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in a set of one flag for each of the seven Basque provinces and one for the whole country; however, since PNV activity was scarce outside of Biscay, only the Biscayne flag was publicly recognized. It was hoisted for the first time in the "Euzkeldun Batzokija", the club that preceded EAJ-PNV. The
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Since the Basque people had accepted the "ikurriña", at the suggestion of the socialist counselor Aznar, the Basque Government adopted it as the flag of the Basque Autonomous Region in 1936. This flag was used as the
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In 1976, during a derby match between Athletic Club Bilbao and Real Sociedad, players from both teams united to sneak in and display the illegal Basque flag, Ikurrina, at
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In 1938, after the military defeat of the Basque Government, the regime of General Franco prohibited this flag – although it continued to be used in
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that was settled by French Basque and also many Spanish Basque sailors. The Ikurriña is also the flag of the
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A red field with the white central cross that extends to the edges of the flag superimposed on the green
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The red ground symbolizes the Biscayne people, the green saltire might represent the
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party adopted it in 1895 and, in 1933, proposed it as the flag of the whole
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las banderas de los ex-Estados históricos vascos o regiones autónomas
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Original proposed flag to represent the entire Basque Country.
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is also used by a sector of nationalism that considers the
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The flag was designed in 1894 to represent the province of
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of Spain. This flag consists of a white cross over a green
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The Basque flag was legalised again in 1977 during the
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