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The Political Statute of the Community of the Basque Country, better known as the Ibarretxe Plan was a proposal by former lehendakari Juan Jose Ibarretxe to totally reform the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country by proposing a free association of the Basque Country with Spain on an equal footing, including a right to self-determination.[1]
Inspired by Puerto Rico's status with the United States,[2] as well as the sovereignty-association of the Parti Québécois with Canada[3] has been cited as a reference.
A debate on the plan was rejected by the Spanish Parliament and subsequently replaced by Ibarretxe's proposed Basque referendum, 2008.
- ^ Keating, Michael; Bray, Zoe (2006). "Renegotiating Sovereignty: Basque Nationalism and the Rise and Fall of the Ibarretxe Plan". Ethnopolitics. 5 (4): 347–364. doi:10.1080/17449050600865503. hdl:1814/6636. ISSN 1744-9057. S2CID 855731.
- ^ "Basques seek 'Puerto Rico' deal". 25 September 2003.
- ^ http://www.courrierinternational.com/article.asp?obj_id=68639