BILBAO, SPAIN ¨C As Spain and Catalonia head toward a constitutional collision over the region¡¯s claim to independence, lawmakers on both sides of the crisis are pointing to a way out: north, to Basque Country.
Among the verdant mountains of Basque Country, which borders France, a once-violent campaign for independence has petered out, with generous fiscal autonomy from Madrid helping to keep popular agitation for independence in check.
¡°We don¡¯t have that economic resentment,¡± Aitor Esteban, organizer for the Basque National Party in Spain¡¯s parliament, said in an interview at party headquarters in Bilbao.
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