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* [[County of Nice]]
* [[County of Nice]]
** '''Political party:''' [[Nissa Rebela]]
** '''Political party:''' [[Nissa Rebela]]
* {{Flagu|Normandy}}
** '''Political party:''' [[Le Mouvement Normand]]
** '''Proposed region:''' [[Normandy|Normandie]] (to merge the two regions of [[Basse-Normandie]] and [[Haute-Normandie]] opposed by [[Norman people|Norman]] activists){{Clarify|date=May 2011}}<!-- confusing: what do Norman activists oppose: the merger of the two regions or the existence of separate regions? -->.
* {{Flagu|Savoy}}
* {{Flagu|Savoy}}
** '''Political party:''' [[Savoyard League]]
** '''Political party:''' [[Savoyard League]]
* {{Flagu|Occitania}}
* {{Flagu|Occitania}}
** '''Political party:''' [[Partit de la Nacion Occitana]], [[Partit Occitan]] (EFA member), [[Iniciativa per Occitània]], [[Anaram au Patac]], [[Hartèra]]
** '''Political party:''' [[Partit de la Nacion Occitana]], [[Partit Occitan]] (EFA member), [[Iniciativa per Occitània]], [[Anaram au Patac]], [[Hartèra]]

;Rearrangement of regions<!---even relevant here?--->
* [[Picardie (region)]], activists are the Picard people. The French government regional committee had planned to subdivide the region and give each one of the 3 departements to neighbouring regions of [[Champagne-Ardenne]], [[Île-de-France (region)|Ile-de-France]] and Nord Pas-de-Calais. The Picard people are divided on this proposal. {{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}
* Several regions want to be divided into newer ones, notably in the Midi-Pyrenees and Alpes-Cote de Azur. {{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}


=={{flagicon|Georgia}} Georgia==
=={{flagicon|Georgia}} Georgia==

Revision as of 05:42, 22 August 2012

This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Europe. Separatism includes autonomism and secessionism. What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet two criteria:

  1. They are active movements with active members.
  2. They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region (as opposed to personal autonomy).

Under each region listed is one or more of the following:

  • De facto state (de facto entity): for unrecognized regions with de facto autonomy
  • Proposed state: proposed name for a seceding sovereign state
  • Proposed autonomous area: for movements towards greater autonomy for an area but not outright secession

Various ethnic groups in Europe are seeking greater autonomy or independence. In the European Union (EU), several of these groups are members of the European Free Alliance (EFA). In some cases, the group seeks union with a neighbouring country.

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan

Belgium Belgium

Further information: Partition of Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia Croatia

Secessionist movements
Autonomist movements

Cyprus Cyprus

Czech Republic Czech Republic

Denmark Denmark

Finland Finland

France France

Some of the claimed nations and/or regions – 1. Brittany, 2. France proper (excluding Flanders), 3. Occitania, 4. Lorraine which is sometimes part of France proper, 5. Alsace, 6. Basque Country, 7. Catalonia and 8. Corsica.
Secessionist movements
Gradual and eventual secession
Autonomist movements

Georgia (country) Georgia

Germany Germany

Italy Italy

Further information: Southern Italy autonomist movements

Lithuania Lithuania

North Macedonia Macedonia

Moldova Moldova

Montenegro Montenegro

Netherlands Netherlands

  • Proposed state: Frisia
    • Political party: Frisian National Party, (EFA member)
    • Status: Democratic movement seeking greater autonomy for Frisian-speaking people in Fryslân[16]

Norway Norway

Poland Poland

Portugal Portugal

Romania Romania

Russia Russia

North Caucasus

  •  Adygea[citation needed]
  • Chechen Republic of Ichkeria  Chechnya
    • Militant organisation: Chechen separatists; though recently Ramzan Kadyrov, the Russian-appointed leader of the Chechen Republic within Russia has also made statements seeming to support broad autonomy,[19] criticising Russian attempts to make a "North Caucasus" district[19] inviting back separatist leader Akhmad Zakayev,[20]
    • Proposed state: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
  •  Dagestan
  •  Ingushetia
  •  Kabardino-Balkaria
  •  Karachay-Cherkessia
  •  North Ossetia-Alania[citation needed]
  • Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia
  • Circassia
    • Movement: Circassian Congress; Circassian Youth Initiative; Adyge Djegi
    • Proposed state: Circassia, including all regions historically included in Circassia and/or inhabited by Circassians (note: this includes Adygea as well as large parts of Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachey-Cherkessia, Krasnodar Krai, and Stavropol' Krai)
  • Balkar and Karachay peoples
    • Movement: Various nationalist organisations in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia
    • Goals: Firstmost, the establishment of autonomy for the Karachai and Balkars, rather than in biethnic republics where they must share power with Russians and Circassians (division of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia into smaller units, also popular for Circassian nationalists). Then, the unification of Karachay and Balkar units is advocated by some but not all nationalists (see Balkar and Karachai nationalism)

Other regions

See also: Siberian regionalism

Serbia Serbia

Spain Spain

See also: Nationalisms and regionalisms of Spain
Areas in Spain with separatist movements.













Sweden Sweden

Switzerland Switzerland

Internal secessionism

Turkey Turkey

Ukraine Ukraine

United Kingdom United Kingdom

The United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and Republic of Ireland (click to enlarge)
  •  Cornwall
See also: Cornish nationalism, Constitutional status of Cornwall, Cornish Assembly, English independence, English nationalism, Irish nationalism, Irish republicanism, Ulster loyalism, and Ulster nationalism
  •  England
  •  Scotland
Further information: Scottish independence
  •  Wales
Further information: Welsh independence

See also

Notes and references

Notes:

  1. ^ Template:Kosovo-note

References:

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  2. ^ "Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno Karabakh". Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh and Shusha Executive Power Authority. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. ^ http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/gedankenspiele-belgischer-minister-wuerde-wallonie-an-deutschland-angliedern-a-724460.html
  4. ^ Armed Peacekeepers in Bosnia. DIANE Publishing. 2004. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4289-1020-1.
  5. ^ Maxmilián Strmiska. "Rise and Fall of Moravian Regionalist Parties". The International Institute of Political Science. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  6. ^ a b c "Sámi fly their flag in Helsinki". thisisFINLAND.
  7. ^ "Russia's Javakhk Diaspora demands autonomous region status for Samtskhe-Javakhk". Times.am. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  8. ^ "US State Department and Javakhk: The WikiLeaks Cables Part I". Asbarez. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Bayernpartei". Bayernpartei. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Domà Nunch Official website".
  11. ^ Diplomacy on the Edge: Containment of Ethnic Conflict And the Minorities Working Group of the Conferences on Yugoslavia, Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, p. 399
  12. ^ Невзат Халили си стана претседател на „Република Илирида“ in Macedonian.
  13. ^ "The Transnistria "Republic" and illegal arms export". EuropeFront. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  14. ^ a b Zukorlić: Autonomija Sandžaka sve izvesnija | Aktuelno | Novosti.rs
  15. ^ a b http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/ci/story/3/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD/22265/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%A6%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5+%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5+%D0%BE+%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0.html
  16. ^ "FNP program for the Provincial Elections 2007". Frisian National Party. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  17. ^ "Silesian Autonomy Movement". Silesian Autonomy Movement. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  18. ^ "Szekler National Council website". Szekler National Council. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  19. ^ a b DMITRY SHLAPENTOKH (3 December 2009). "The Kremlin's renegade puppet in Chechnya". The Japan Times.
  20. ^ Shlapentokh, Dmitry (3 December 2009). "?". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ http://www.mondo.rs/v2/tekst.php?vest=79742 [dead link]
  22. ^ Farimah Daftary, Stefan Troebst (2003), Radical ethnic movements in contemporary Europe, p. 192
  23. ^ MIJ
  24. ^ Pike, John (21 May 2004). "Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)". Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  25. ^ "Cornish Nation".
  26. ^ Professor Mark Stoyle, The Cornish: A Neglected Nation? 17 February 2011
  27. ^ Brief Manifesto, England First Party website. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  28. ^ English National Liberation Association / English Republicans
  29. ^ Section 5: Solutions -Economic, Legal and Political Measures Restoring Britishness: UKIP Policy, UK Independence Party. Retrieved 6 April 2010. Template:WebCite
  30. ^ Pierce, Andrew (19 April 2007). "Guernsey to discuss severing link with UK". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 May 2010. [dead link]
  31. ^ Scotland's National Borders, Scottish Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 8 April 2010. [dead link]
  32. ^ "UK Electoral Commission". Government of UK. Retrieved September 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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