Editing Self-determination (section)

=== Basque Country ===
{{Main|Basque nationalism}}
[[File:Giza katea 3.jpg|thumb|[[2014 human chain for Basque Country's right to decide]]]]
The Basque Country ({{langx|eu|Euskal Herria}}, {{langx|es|País Vasco}}, {{langx|fr|Pays Basque}}) as a [[cultural region]] (not to be confused with the homonym [[Autonomous Community]] of the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque country]]) is a European region in the western [[Pyrenees]] that spans the border between France and Spain, on the Atlantic coast. It comprises the autonomous communities of the Basque Country and [[Navarre]] in Spain and the [[Northern Basque Country]] in France.
Since the 19th century, [[Basque nationalism]] has demanded the right of some kind of self-determination.{{citation needed|date=January 2008}} This desire for independence is particularly stressed among [[left-wing politics|leftist]] Basque nationalists. The right of self-determination was asserted by the [[Basque Parliament]] in 1990, 2002 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/en/politics/pp-and-pse-voted-against-basque-parliament-adopts-resolution-on-s?itemId=B24_18787&cl=%2Feitb24%2Fpolitica&idioma=en |title=EITB: ''Basque parliament adopts resolution on self-determination'' |publisher=Eitb24.com |access-date=2012-03-04}}</ref>
Since{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} self-determination is not recognized in the [[Spanish Constitution of 1978]], some Basques abstained and some voted against it in the referendum of December 6 of that year. It was approved by a clear majority at the Spanish level, and with 74.6% of the votes in the Basque Country.<ref>[http://www9.euskadi.net/q93TodoWar/q93Desplegar.jsp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407091254/http://www9.euskadi.net/q93TodoWar/q93Desplegar.jsp|date=April 7, 2010}}</ref> However, the overall turnout in the Basque Country was 45% when the Spanish overall turnover was 67.9%. The derived autonomous regime for the BAC was approved by Spanish Parliament and also by the Basque citizens in referendum. The autonomous statute of Navarre (''Amejoramiento del Fuero'': "improvement of the charter") was approved by the Spanish Parliament and, like the statutes of 13 out of 17 Spanish autonomous communities, it did not need a referendum to enter into force.<!-- There are not many sources on the issue for the French Basque country. -->

''[[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna]]'' or ETA ({{langx|en|Basque Homeland and Freedom}}; pronounced {{IPA|eu|ˈeta|}}), was an armed Basque nationalist, [[separatist]] and [[terrorist]] organization that killed more than 800 people.<!-- Do not add "terrorist" here, that is covered in the very next paragraph --> <!-- I've added "terrorist" here, because there is not a "very next paragraph" --> Founded in 1959, it evolved from a group advocating traditional cultural ways to a [[paramilitary]] group with the goal of [[Basque independence]]. Its ideology was [[Marxist–Leninist]].<ref>[http://www.goizargi.com/2003/queeselmlnv4.htm ¿QUÉ ES EL MLNV? ( y 4)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115214359/http://www.goizargi.com/2003/queeselmlnv4.htm |date=2019-01-15 }} "What is the MNLV (4)"</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goizargi.com/2003/queeselmlnv3.htm |title=What is the MNLV (3) |language=es |publisher=Goizargi.com |date=2002-01-27 |access-date=2012-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201128/http://www.goizargi.com/2003/queeselmlnv3.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>