Basque separatist movement

The Basque separatist movement had its roots in the early 1900s when the Spanish government revoked the "fueros". Fueros gave Basque citizens a unique position in Spain with special tax and political status; additionally, Basques didn't have to fight in the Spanish army. The separatist movement, however, didn't begin to evolve until 20 years into the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

Basque separatists want a fully independent state consisting of the Basque Autonomous community (Alava, Viscaya[?] and Guipuzcoa), the Autonomous Community of Navarre and the Pyrenees-Atlaniques (Labourde[?], Basse-Navarre[?] and Soule[?]), for a total of seven. The Pyrenees-Atlantiques are located in southwestern France and border the four Spanish Basque provinces.