Re: Basque

Re: [spiers] Re: Basque

Martin

ServiaMontenegro were two different Federal States separated from Yogoslavia
that decided to stay together to have better opportunities facing the
European Union and other circumstancies. None of them have the same currency,
border Authorities, and many other political institutions. At present they
decided
to submit to the citizens the proposal to terminate with the agreement that
linked both States and to become two separated Republics. Could be possible
that in the future the walk together again if they wish to become European
members.

In Spain we are organized in Autonomies (before regions and its provinces).
The new administrative organization was developped, discussed, negociated and
analyzed by a representation of every political party including minorities.
That representation prepared the new Constitution of 1978 that was ratified by
the Spaniards and sanctioned by the King ( Chief of State, also accepted by
referendum). In the Constitution is specified the right of every Autonomy to
keep their culture, language and many other details. It also contemplates the
possibilities to change them by referendum.

Together the spaniards have been able to demostrate that as soon as 40 years
a dictatorship were abolishedwe could manage to be innovative, hard workers
( most of the spanierds at the time used to have two works to survive) and
to use the funds received from the EU in a satisfactory manner to have one of
the best infrastructures of roads, trains, airports and public services of
Europe. Now many autonomies of Spain have a higher economical level than the EU
average.

We have been very lucky with our democratic moderate politiciens of the last
30 years that provided us with a huge improvement on every social and
economic area: Education, Health, lower unemployment, sports, etc., and our roll
in
the international affaires also got a higher protagonism in the EU
Commission, EU Parliament, NATO, South America and important agreements with the
USA.

Unfortunately since the last legislative elections we got a political party
that it looks that wants to deteriorate many of the things that were made by
its predecessors including people of its same party and is bringing ideas that
we supposed to have forgotten when all spaniards decided to forget all the
evils of the civil war and to create a new and modern Constitution that could
bring unity and prosperity to all citizens. Due to political reasons the
actual Socialist party needs the help of the nationalist minorities parties to
have the majority in the Spanish Congress, and therefore those nationalist
parties mainly of Catalonia, and Basques are requesting to the goverment party
many concessions to maintain themselves as the main party in its Autonomies.
Little by little the nationalist parties are introducing the idea that they
should get better teatment than other regions since they could be more
prosperous, and a way to get that is to become independent. The goverment has
given
to them many promises that they will get a better Autonomy even if that goes
against the constitution since only it can be changed by referendum. The
worst is that as more things a weak goverment gives to them as more things are
they asking to and at the end it looks like the population of those Autonomies
is the one who is asking for those changes when the reality is that are the
politiciens who instigate them only for political purposes.

Never mind what some people of two cities mentioned in the Basque region say
about the independence, the reality is that the majority of the Spaniards
want to be that, spaniards, to be able to speak the language of their region
plus the spanish, to keep every link with their country Spain, to have a job,
free social security, free schools and universities, at least 30 days of
vacations as they have, to live in peace and prosperity as they now have and a
strong democracy that provide them respect to their opinions.

As said we have a goverment that nobody knows where it wants to go and
therefore is impossible to see what is our nearer future.

Regards



Luis Cabo
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