Re: Basque Separatism
I have read these links, and my immediate conclusion is that most Spanish ethno-nationalists here are against Basque separatism - which makes sense, since Spain would lose territory if they were to have their will, and since the identity of a non-Basque Spaniard is likely to lack sympathy for Basque identity.
One could say, that most modern ethnicities are unifications of different people, and when some people want to go back in time to their pre-unification roots, other people of the "unification" without a significant cultural past before it, or simply other people of the unification who are for it, would be against it, and adhere to what ethnic identity he has.
My question to anyone who has any interest in this matter is: do the Basques not posses distinctive language, culture, tradition, roots, and their catalyst, which is the essence of ethnicity: identity - and is that not what we call a nation?
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