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"The acceptance of this statute
does not mean the renunciation
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of rights which the Basque people
have by virtue of their history".
1:06:11
For the PNV
that statute was the minimum,
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while for the UCD
it was the maximum.
1:06:16
I have to say
it is a good autonomy,
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but it is extremely insecure.
1:06:21
The stability of the Basque statute
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is the greatest
that has ever been had
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in any situation
of statutory agreement
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in the life
of the Basque community.
1:06:33
From a financial point of view,
there is no case in Europe
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which has the autonomy of Navarre
or of the Basque Country.
1:06:41
The Basque statute undertook
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to transfer a series
of responsibilities
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to the Autonomous
Basque Community
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and that has simply not been done.
1:06:51
Today, about 40% of our statute
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is still not a reality.
1:06:57
That's just an invention
by the nationalists.
1:07:02
The state gradually wove
a corset of basic laws
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which invaded everything
and restricted all potential.
1:07:12
There's a certain feeling
of having been cheated.
1:07:15
Frustration, disillusion,
1:07:17
and a strong feeling
of wanting to say,
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"The Spaniards
have tricked us again".
1:07:23
Why are the King's speeches
not broadcast on Basque television?
1:07:29
Why isn't the Spanish flag
flown alongside the Basque flag?
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So it's very difficult,
in those conditions,
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for it to be treated normally,
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as happens with other autonomies,
including Catalonia.
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Secondly, the statute defined
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a whole series of possibilities
to be developed,
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and they haven't
even been touched.