21. Among the Carlists the frustration with the apparently unproductive collaborationist strategy was already rife. 22. Carlists the supporters of Don Carlos and he rejected direct interference in Spain.23. The Carlists summarized this in a motto: 24. Although shaken by recent events, Carlists showed that they had not been defeated yet. 25. Since then, Carlists have remained extra-parliamentary, obtaining only town council seats. 26. But the Carlists troops were also arriving by the royal road to the same spot. 27. During the Carlist Wars, it operated as the capital and royal court of the Carlists . 28. At the same time, two of nine seats in the Junta Pol�tica were given to Carlists . 29. Of the hundred-member National Council of the FET, seven seats were occupied by Carlists . 30. The defeat of the Carlists in three successive wars resulted in continuing erosion of traditional Basque privileges.
