1:35:00
not just in the colonial
expressions of the 70s,
1:35:03
but also to explain
the reunification of Germany,
1:35:05
the Irish peace process...
1:35:07
No one who operates outside
international law
1:35:11
has got the right
to self-determination.
1:35:14
We mustn't forget
that self-determination
1:35:17
was voted in the Basque Parliament
in 1990.
1:35:21
It's the breaking
of a co-existence pact.
1:35:24
It's betting on the decomposition
of the institutions
1:35:27
which have helped
understanding
1:35:28
between nationalist
and non-nationalist Basques.
1:35:31
What strikes me is that
they state with such certainty
1:35:35
what this society supposedly wants
for everyone,
1:35:39
but there is no way
they'll give this society
1:35:41
the right to express itself.
1:35:44
The unilateral breaking
of those agreements,
1:35:48
constitution, statutes, etc.,
1:35:50
supposes that everyone else
has got that right.
1:35:53
The Basque Country is small,
but it's modern, powerful,
1:35:56
with the highest income
and the best industry in Spain.
1:35:59
I think it's been amply proved
1:36:02
that the administration
is better here
1:36:04
and we live better here.
1:36:06
The Autonomous Basque Community
has a commercial balance
1:36:09
that is the envy
of the Spanish State.
1:36:11
If the Basque Country
becomes independent
1:36:13
it strikes a blow for
the Europe of the Peoples,
1:36:17
for the independence of Bretons,
Corsicans, Welsh, Scots...
1:36:22
The European Union, according to
its founder, Jean Monet,
1:36:26
should be
a Europe of the Peoples.
1:36:29
That was perhaps
the idea of Victor Hugo.
1:36:32
That's impossible,
1:36:34
it shows an ignorance of how
the European Union was formed.
1:36:37
It's a union of States.
1:36:39
Being in Europe
1:36:41
means having to rethink
the final aims of nationalism.
1:36:44
It may not mean a pure, national
independent state,
1:36:49
but rather a political
kind of state
1:36:52
which would allow inter-dependence
from a position of sovereignty
1:36:57
within Europe while
maintaining links with Spain.