A number of recent developments in Spain have heightened political tensions between Basque moderates, radicals and the Spanish government. This past Friday the Basque regional assembly approved the issuance of an ultimatum to the Spanish government threatening a unilateralist push for self-determination unless the central government lives up to its end of a 1979 autonomy agreement. The Basque parliament gave the government two months to implement the 37 remaining terms of the Guernica Statute – dealing primarily with economic issues such as agriculture and finance - before it unilaterally undertakes the same of its own authority. See Spotlight Article
