Lebranchu: "I do not think that is going to be a new structure in north basque country"

Marylise Lebranchu

Marylise Lebranchu (decentralization french minister) said yesterday that she do not think that there is a chance to create a new institutional structure in north basque country.

On monday started the debate of decentralization in french state. Manuel Valls (french interior minister) said that "
what is built in France should not be destroyed". Lebranchu have also said that departaments (Corsica have for example departament status) are not going to dissapear. 

However, the requirement of north basque country have not been supported by french government. In north basque country, all political parties including pro-independence, UMP or PSF supports a new institutional structure for iparralde. Political parties have called people to continue in their struggle to achieve the new structure.

Departament have been a hystorical claim of north basque country pro-independence movement. They see it as the first step to achieve full independence. In fact, in Batasuna strategy firstly the south basque country provinces must be united in a unique institutional structure and iparralde in other structure as the first step to achieve independence.