For those who insist that the Basques from Iparralde are perfectly fine with the French occupation of their land here you have a note found at Yahoo News:
Thousands of people congregate in Baiona to demand recognition of the Northern Basque Country
The march started off in four columns and there were about 7,000 people in all in the pouring rain
E. Bidegain & N. Arbelbide/Baiona
An unusual demonstration was held on the streets of Baiona yesterday afternoon. According to the organisers about 7,000 people gathered at four different points in Baiona and then joined together at the San Leon crossroads. The demonstration organised by the "Batera" forum was a success, bearing in mind the driving rain, the cold and the wind, which didn't let up.
Under umbrellas or in the rain the people followed the route for two and a half hours. A special atmosphere was created by having four rendezvous and four routes, which converged at the end: one to demand a department for the Northern Basque Country, another for the official recognition of the Basque language, another for a Basque Chamber of Agriculture and the fourth for the Northern Basque Country's own university.
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