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,
1:06:03
"The acceptance of this statute
does not mean the renunciation
1:06:07
of rights which the Basque people
have by virtue of their history".
1:06:11
For the PNV
that statute was the minimum,
1:06:14
while for the UCD
it was the maximum.
1:06:16
I have to say
it is a good autonomy,
1:06:19
but it is extremely insecure.
1:06:21
The stability of the Basque statute
1:06:24
is the greatest
that has ever been had
1:06:27
in any situation
of statutory agreement
1:06:31
in the life
of the Basque community.
1:06:33
From a financial point of view,
there is no case in Europe
1:06:37
which has the autonomy of Navarre
or of the Basque Country.
1:06:41
The Basque statute undertook
1:06:43
to transfer a series
of responsibilities
1:06:47
to the Autonomous
Basque Community
1:06:49
and that has simply not been done.
1:06:51
Today, about 40% of our statute
1:06:55
is still not a reality.
1:06:57
That's just an invention
by the nationalists.