1:04:02
and finally an attempt
to find a solution.
1:04:06
I said to Aznar, "Look,
whether you like it or not,
1:04:10
the Basque question isn't over.
1:04:12
You can't ask me
to love the Constitution
1:04:15
when I haven't voted for it.
1:04:17
I can be respectful,
and I will be,
1:04:19
but it isn't my Constitution".
1:04:22
Article 2 says that
the Constitution is based
1:04:25
on the indissoluble unity
of the Spanish nation.
1:04:27
In my opinion, that's complete
and total hyper-nationalism,
1:04:32
the worst nationalism.
1:04:33
And it's accepted,
1:04:35
like the change
from francoism to democracy
1:04:38
without anyone having to change
their ideas, by decree.
1:04:42
The impression I had
1:04:43
was that the PNV
collaborated loyally
1:04:47
in drawing up a new Constitution
1:04:49
but wanted to remain
on the sidelines.
1:04:51
You didn't want the PNV,
with its eight deputies,
1:04:54
to be a group and thus form part
of the constitutional committee.
1:04:58
So you excluded us from
the constitutional debate.
1:05:01
The Constitution says
there are cultural nations
1:05:06
in the Basque Country,
Catalonia and Galicia.
1:05:08
That doesn't mean they have
a right to independence.
1:05:11
What we argued
1:05:14
was that we couldn't accept
a constitution
1:05:17
which didn't resolve a problem
which had existed for 200 years.
1:05:23
In 1978,
68% of Spaniards
1:05:25
and 30% of Basques
1:05:27
voted for the Spanish Constitution.
1:05:30
Journalist
1:05:35
We knew then that we needed
some kind of autonomy.
1:05:40
The PNVcame from
a segregationist project
1:05:43
which talked of a Basque Country
with seven provinces
1:05:46
and had sovereign aspirations.
1:05:48
The UCD, basically, came from
a large, free Spain,
1:05:52
from the national movement.
1:05:54
We didn't deceive anyone.
1:05:56
We said that the Statute
didn't satisfy our aspirations
1:05:59
and we put in an additional
clause which says,