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1. nationalpost.com › news › worldSeven things to know about the Basque terror group ETA and ...

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   May 3, 2018 · Here are seven things you should know. What is ETA? ETA’s initials stand for Euskadi ta Askatasuna or “Basque Homeland and Freedom” in the Basque language. Its stated goal in early documents was...

2. webapps.aljazeera.net › fightforbasque › indexThe fight for the Basque - Al Jazeera

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   The fight there is Western Europe's last armed conflict, and at the heart of it is one of Western Europe’s oldest languages. The Basque people have an ancient history and nationalists here want self-determination to revive their culture and language, which is spoken by less than one third of the Basque population.

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   Is there a political conflict between ETA and Basque self-determination?

   • Spanish public opinion, on both left and right, generally denies that there is, and sees the problem as akin to smashing a criminal mafia. But Basque nationalists, including a big majority who abhor ETA's methods, believe there is a deep underlying political conflict about Basque self-determination.

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   Are Basques self governed?

   • The Basques have managed to preserve their own identifying characteristics such as their own culture and language throughout the centuries and today a large part of the population shares a collective consciousness and a desire to be self-governed, either with further political autonomy or full independence.

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   What do Basques think about the ETA vote?

   • Among Basques, who lived for 40 years through the bloody armed struggle that the separatist group ETA waged for Basque independence, the vote has sparked mixed feelings. “I am profoundly happy thinking about what the Catalans are going to experience on Sunday, and I watch it with a healthy envy,” Ms. Gartzia says.

   In Spain, Catalans try independence path that Basques feared to tread

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   Do Basque people want an independent state?

   • One poll this summer by the University of Deusto in Bilbao found that only 16.9 percent of respondents said they seek an independent state. But Arkaitz Fullaondo, a sociologist at the University of the Basque Country, says that support, which has oscillated but not risen beyond 30 percent in recent years, reflects political leaders’ positions.

   In Spain, Catalans try independence path that Basques feared to tread

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4. academic.oup.com › manchester-scholarship-onlineDevolution and the accommodation of Basque difference in ...

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   Disagreements over the appropriateness of the Basque nationalist-led Lizarra process, which focused on ‘peace for self-determination’, was a deeply divisive issue not only in the Basque Country itself; it eventually provoked serious crisis in relations between the nationalist-dominated Basque government and the PP-led central government of ...

5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-europe-44431122Spain's Basques form human chain calling for independence vote

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   Jun 10, 2018 · EPA. Participants are calling for greater self-determination. Last month, the separatist group Eta, which had been fighting for Basque independence, formally announced it was disbanding,...

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Basque_conflictBasque conflict - Wikipedia

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   Spanish public opinion, on both left and right, generally denies that there is, and sees the problem as akin to smashing a criminal mafia. But Basque nationalists, including a big majority who abhor ETA's methods, believe there is a deep underlying political conflict about Basque self-determination.

   • Date: 31 July 1959 – 20 October 2011 (52 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)

   • Result: Spanish and French government victory, 2011: ETA declares definitive cessation of its armed activity, 2017: ETA completely disarms, 2018: ETA completely dissolves

7. www.jstor.org › stable › 42948497BASQUES: Battle for identity endures struggle - JSTOR

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   enduring struggle for self-determination. The parts of the Basque Country on the Spanish side of the border exercise a degree of autonomy and self-governance. Within the autonomous community, nationalist voices call for the full independence of the Basque Country whilst others advocate the continued unification of the Basque Country to Spain.

8. www.csmonitor.com › World › EuropeIn Spain, Catalans try independence path that Basques feared ...

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   Sep 29, 2017 · That is because when then-president Juan Jose Ibarretxe of the center-right Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) tried to push through a self-determination referendum in 2008, he backed down in the...