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.
1:37:00
Ortega said that useless effort
leads to melancholy.
1:37:10
Today, politically speaking,
the only possible path
1:37:16
is through an understanding
between socialists and nationalists.
1:37:20
It can't be ruled out that,
any of these days,
1:37:23
when all signs of violence have
totally and definitively disappeared
1:37:30
the Basques, using
the necessary legal formula,
1:37:33
may, in accordance with the state,
seek some kind of consultation
1:37:37
similar to the consultations
carried out in Quebec, Canada.
1:37:42
Peace will come as a result of
the combination of two factors.
1:37:46
An end to violence
and multi-party talks
1:37:50
which end up, finally,
as a social consultation.
1:37:58
There is undoubtedly
a Basque wound