Parte-hartzea, nortasuna eta kontra-portaera Iparraldean

Abstract

It is enough to have a look at how the Northern Basque Country has been evolving over the past two decades to realize that there is a profound political change taking place. That change is based on several different elements: 1) rediscovering new local peculiarities 2) the development of the Basque identity 3. Beginnings of a demand for insitutionalization, which is a consequence of the Basque Country being incorporated into the Department of Pyrénées Atlantiques after the French Revolution 4) Central importance of the Basque nationalists whose influence goes far beyond the 10-15% share of the vote in various elections. Over all, the first three variables that have been mentioned —differences, identity, institutionalization— can only be understood by taking into account the role that the Basque nationalist political spectrum has had until the 1990’s. And on the contrary, the stability of those three variables has strengthened the situation and attitudes of Basque nationalism.