Cultural integrity and historic precedent are two main reasons why the Basque people seek independence from Spain.
Specifically, the Basque language is unrelated to any of Spain's dialects and languages. From World War II (1939-1945) until his death, Francisco Franco y Bahamunde (1892-1975) opposed the speaking of languages other than that of "the Spanish Empire". Linguistic suppression was not something that Spain's central government was supposed to foster since Basque socio-politico-economic autonomy never was a bargaining item in history's interactions between the southern Basque Country and Spain's monarchs.
They have a language and culture and they want they own land.
There is no synonym for basque. Basque is one of a people of unknown origin inhabiting the western Pyrenees regions in France and Spain.
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The Basque people have been fighting for greater political autonomy, preservation of their language and culture, and in some cases, full independence from Spain and France. The Basque region has a long history of resistance against external control and a desire to preserve its unique identity.
The Basque separatist movement is known as ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), which stands for "Basque Homeland and Freedom." ETA was active in Spain and France, seeking Basque independence through armed struggle until it renounced violence in 2011.
France and Spain are the two main countries to be visited by those who seek to meet the Basque people.Specifically, the Basque people live in Euzkadi ("The Basque Country"). They therefore may be found along the border of southwestern France in terms of the northern limits of their homeland. They also may be found along the border of northwestern Spain in terms of their southern limits.
Spain.
The Basque people.
The Basque people. Euskara is the Basque word for Basque.
The basque people are a culture that reside in the Basque Country which is in the Northern part of Spain and southwest of France.
No, basque people live in the Basque Country which is between Spain and France, in western Europe.
Those who support complete independence of Euzkadi("The Basque Country") from France and Spain have been called Basque extremists.Specifically, Euzkadi consists of three provinces which are found on the northwestern side of border between southwestern France and northwestern Spain as well as of four provinces which are found on the southwestern side. The four provinces which make up the Southern Basque Country have autonomous status within Spain by the 1978 Constitution. Some Basque people would like the provinces to be joined in a country which has complete independence from the region's other two countries.
Basque is the language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France.
The Basque people.
Basque is spoken in Basque Country in Spain.
There is no synonym for basque. Basque is one of a people of unknown origin inhabiting the western Pyrenees regions in France and Spain.
The Basque people are from a part of northern Spain and a small part of southern France, not from Northern Ireland.
the basque people are found in the pyrennees. there is a basque separist terrorist orginisation.