John Owen maintained that while there had been "problems" between Madrid and Catalonia and the
Basque Provinces in the past, these have been resolved and if Scotland had the degree of autonomy granted to Catalonia and the
Basque Provinces there would be no question of the Scots wanting independence.
The French police now co-operate closely with their Spanish counterparts in trying to catch the ETA militants who shelter in the French
Basque provinces, but even when they didn't, nobody in Spain suggested invading France to stamp out the terrorist sanctuaries.
(5) Later in July 2000 Juan Maria Jauregui, a Socialist and former governor of the
Basque province of Guipuzcoa, who had returned to his home town from Chile for a holiday, was also shot dead for "strictly political" motives in Tolosa.
Spain's Galacia, Valencia, Catalonia and
Basque provinces also have forms of self-rule as do the Danish administrations of Greenland and Faroe Island.
This is a study of roughly 350 cases involving sexual misconduct from the province of Vizcaya, one of the
Basque provinces of northern Spain.
Colacci's outstanding reading creates accents for the characters from different countries where Taylor's search takes him, including Scotland and the French and Spanish
Basque provinces. His voice takes on the fear felt by Taylor as he flees from those attempting to stop him from finding Kirra.
In Catalonia and the
Basque provinces, as in Scotland and Wales, the processes of devolution have not created a new sense of identity but have given new means of expression to an old one.
During Franco's war, only two
Basque provinces fought against Franco, the Nazis and the Fascism.
ETA's violent struggle for its goal of an independent homeland comprising the seven
Basque provinces (four in Spain and three in France) continues even as today the Basque Country enjoys considerable autonomy within the Spanish polity.