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“Separatist groups, like the Basques, have had little success in their attempts to gain autonomy from the country of which they are presently part and have alienated people from their own culture and from the country as a whole
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"Separatist groups, like the Basques, have had little success in their attempts to gain autonomy from the country of which they are presently part and have alienated people from their own culture and from the country as a whole." In this essay I will be aiming to explain how separatist groups have had little success at gaining autonomy from the country which they are currently part of. Autonomy is the right to self government and therefore in my case study of the Basques I will assess whether they have in my opinion been able to achieve this. The Basque region consists of seven "herrialdes", or districts which, for political and administrative purposes, form part of two different more economically developed European countries: Araba, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa and Nafarroa are in Spain, and Lapurdi, Zuberoa and Benafarroa are in France. Three of the Basque Country's seven historic territories, Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa,...
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