:12:01
and that isn't true.
:12:03
We have no alternative
but to grow.
:12:05
A lot of people
have learned Basque
:12:07
but it can't compete
with Spanish on the streets.
:12:11
The Basque language in particular...
:12:13
The obsession today for it
to become an absolute monopoly
:12:17
is, in my opinion, negative
and laden with reactionary effects.
:12:22
Basque is being identified
with violence, with nationalism.
:12:27
For me, language has got nothing
to do with politics.
:12:30
It's beyond that.
:12:32
In any case, it's poetry.
:12:35
It's part of my installation
in the world.
:12:40
The future of Basque in Navarre
:12:43
and in the Basque Country
is uncertain.
:12:47
I love the Basque language
rather than the Basque Country...
:12:50
We have the oldest language
in Europe.
:12:53
It would be heart-breaking
if we lost it.
:12:56
It's my homeland.
:12:58
If Germany had had
the Basque language,
:13:00
it would be the greatest monument
in Europe today,
:13:04
greater than
all the monuments made of stone.
:13:20
We now know
that cave paintings
:13:22
are more widespread
than we believed.
:13:24
What undoubtedly exists
:13:26
is a particularly rich
Franco-Cantabrian nucleus.
:13:31
President of the Basque
Nationalist Party (PNV)
:13:37
The fact that
a small country like this
:13:40
has maintained certain genetic,
serological characteristics
:13:44
for thousands of years
:13:47
doesn't suppose
superiority or inferiority.
:13:50
What it does suppose
:13:51
is the coexistence
of a people for thousands of years
:13:55
and the creation of habits,
of culture, of language, etc.