Basque Nationalism: Is Autonomy Enough?

The contemporary European Union has ancient cultures and languages ​​unrelated to the surrounding mainstream culture. These Basque people have sought to maintain their customs through aggression and cultural oppression. The territory they call home is a small powerful force in Spain. The Spanish ideology recently imposed on their memories has influenced the customs and words of Basque culture, as is Basque's nationalism, too. The means Basque nationalists used to gain independence is sometimes suspicious and violent and affects the economic health of the region.

The Basque Separatist movement, led by a revolutionary organization called Enzkadi ta Askatasuna (ETA or Basque Land and Liberty), gathers support for the Basque language population in northern Spain with provocative gestures against violence and the Franco administration I tried. Emphasizing the dream of Basque autonomy for centuries, E.T.A. In 1963, the organization escaped from the progressive and democratic nation, although it is a secret of the Basque party. In villages, factories, villages, most of the members come from the young basque. College, ETA will immediately develop contact with the French Basque people in the north of the border

The Basque Parliament was enacted in the constitution of 1978 and the autonomy of the Basque people was recognized as a "historical community". Congress consists of 76 seats. It has legislative power; it passes legislation, approves the Basque Autonomous community budget, elects the President of the Basque government, and promotes and governs the administrative power. In the first election of the Basque Parliament in 1980 and the last election in 2009, PNV was the most voted party. In 1980, Congress won 349.102 votes and 25 seats (37.9%), reaching 32 seats with 451.178 votes in 1984, 271.208 votes in 1986, 17 seats, equivalent to 179 seats in 1990, 289.201 in 1990 Votes and 22 seats, 22 seats in 1994 were 304.346 votes, in 1998 they were 350.322 votes and 21 seats, 2001 were 604.222 votes and 33 seats, 2005 were 463.876 votes and 22 seats