:22:00
I think there's no trace
of Euskal Herria.
:22:02
Basque nationalism
is practically reduced
:22:04
to the north-north east area
of Navarre
:22:08
while the UPN has a major presence
throughout the whole community.
:22:12
Because they are governing
by making use
:22:16
of the abnormal situation
caused by the violence,
:22:19
and the political message
they are transmitting
:22:21
has got no content
:22:23
other than opposition
to ETA's message.
:22:26
What has to be done,
in a natural way,
:22:30
is establish relations
with other territories
:22:33
without any kind of restraint,
with Navarre, for example.
:22:37
We have to
promote cross-border cooperation
:22:41
with the French Basque Country.
:22:48
Mayor of Bayonne, capital of
lparralde (French Basque Country)
:22:53
Writer, member of Euskaltzaindia
(Academy of the Basque Language)
:22:57
Founder of the newspaper
"Le Journal du Pays Basque"
:23:02
If we had a referendum here
on the Basque Country,
:23:07
you'd see that we want to be French
:23:08
and that we don't want independence.
:23:11
In lparralde (French Basque Country)
there are 260,000 people.
:23:18
Aquarter of them speak Basque.
:23:20
What does that represent
amidst 60 million French?
:23:26
Basque is not
an official language.
:23:28
It's being crushed.
:23:30
It's going to disappear.
:23:32
As Basques,
we do not exist.
:23:36
The French Basque Country
needs a legal identity,
:23:40
and recognition
by the French Republic.
:23:43
That's why we want
a Basque "Département".
:23:46
The creation of
a Basque "Département"
:23:48
depends on what happens
:23:52
on the other side of the Bidasoa,
provided the violence ceases.
:23:57
This is the old oak
which was revered in Guernica,