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Twocontrastingsidesof
separatism
Separatismcouldbesolved;
puteffortforself-independcefirst
By ParkYeon-jun
Spain government accepted their request, the conflict started again
ReporterofTheArgus
becauseETAmadebombingthreatsagain.Thatisnotthefirsttime.
Last1998,thesamethinghappenedbetweenSpainandBasque.ETA
wantedBasquetobeanindependentcountryatthetimeofarmistice,
T
heworldhasbeeninconflictwithdiversereligionsandethnic
butthatwasjustahope.ETAisstillmakingabigaccidentinSpain.
groups. Modern disputes occurred from nation’s strife to
Moreover, ETA is not accepted by many Basque people. Besides, it
problemsbasedoneconomics,ethnicity,andreligion.Dueto
would be a doubt that Basque can control the country if Basque is
this,separatismwasformed.Separatismmeansthatactivitieswithina
independentfromSpain.
countryinvolvemembersofagroupwhowantstoestablishtheirown
Quebec,thesweetescape
separategovernmentortriestodoso.
There are two places with remarkable separatism; Quebec and
ConflictbetweenFranceandEnglandinCanadatobuildcoloniesin
Basque. Quebec has a big movement of independence. However, in
18th century made a outbreak of separatism of Quebec. France was
Basque, the possibility of independence continues unabated.
beaten by England at that time. However, many French remained in
Observingtwoareas,whatthemostimportantthingtobeacountryis
Quebec. England forced the remaining French to use only English.
canbefiguredout.
Naturally, the French was excluded in political, economical, and
educational decisions in the nation. Many French who remained in
Basque,stillhungry
Quebecwerethelowerclassinthesocietyfor150years.Asaresult,a
Basquereachestwocontinents-SpainandFrance.Basquehasthe
riot broke out in 1837 because they could not endure with English’s
oldesthistoryinIberianPeninsula.UndertheFrenchrule,Basquewas
discrimination,andthen,theystarteduniquemovementcalleda“quiet
merged into Spain by compulsion. Inhabitants of Basque have been
revolution”. Schemes of a “quiet revolution” are modernization of
forcedtouseSpanishandfollowSpainish’scultureandcustom,even
Quebec and succession of their traditional culture and economic
though they have their own unique culture and language. Basque
development.Theyneverstopped,butstillstruggledinordertokeep
refused to follow Spanin. Thus, Basque people fought for freedom,
French culture connected with France. In 1968, the
buttheywereignoredallthetime.itseffortwascontinuouslyrejected
French in Quebec found a political party. Quebec’s
because spain could get smaller than before. Therefore, the new
economicstrengthhadgrownrapidlybecauseofselling
generationinBasqueorganizedtheextremistgroupcalledEuzkadiTa
electricity from Quebec’s natural resources that
Azkatasuna (ETA) meaning Basque fatherland and liberty. ETA
wascheaperthanothersinnorthern
regardedasaterroristorganizationbytheEuropeanUnion(EU)and
America area. As a result, they
the United States. Over 850 people were killed during the 30-year
could produce greater
campaign independently to separate the Basque state from northern
profits and finally,
Spain. This year, ETA made two bombing attacks to the Madrid
internationalairportonJanuaryandthesubwaystationinMadridon
February. The problem is, Basque separatists have been gathering
called a “revolution tax.” ETA threatens company leaders to collect
taxinBasque.Lastyear,20firmsinBasquewereattackedbecause
they did not pay the revolution tax. As a result, ETA is losing
some support in recent years. In the long run, ETA asked the
SpaingovernmentfortrucebetweenBasqueandSpain.Although
MontrealcityhallistheplacetobeginQuebec’sseparatism.
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