AUSTIN BAY writes on the upsurge of extreme nationalism in Europe. Just to make sure how serious this problem one only has to hear what an allegedly moderate Basque nationalists (from the supposedly far-from-ETA nationalist PNV) said the other day during a speech (link in Spanish, my translation): "Whoever doesn't feel a nationalist nor loves his own, doesn't deserve to live" ("El que no se sienta nacionalista ni quiera a lo suyo no tiene derecho a vivir"). This has been ignored by the national media except for that local newspaper, which also pointed out that the speech was applauded by several prominent Socialist (Zapatero's party) politicians in attendance.

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