List of current secession efforts in Europe

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This list enumerates European areas in which there are tendencies towards secession . It does not claim to be complete.

Explanation

• Area: Indicates the name of the area seeking secession.
• Country: Indicates the country to which the area currently belongs.
• Area: Indicates the size of the area striving for independence in square kilometers.
• Inhabitants: Indicates the number of inhabitants in the area.
• Parties for secession: Indicates parties that are campaigning for the secession of the area. We do not claim to be complete.
• Desired type of secession: Indicates whether the area wants to become independent or join another country.
• Notes: Further information such as B. Listed planned referenda.

List of areas

area	country	surface	Residents	Parties for secession	desired type of secession	Remarks
Åland	Finland	01,553	00027,734	ÅF	independence	unarmed
Basque Country	Spain France	20,947	03,000,000	Aralar EA EAJ / PNV EH Bildu	independence	Expansion of the Basque Country controversial, terrorist ETA agrees to disarm and has disbanded.
Bavaria	Germany	70,552	13.003.252	BP	independence	unarmed
Brittany	France	27.208	03,199,066	Adsav Emgann Parti Breton UDB	independence	If possible, the aim is to have the Loire-Atlantique department separated in 1941 , unarmed
Donetsk	Ukraine	26,517	04,343,900	DR FD	Independence (with Lugansk as New Russia ) or connection to Russia	see: Conflict in Eastern Ukraine ; armed
Faroe Islands	Denmark	01,395	00048,574	FF Framsókn MF Sjálvstýris	independence	unarmed
Flanders	Belgium	13,522	06,350,765	N-VA VB	independence	is aimed at Brussels , unarmed
Galicia	Spain	29,574	02,765,940	FPG NÓS-UP	independence	unarmed
Catalonia	Spain ( France )	32.107	07,553,650	PDeCAT CUP ERC ICV - EUiA PSC SI UC	independence	Referendum on November 9, 2014 and October 1, 2017 , will be aimed partly with Northern Catalonia (France), Balearic Islands , Valencia and parts of Aragon ( Franja de Aragón ), unarmed
Corsica	France	08,680	00309,693	Corsica Libera PNC	independence	especially from 1975–1991 assassinations
Lugansk	Ukraine	26,684	02,239,500	FLR LWU VU	Independence (with Donetsk as New Russia ) or connection to Russia	see: Conflict in Eastern Ukraine ; armed
Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	13,843	01,823,634	SDLP (peaceful) SF	Return to Ireland	Armed with hundreds of people killed (security forces, rebels, civilians), plus sectarian war . See also: Northern Ireland Conflict .
Northern Kurdistan	Turkey		approx. 10-12.5 million	Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and others	Independence or extensive autonomy	Armed conflict since August 15, 1984. See also: Kurds in Turkey and conflict between the Republic of Turkey and the PKK .
Padania (Northern Italy)	Italy	161.076	33,933,909	Lega Nord Grande Nord	Independence or extensive autonomy	unarmed
Sardinia	Italy	24,089	01,640,379	aMpI iRS PdS ProgReS Sardigna Libera SN	independence	Some assassinations in the 80s, now unarmed
Scotland	United Kingdom	78,772	05,313,600	Greens SNP SSP	independence	In 2014 referendum 55% against secession, unarmed
Sicily	Italy	25,710	05,591,216	MIS	independence	unarmed
Republika Srpska	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24,857	01,326,991	SDS SNSD	Connection to Serbia	would contradict the Dayton Agreement - since the Bosnian War BC a. unarmed
South-Tirol	Italy	07,400	00509,626	BU F STF	Independence or return to Austria	The aim is to have Ladin communities separated in 1923 if possible , armed in the 1960s, settled in 1992
Veneto	Italy	18,391	04,881,756	IV LVR PVI Veneto Stato	independence	is aimed partly with Friuli-Venezia Giulia and today's Lombard provinces of Brescia , Bergamo , Cremona and Mantua , unarmed
Wales	United Kingdom	20,761	03,074,067	Plaid (until 2000) Cymru Annibynnol	independence	unarmed
Wallonia	Belgium	16,844	03,546,329	RWF	Connection to France	The connection to France is sought with Brussels , unarmed. See also: Flemish-Walloon conflict .

De facto secessions

Most recognized

area	country	surface	Residents	Remarks
Kosovo	Serbia	10,908	01,895,250	recognized by 114 states

Mostly not recognized

area	country	surface	Residents	Remarks
Abkhazia	Georgia 2	08,600	0240.705	Recognition by Russia , Nauru , Nicaragua , Syria , Venezuela and, in the meantime, by Vanuatu and Tuvalu
Artsakh	Azerbaijan 2	11,458	0134,800	without recognition; Military and financial aid from Armenia
Crimea	Ukraine	26,944	2,409,956	Recognized by Russia , Afghanistan , Cuba , Nicaragua , North Korea , Syria , Venezuela . See: Crimean crisis .
Northern Cyprus	Cyprus 2	03,355	0265.100	Occupation of the north of the island in 1974 by Turkish forces. Recognition by Turkey .
South Ossetia	Georgia 2	03,885	0051,547	Recognized by Russia , Nauru , Nicaragua , Syria and Venezuela
Transnistria	Moldova	03,567	0555,347	without recognition; Troop stationing and financial aid from Russia

² Member of theCouncilofEurope.

See also

• List of current secessionist efforts in Africa

Individual evidence

1. ↑ M. Zubiaga et al. a .: Towards a Basque State. Nation-building and institutions. UEU, Bilbo 2012, ISBN 978-84-8438-421-2 .
   T. Mateos et al. a .: Towards a Basque State. Citizenship and culture. UEU, Bilbo 2012, ISBN 978-84-8438-422-9 .
   I. Antiguedad et al. a .: Towards a Basque State. Territory and socioeconomics UEU, Bilbo 2012, ISBN 978-84-8438-423-6 .
2. ↑ Eta announces dissolution. Spiegel online from May 2, 2018
3. ^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics: Update of the population
4. ↑ Bavaria's population exceeds the 13 million mark for the first time , press release September 13, 2018
5. ↑ Bavarian Party: Brochure Statehood (pdf)
6. ↑ Mid-Year Population 2012
7. ↑ cia.gov: Turkey. , accessed August 4, 2013.
8. ^ Federal Agency for Civic Education: The Kurdish Question in Turkey.
9. ↑ Mid-2011 and Mid-2012 Population Estimates Scotland. Accessed on May 12, 2019 (British English, as of June 30, 2012): "The latest estimate of Scotland's population (on June 30, 2012) is 5,313,600 ..." 
10. ↑ suedtirolnews.it: BürgerUnion: "Freie Europaregion Tirol - more than just a train" ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ die- Freiheitlichen.com: Europe owes South Tyrol justice and that means: Free State of South Tyrol!
12. ↑ suedtiroler-freiheit.com: Programmatic basics of South Tyrolean freedom
13. ↑ Population of England and Wales on June 30, 2012 ( ZIP ; 832 kB)