisation of power · scored −03

Coded −3: contests every election and holds municipal and provincial office.

Documented act or statuteHolds hundreds of municipal councillors and several provincial governments.

SC · Scale of decision · scored −08

Coded −8: Basque self-determination as the constitutive demand.

Programme textProgramme commits to a referendum on the territory's status.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +02

Coded +2: a linguistic national community with open membership.

ScholarshipCampaigns in Basque and Spanish and organises among immigrant-origin residents.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −03

Coded −3: the second completed transition from armed struggle in this dataset.

Documented act or statuteETA declared a permanent ceasefire in 2011, disarmed in 2017 and dissolved in 2018.

Where it came from, and what came after

was succeeded bySinn Féin
Two movements that completed the same transition from armed struggle to constitutional politics.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Spain

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). EH Bildu. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/ehbildu/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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