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This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Europe.
Separatism Separatism is the advocacy of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group. As with secession, separatism conventionally refers to full political separation. Groups simply seeking greate ...
often refers to full political
secession Secession is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance. Some of the most famous and significant secessions have been: the former Soviet republics le ...
, though separatist movements may seek nothing more than greater
autonomy In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ...
or to be recognised as a national minority. What is and is not considered an
autonomist Autonomism, also known as autonomist Marxism is an anti-capitalist left-wing political and social movement and theory. As a theoretical system, it first emerged in Italy in the 1960s from workerism (). Later, post-Marxist and anarchist tendenci ...
or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet three criteria: # They are active movements with active members; # They are seeking greater autonomy or
self-determination The right of a people to self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international law (commonly regarded as a ''jus cogens'' rule), binding, as such, on the United Nations as authoritative interpretation of the Charter's norms. It stat ...
for a geographic region (as opposed to personal autonomy); # They are citizens/people of the conflict area and do not come from another country. 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; ** De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region; ** Government-in-exile: for a government based outside of the region in question, with or without control; ** Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession; ** Militant organisation(s): for armed organisations; ** Advocacy group(s): for non-belligerent, non-politically participatory entities; **
Ethnic An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...
/
ethno-religious An ethnoreligious group (or an ethno-religious group) is a grouping of people who are unified by a common religious and ethnic background. Furthermore, the term ethno-religious group, along with ethno-regional and ethno-linguistic groups, is a s ...
/ racial/ regional/ religious group(s). Various ethnic groups in Europe are seeking greater autonomy or independence. In the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
(EU), several of these groups are members of the European Free Alliance (EFA). In some cases, the group seeks to unify into a different state – in cases where this does not involve the creation of a new state entity, this is considered to be irredentism. Analogous irredentist movements are included in the
list of active irredentist movements This is a list of irredentist claims or disputes. Irredentism is any political or popular movement that seeks to claim or reclaim and occupy a land that the movement's members consider to be a "lost" (or "unredeemed") territory from their natio ...
.


Azerbaijan

Territory of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast * People: Armenians in Azerbaijan ** ''De facto'' state: ( recognised by 3 non-UN members) *** Proposed: recognition of Artsakh status based on
self-determination The right of a people to self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international law (commonly regarded as a ''jus cogens'' rule), binding, as such, on the United Nations as authoritative interpretation of the Charter's norms. It stat ...
principle *** Political organisation:
National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
*** Military organisation: Artsakh Defense Army Territory of the short-lived Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic * People: Talysh people ** Proposed: Talysh province with regional administration within the borders of Azerbaijan *** Political organisation:
Talysh National Movement The Talysh National Movement is a Talysh people, Talysh movement created in 2007 in the Netherlands, where part of the Talysh leadership lives in exile. Many of the movement's members had previously participated in the formation of the Talysh-Mugh ...
*** Government in exile: Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic Lezgistan * Ethnic group: Lezgins ** Proposed: Autonomy or outright independence for Lezgistan ** Political organisation: Sadval movement, Federal Lezgian National and Cultural Autonomy


Belgium

;Autonomist movements * People:
Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...
** Autonomous area: Eastern Belgium *** Political parties: ProDG (former EFA member),
Party for Freedom and Progress The Party for Freedom and Progress ( nl, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang; french: Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès; german: Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt, PVV-PLP) was a liberal political party in Belgium which existed from 1961 unti ...
, Christian Social Party * People:
Flemish Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...
** Autonomous area:
Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ...
*** Movements: Flemish Movement * People:
Walloons Walloons (; french: Wallons ; wa, Walons) are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group living native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions of France. Walloons primarily speak '' langues d'oïl'' such as Belgian French, Picard and Walloon. Walloo ...
** Autonomous area:
Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
*** Movements:
Walloon Movement The Walloon Movement (french: Mouvement wallon) is an umbrella term for all Belgium, Belgian political movements that either assert the existence of a Walloons, Walloon identity and of Wallonia and/or defend French culture and language within Belg ...
;Secessionist movements or
Flemish Community The Flemish Community ( nl, Vlaamse Gemeenschap ; french: Communauté flamande ; german: Flämische Gemeinschaft ) is one of the three institutional communities of Belgium, established by the Belgian constitution and having legal responsibilitie ...
(the latter includes ) * People:
Flemish Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...
** Proposed state: , unification with the *** Political parties:
New Flemish Alliance The New Flemish Alliance ( nl, Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie, N-VA) is a Flemish nationalist and conservative political party in Belgium. The party was founded in 2001 by the right-leaning fraction of the centrist-nationalist People's Union (VU). T ...
(member of the European Free Alliance),
Libertair, Direct, Democratisch Libertarian, Direct, Democratic ( nl, Libertair, Direct, Democratisch; LDD) is a conservative-liberal, libertarian, right-wing populist Flemish political party in Belgium. The party surprised commentators by winning five seats in the Chamber and ...
,
Vlaams Belang , ideology = , predecessor = Vlaams Blok , position = , europarl = Identity and Democracy , european = Identity and Democracy Party , youth_wing = Vlaams Belang Jongeren , colours = , ...
and
Flemish-Socialist Movement The (Flemish-Socialist Movement) is a Left-wing nationalism, left-wing nationalist political group that advocates Flemish Movement, Flemish independence. Founded in 2007, the organization traces its roots to a party with the same name that existe ...
*** Movements:
Vlaamse Volksbeweging The ( nl, Flemish People's Movement) or VVB is a part-independent Flemish-minded non-profit association. Since 1991, the VVB has been campaigning for the independence of Flanders and therefore belongs to the Flemish-nationalist movement within ...
(VVB), , Taal Aktie Komitee and
Voorpost Voorpost ("Outpost (military), outpost, Picket (military), picket") is an ethnic nationalism, ethno-nationalist (''völkisch movement, volksnationalist'') group founded in Flanders, Belgium by Karel Dillen in 1976 as a splinter from the Volksunie. ...
or French Community of Belgium (the latter includes ) * People:
Walloons Walloons (; french: Wallons ; wa, Walons) are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group living native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions of France. Walloons primarily speak '' langues d'oïl'' such as Belgian French, Picard and Walloon. Walloo ...
** Proposed state:
Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
, unification with *** Political parties:
Walloon Rally The Walloon Rally (french: Rassemblement wallon; RW) is a regionalist political party in Belgium, active in Wallonia since 1968. The party favoured federalism and since 1985 independence. Founded on 7 March 1968, the party contested the Belgi ...
, Rassemblement Wallonie France


Bosnia and Herzegovina

;Secessionist movements * People:
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби у Босни и Херцеговини, Srbi u Bosni i Hercegovini) are one of the three constitutive nations (state-forming nations) of the country, predominantly residing in the politi ...
** Proposed: unification with *** Political organisation:
National Assembly of Republika Srpska The National Assembly of Republika Srpska (, abbr. НСРС/NSRS) is the legislative body of Republika Srpska, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The current assembly is the ninth since the founding of the entity. History The Nation ...
(
Government of Republika Srpska Government of Republika Srpska ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Влада Републике Српске, Vlada Republika Srpske) is the executive authority of Republika Srpska, along with the President of Republika Srpska. The Prime Minister is ...
) *** Political parties: Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, Serbian Democratic Party ;Autonomist movements
Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia The Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia ( hr, Hrvatska Republika Herceg-Bosna) was an unrecognized geopolitical entity and quasi-state in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was proclaimed on 18 November 1991 under the name Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bo ...
* People:
Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina (), often referred to as Bosnian Croats () or Herzegovinian Croats () are the third most populous ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ethnic group in the country after Bosniaks and Serbs of Bosnia and H ...
** Proposed state: , as a refounded third entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina *** Political organisation: Croatian National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina *** Political parties: Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Democratic Union 1990, Croatian Christian Democratic Union


Croatia

;Autonomist movements
Istria County Istria County (; hr, Istarska županija; it, Regione istriana, "Istrian Region") is the westernmost county of Croatia which includes the biggest part of the Istrian peninsula ( out of , or 89%). Administrative centers in the county are Pazi ...
* People: Istrians (
Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, G ...
, Istrian Italians,
Istro-Romanians The Istro-Romanians ( ruo, rumeri or ) are a Romance ethnic group native to or associated with the Istrian Peninsula. Historically, they inhabited vast parts of it, as well as the western side of the island of Krk until 1875. However, due to se ...
, and Istriot-speakers) ** Proposed: Autonomy for
Istria Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; ist, Eîstria; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian, Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; formerly in Latin and in Ancient Greek) is the larges ...
within Croatia *** Political party: Istrian Democratic Assembly (factions, not officially)


Cyprus

The northeastern 1/3 territory of island of Cyprus * People: Turkish Cypriots ** ''De facto'' state: (recognized only by
Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
) *** Proposed: re-unification with , or recognition of Northern Cyprus *** Political organisation:
Government of Northern Cyprus A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
*** Militant organisation:
Security Forces Command The Security Forces Command ( tr, Güvenlik Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı) is the military and security force of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It is a 15,000 strong force primarily made up of conscripted Turkish Cypriot male ...


Czech Republic

;Autonomist movements
Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The me ...
* People: Moravian ** Proposed autonomous area:
Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The me ...
*** Political party:
Moravané Moravané (, ''Moravians'') is a small non-parliamentary political party in Moravia in the Czech Republic. History It arose in 2005 through a merger of two older local parties: ''Hnutí samosprávné Moravy a Slezska – Moravské národní sjedn ...
(former EFA member),
Moravian land movement The Moravian Land Movement ( cz, Moravské zemské hnutí; MZH) is a political movement committed to the ideas of modern European regionalism and traditional Moravian state self-government. It follows the Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Par ...
(EFA member) *** Organisation:
Moravian National Community {{Use dmy dates, date=October 2013 The Moravian National Community (Czech language, Czech: ''Moravská národní obec'') is a non-political civic association focused on Moravian culture, history, traditions and Moravia in general. In practice, how ...


Denmark

* People: Faroese ** Proposed state: *** Political parties:
Republican Party Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, though the term most commonly refers to the United States' Republican Party. Republican Party may also refer to: Africa *Republican Party (Liberia) * Republican Part ...
, Progress, People's Party, Centre Party,
Self-Government Party Sjálvstýri (previously Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (English: referred to interchangeably as ''Independence'', ''Self-Government'', or ''Home Rule'') is a liberal, autonomist political party on the Faroe Islands. It is currently led by the Mayor of ...
*** Movement:
Faroese independence movement The Faroese independence movement ( fo, Føroyska Tjóðskaparrørslan), or the Faroese national movement (), is a political movement which seeks the establishment of the Faroe Islands as a sovereign state outside Denmark. Reasons for complete a ...
Minor Movements
Bornholm Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...
* Proposed state:  
Bornholm Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...
* Proposed autonomous area:
Bornholm Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...
** Political party:
Bornholm's Self-Government Party Bornholm's Self-Government Party ( da, Bornholms Selvstyre parti) is a List of regional and local political parties in Denmark, local political party in Denmark, which seeks to establish the independence or autonomy of Bornholm, a small island in ...


Finland

* People: Åland Swedes ** Proposed state: *** Political party:
Future of Åland The Future of Åland ( sv, Ålands Framtid) is a separatist political party on Åland. As a member of the European Free Alliance, the goal of the party is to make Åland an independent state. At the 2003 elections, the party won 6.5% of popular ...
(EFA member)


France

;Secessionist movements * People: Alsatians (Allemanics) ** Proposed state: *** Political parties: Elsass Zuerst,
Unser Land Unser Land ( en, Our Land) is a political party in the France, French region of Alsace, established in 2009. It is member of the Fédération Régions et Peuples Solidaires in France and the European Free Alliance of the European Union. It was for ...
(EFA member) French Basque Country * People: Basque ** Proposed state: unification with the
Basque Country Basque Country may refer to: * Basque Country (autonomous community), as used in Spain ( es, País Vasco, link=no), also called , an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain (shown in pink on the map) * French Basque Country o ...
and – '' Euskal Herria''Zubiaga, M. et al.
''Towards a Basque State. Nation-building and institutions''
Bilbo: UEU, 2012 .
*** Political parties:
Abertzaleen Batasuna ''Abertzaleen Batasuna'' (AB; en, Patriot's Union or Unity) is a Basque political party in France. Ideology It is the largest Basque nationalist party of the French Basque Country gathering around 10% of the votes in this territory. Its immedia ...
(AB), Eusko Alkartasuna (EFA member), Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea (Basque Nationalist Party). *** Trade unions:
Euskal Langileen Alkartasuna Basque Workers' Solidarity (in Basque: ''Eusko Langileen Alkartasuna'' (ELA), in Spanish: ''Solidaridad de Trabajadores Vascos'' (STV)) is the most influential trade union in Basque Country, having been created, as ''Solidaridad de Obreros Vascos ...
,
Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak (, Basque for "Nationalist Workers' Committees") is a Basque left-wing nationalist and separatist trade union operating mainly in Spain currently led by Garbiñe Aranburu. It was created in 1974 by Jon Idigoras among others. They are part of ...
*** Youth advocacy groups:
Gazte Abertzaleak Young Patriots (in Basque: ''Gazte Abertzaleak (GA)'') is since 1988 the youth wing of the Basque political party Eusko Alkartasuna (EA). Gazte Abertzaleak is a founding member of the EFAY (Youth branch of the European Free Alliance). Gazte Abe ...
, Segi *** Militant organisations:
Irrintzi Irrintzi is an armed Basque nationalist group or cell that acts in the Northern Basque Country (Basque: ''Iparralde''). The word ''irrintzi'' refers originally to the traditional Basque folk high-pitched scream used to express celebration or ...
Historic
Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
, comprising
Brittany (administrative region) Brittany (french: Bretagne ; br, Breizh ); Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is the westernmost region of Metropolitan France. It covers about four fifths of the territory of the historic province of Brittany. Its capital is Rennes. It is one of the two ...
and parts of * People:
Bretons The Bretons (; br, Bretoned or ''Vretoned,'' ) are a Celts, Celtic ethnic group native to Brittany. They trace much of their heritage to groups of Common Brittonic, Brittonic speakers who emigrated from Dumnonia, southwestern Great Britain, par ...
** Proposed state: *** Advocacy groups: Celtic League *** Political parties:
Breton Democratic Union Breton Democratic Union (french: Union démocratique bretonne, br, Unvaniezh Demokratel Breizh, UDB) is a Breton nationalist, autonomist, and regionalist political party in Brittany (''Bretagne administrée'') and Loire-Atlantique. The UDB adv ...
,
Adsav Adsav () is a Breton nationalist secessionist political party in Brittany that claims to be neither right-wing or left-wing although its roots are on the right, and it is widely considered to be a far-right party.Selma K. Sonntag, ''The local poli ...
, Strollad Breizh, Emgann *** Militant organisation: Talbenn Dieubiñ Breizh (Breton Revolutionary Army) (ARB) * People: Corsicans ** Proposed state: *** Political party:
Corsica Libera ''Corsica Libera'' (, en, Free Corsica) is a Left-wing politics, left-wing separatism, separatist political party active in Corsica. It was founded in Corte, Haute-Corse, Corte in February 2009 by members of three nationalist parties, ''Corsica Na ...
,
Pè a Corsica Pè a Corsica ( en, For Corsica) was a Corsican nationalist political alliance in France, which was calling for more autonomy for Corsica. More specifically, it was a coalition of the two Corsican nationalist parties active on the island; that ...
*** Militant group:
National Liberation Front of Corsica The National Liberation Front of Corsica ( co, Fronte di liberazione naziunale di a Corsica or ; french: Front de libération nationale corse, abbreviated FLNC) was a militant group that advocates an independent state on the island of Corsica, se ...
Occitania Occitania ( oc, Occitània , , or ) is the historical region in Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe where the Occitan language, Occitan language was historically spoken and where it is sometimes still used as a second language. This ...
* People:
Occitans The Occitans ( oc, occitans) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group originating in the historical region of Occitania (southern France, northeastern Spain, and northwestern Italy). They have been also called Gascons, Provençals, and Auvergnats.The ...
** Proposed state:
Occitania Occitania ( oc, Occitània , , or ) is the historical region in Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe where the Occitan language, Occitan language was historically spoken and where it is sometimes still used as a second language. This ...
*** Political parties:
Partit de la Nacion Occitana The Partit Nacionalista Occitan, more simply, "PNO" (in English: ''Occitan Nationalist Party'') is a political party of Occitania, founded in 1959 by François Fontan (1929–1979). The current name is "Partit de la Nacion Occitana" (in Englis ...
*** Political movement: Assemblada Occitana, Libertat
French Flanders French Flanders (french: La Flandre française) is a part of the historical County of Flanders in present-day France where a dialect of Dutch was or still is traditionally spoken. The region lies in the modern-day region of Hauts-de-France and r ...
* People:
Flemings The Flemish or Flemings ( nl, Vlamingen ) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Dutch. Flemish people make up the majority of Belgians, at about 60%. "''Flemish''" was historically a geographical term, as all inha ...
** Proposed state:
French Flanders French Flanders (french: La Flandre française) is a part of the historical County of Flanders in present-day France where a dialect of Dutch was or still is traditionally spoken. The region lies in the modern-day region of Hauts-de-France and r ...
, Pale of Calais and Audomarois and re-unification with
West Flanders ) , settlement_type = Province of Belgium , image_flag = Flag of West Flanders.svg , flag_size = , image_shield = Wapen van West-Vlaanderen.svg , shield_size = , image_map ...
,
East Flanders , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Province of Belgium , image_flag = Flag of Oost-Vlaanderen.svg , flag_size = , image_shield = Wapen van O ...
,
Tournaisis The Tournaisis, or Tournai (Flemish: ''Doornik''), a territory in the Low Countries in present-day Belgium, is one of Europe's oldest town centres. Located in the Wallonia region of Belgium on the Scheldt River (French: ''L'Escaut''), northwest of ...
and Zeelandic Flanders into an independent Flemish state, unification with the (separatist) or (autonomist) *** Political party: Flemish movement * People: Provençals (Occitans) ** Proposed state: Provence *** Militant group: Front Nacionala Liberacion de Provença
Northern Catalonia Northern Catalonia, North Catalonia, ; french: Catalogne (du) Nord ; oc, Catalonha (del) Nòrd; es, Cataluña (del) Norte) French Catalonia or Roussillon refers to the Catalan-speaking and Catalan-culture territory ceded to France by Spain ...
* People: Northern Catalans ** Proposed state: or unification with *** Political parties: Esquerra Republicana- Catalunya del Nord, Oui au Pays Catalan (autonomist) *** Advocacy organisations: Catalunya Nord per la independència, Òmnium Catalunya Nord *** Youth organisations: Joventuts d'Esquerra Republicana (Catalunya Nord) ;Autonomist movements * People: Alsatians (Allemanics) ** Proposed autonomous area: *** Political parties: Elsass Zuerst, ,
Unser Land Unser Land ( en, Our Land) is a political party in the France, French region of Alsace, established in 2009. It is member of the Fédération Régions et Peuples Solidaires in France and the European Free Alliance of the European Union. It was for ...
(EFA member)
Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
* People:
Bretons The Bretons (; br, Bretoned or ''Vretoned,'' ) are a Celts, Celtic ethnic group native to Brittany. They trace much of their heritage to groups of Common Brittonic, Brittonic speakers who emigrated from Dumnonia, southwestern Great Britain, par ...
** Proposed autonomous area:
Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
*** Political party:
Unvaniezh Demokratel Breizh Breton Democratic Union (french: Union démocratique bretonne, br, Unvaniezh Demokratel Breizh, UDB) is a Breton nationalist, autonomist, and regionalist political party in Brittany (''Bretagne administrée'') and Loire-Atlantique. The UDB adv ...
(EFA member) * People: Corsicans ** Proposed autonomous area: *** Political party:
Partitu di a Nazione Corsa The Party of the Corsican Nation ( co, Partitu di a Nazione Corsa, PNC) is a Corsican nationalist and autonomist political party on the French island of Corsica. It was founded in Corte in 2002 by members of three nationalist parties, Union of t ...
(EFA member) * People:
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
,
Occitans The Occitans ( oc, occitans) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group originating in the historical region of Occitania (southern France, northeastern Spain, and northwestern Italy). They have been also called Gascons, Provençals, and Auvergnats.The ...
,
Italians , flag = , flag_caption = The national flag of Italy , population = , regions = Italy 55,551,000 , region1 = Brazil , pop1 = 25–33 million , ref1 = , region2 ...
** Proposed autonomous area: County of Nice *** Political party: Partit Nissart ( Parti niçois (fr))
Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
* People:
Normans The Normans (Norman language, Norman: ''Normaunds''; french: Normands; la, Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norsemen, Norse Viking settlers and indigenous West Fran ...
** Proposed autonomous area:
Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
*** Political party:
Mouvement Normand The ''Mouvement normand'' (Norman Movement) is a regionalist political organisation from Normandy, in Northern France. Unlike many regionalist groupings, they are open to the view that people of Normandy are one of the constituent nationalities ...
Savoy Savoy (; frp, Savouè ; french: Savoie ) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south. Savo ...
* People: Savoyans ** Proposed autonomous area:
Savoy Savoy (; frp, Savouè ; french: Savoie ) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south. Savo ...
*** Political party: Movement Règion Savouè (EFA member) * People:
Occitans The Occitans ( oc, occitans) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group originating in the historical region of Occitania (southern France, northeastern Spain, and northwestern Italy). They have been also called Gascons, Provençals, and Auvergnats.The ...
** Proposed autonomous area: *** Political parties:
Partit Occitan The Occitan Party ( oc, Partit Occitan) is a regionalist political party in France. Its aims include greater autonomy for the Occitania region of southern France. The Occitan Party was formed in Toulouse in 1987 through the union of different Occ ...
(EFA member)


Georgia

Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...
* People:
Abkhazians Abkhazians (russian: Абхазы), or Abkhazs ( ab, Аԥсуаа, Aṕswaа, ), are a Northwest Caucasian languages, Northwest Caucasian ethnic group, mainly living in Abkhazia, a disputed region on the northeastern coast of the Black Sea. A l ...
** ''De facto'' state: ( recognized by 6 UN members) *** Political organisation:
Government of Abkhazia The Government of the Republic of Abkhazia governs the partially recognised Republic of Abkhazia. Executive branch The Republic of Abkhazia is headed by the President, a post held since early 2020 by Aslan Bzhania, who is supported by the V ...
*** Militant organisation:
Abkhazian Armed Forces The Abkhazian Armed Forces (; ) are the military forces of Abkhazia. The forces were officially created on 12 October 1992, after the outbreak of the 1992–1993 war with Georgia. The basis of the armed forces was formed by the ethnic Abkhaz Na ...
Territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast * People:
Ossetians The Ossetians or Ossetes (, ; os, ир, ирæттæ / дигорӕ, дигорӕнттӕ, translit= ir, irættæ / digoræ, digorænttæ, label=Ossetic) are an Iranian ethnic group who are indigenous to Ossetia, a region situated across the no ...
** ''De facto'' state: ( recognized by 5 UN members) *** Political organisation:
Government of South Ossetia The Government of the Republic of South Ossetia is the political leadership of the only partially recognized, but de facto independent, Republic of South Ossetia. Executive branch South Ossetia's head of state is the president, the current pres ...
*** Militant organisation:
Armed Forces of South Ossetia The Armed Forces of South Ossetia is the military of the partially recognised state of South Ossetia. The force consists of 16,000 soldiers: 2,500 officers and active-duty soldiers and 13,500 reservists. It includes an Army and an Air Corps. Th ...
Javakheti * Ethnic group:
Armenians in Samtskhe–Javakheti Armenians in Samtskhe–Javakheti are ethnic Armenians of Georgian nationality living in the Samtskhe–Javakheti region of the Republic of Georgia. The southern part of the region (Javakheti) borders Armenia to the south. Here, ethnic Armenians f ...
** Proposed: Autonomy for the region Javakhk (Javakheti) ** Political party: United Javakhk Democratic Alliance


Germany

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
* People:
Bavarians Bavarians ( Bavarian: ''Boarn'', Standard German: ''Baiern'') are an ethnographic group of Germans of the Bavaria region, a state within Germany. The group's dialect or speech is known as the Bavarian language, native to Altbayern ("Old Bava ...
, Franconians,
Swabians Swabians (german: Schwaben, singular ''Schwabe'') are a Germanic people who are native to the ethnocultural and linguistic region of Swabia, which is now mostly divided between the modern states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, in southwestern ...
** Proposed state or autonomous area: Free State of Bavaria *** Political party:
Bavaria Party The Bavaria Party (german: Bayernpartei, BP) is an autonomist, regionalist and conservative political party in the state of Bavaria, Germany. The party was founded in 1946, describes itself as patriotic Bavarian and advocates Bavarian independence ...
(EFA member)
Satzung der Bayernpartei
', 30. October 2011, from: ''bayernpartei.de'', 28 August 2018
East Frisia East Frisia or East Friesland (german: Ostfriesland; ; stq, Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia ...
and North Frisia * People:
Frisians The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal regions of the Netherlands and northwestern Germany. They inhabit an area known as Frisia and are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, ...
** Proposed autonomous area:
Frisia Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Ger ...
, unification with foreign states: *** Political party:
South Schleswig Voters' Association da, Sydslesvigsk Vælgerforening frr, Söödschlaswiksche Wäälerferbånd , logo = Südschleswigscher Wählerverband, Logo.svg , logo_size = 165px , chairman = Christian Dirschauer , leader1_title = Vice Chairmen ...
(EFA member) and The Frisians
Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
* Proposed state or autonomous area:
Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
** Political party:
Free Saxony Freie Sachsen (Free Saxons) is a Secession, secessionist and autonomist movement within the States of Germany, German state of Saxony, which seeks to restore the former Saxon Royal Family and "Saexit if Necessary" It views itself as a Right wing m ...


Italy

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (man), it, Friulana (woman), it, Giuliano (man), it, Giuliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_t ...
* People:
Friulians Friulians, also called Friulans or Furlans are an ethnolinguistic minority living primarily in Italy, with a significant diaspora community. Friulians primarily inhabit the region of Friuli and speak the Rhaeto-Romantic language Friulian, whi ...
** Proposed state: Friuli *** Political parties: **** Secessionist parties:
Res Publica Furlane-Parlament Furlan Res or RES may refer to: Sciences Computing *Russian and Eurasian Security Network *Spanish Supercomputing Network (''Red Española de Supercomputación'') Energy * RES - The School for Renewable Energy Science * US Renewable Electricity ...
, Patrie Furlane,
Friulian Front The Friulian Front (''Front Furlan'', ''Fronte Friulano'', FF) is a separatist political party active in Friuli, Italy. The party was founded in 2006 by dissidents of Lega Nord Friuli–Lega Nord, the largest Friulianist party so far. The Front s ...
, **** Autonomist parties:
Pact for Autonomy The Pact for Autonomy ( it, Patto per l'Autonomia, fur, Pat pe Autonomie, sl, Pakt za Avtonomijo, german: Pakt für die Autonomie, PpA) is a Regionalism (politics), regionalist and Social liberalism, social-liberal List of political parties in Fr ...
Province of Trieste The Province of Trieste ( it, Provincia di Trieste, sl, Tržaška pokrajina; fur, provinzia di Triest) was a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Trieste. It had an are ...
* Proposed state: Free Territory of Trieste ** People:
Italians , flag = , flag_caption = The national flag of Italy , population = , regions = Italy 55,551,000 , region1 = Brazil , pop1 = 25–33 million , ref1 = , region2 ...
,
Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Slovenci ), are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Slovenia, and adjacent regions in Italy, Austria and Hungary. Slovenes share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovene as their n ...
*** Political movements: Movimento Trieste Libera; Territorio Libero di Trieste,
Free Territory of Trieste Movement Free may refer to: Concept * Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything * Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism * Emancipate, to procur ...
,
Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
* Proposed state: Republic of Lombardy ** Political parties (autonomist): Lega per l'Autonomia – Alleanza Lombarda ** Political parties (secessionist):
Pro Lombardy Independence Pro Lombardy Independence (''Pro Lombardia Indipendenza'') is an independentist party active in Lombardy, Italy. The party, which was launched in 2011, is led by Alfredo Gatta; the spokesman is Alessandro Ceresoli. The first objective of the par ...
,
Lega Lombarda Lega Lombarda ( en, Lombard League; abbr. LL), whose complete name is ( en, Lombard League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Lombardy. Established in 1984, it was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega ...
Northern Italy Northern Italy ( it, Italia settentrionale, it, Nord Italia, label=none, it, Alta Italia, label=none or just it, Nord, label=none) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy. It consists of eight administrative regions ...
* Proposed state: Padania ** Political parties (autonomist):
Lega Nord Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official n ...
, Great North ** Political parties (secessionist):
Lega Nord Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official n ...
(formerly),
Lega Padana Lega Padana (''Padanian League'') is a Padanist and separatist political party founded in 1999 and active mainly in Piedmont, Italy. In the 2009 provincial elections, the piedmontese section of the party, the Piedmont Padanian League (''Lega Pad ...
,
Padanian Union The Padanian Union (''Unione Padana'', UP) is a Padanian nationalism, Padanist and separatism, separatist list of political parties in Italy, political party active in Lombardy, Italy. The party emerged in November 2011 by the merger of Lega Padan ...
, Alpine Padanian Union
Southern Italy Southern Italy ( it, Sud Italia or ) also known as ''Meridione'' or ''Mezzogiorno'' (), is a macroregion of the Italian Republic consisting of its southern half. The term ''Mezzogiorno'' today refers to regions that are associated with the peop ...
* Proposed state:
Mezzogiorno Southern Italy ( it, Sud Italia or ) also known as ''Meridione'' or ''Mezzogiorno'' (), is a macroregion A macroregion is a geopolitical subdivision that encompasses several traditionally or politically defined regions or countries. The meaning ...
** Political parties (secessionist and autonomist):
We the South We the South ( it, Noi Sud, NS), whose complete name is Freedom and Autonomy - We the South ( it, Libertà e Autonomia - Noi Sud), is a regionalist political party in Italy based in the Campania but seeking to represent the whole South. History ...
, Great South ** Political parties (secessionist): Autonomy South,
Force of the South Force of the South ( it, Forza del Sud, FdS) was a liberal-conservative political party in Italy based in Sicily. In September 2010, after years of weighting, Gianfranco Micciché, long-time leader of Forza Italia and, later, The People of Fre ...
and
I the South I the South (''Io Sud'', IS), was a conservative regionalist political party in Italy, which has been a faction of Brothers of Italy since 2014. The party emerged in 2009 as an Apulian split from National Alliance (AN) led by Adriana Poli Bort ...
Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
* People: Sardinians ** Proposed state: Republic of Sardinia *** Political parties (autonomist): Fortza Paris, Sardinian Reformers *** Political parties (secessionist):
Sardinian Action Party The Sardinian Action Party ( sc, Partidu Sardu, it, Partito Sardo d'Azione, PSd'Az or PSdA) is a Sardinian nationalist, regionalist and separatist political party in Sardinia. While being traditionally part of the Sardinian centre-left, the p ...
,
Sardinia Nation Sardigna Natzione Indipendentzia ("For the Independence of the Sardinian Nation"), also known as Sardigna Natzione or SN, is a minor separatist and socialist political party in Sardinia, Italy. Its long-time leader is Bustianu Cumpostu. Histor ...
,
Independence Republic of Sardinia Independence Republic of Sardinia ( sc, Indipendèntzia Repùbrica de Sardigna, iRS) was a Sardist, left-wing nationalist and social-democratic and non-violent separatist political party in Sardinia. The party, whose long-time leader is Gavino Sa ...
,
Project Republic of Sardinia Project Republic of Sardinia ( sc, Progetu Repùblica de Sardigna, ProgReS) is a separatist political party in Sardinia, founded in January 2011 following a split from Independence Republic of Sardinia (iRS). The party's current secretary is L ...
,
Party of Sardinians The Party of Sardinians ( it, Partito dei Sardi, links=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partito_dei_sardi, translit=, label=, PdS) is a social-democratic, separatist political party in Sardinia. History In July 2012 Franciscu Sedda and Ornella D ...
, others
Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...
* People:
Sicilians Sicilians or the Sicilian people are a Romance speaking people who are indigenous to the island of Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the largest and most populous of the autonomous regions of Italy. Origin and i ...
** Proposed state:
Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...
*** Political parties (autonomist):
Sicilian Socialist Party The Sicilian Socialist Party (, , PSS) is a democratic socialist and autonomist political party in Sicily. The party was founded on 21 May 2013 and considers itself to be the re-foundation of the 1893 Sicilian federation of the emerging Italian ...
,
Party of the Sicilians The Party of Sicilians ( it, Partito dei Siciliani, PdS) was a regionalist and Christian-democratic political party in Sicily. It was the Sicilian regional section of the Movement for the Autonomies (MpA). History In August 2012 it was announced ...
*** Political parties (secessionist):
Free Sicilians Free Sicilians ( it, Siciliani Liberi; scn, Siciliani Libbiri; SL) is a Sicilian nationalist and pro-independence political party. The party was founded in 2016 in order to revive the island's right to self-government. History Free Sicilians w ...
*** Groups: Sicilian National Front, Sicilia Nazione, Sicilian National Liberation Movement.
South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...
*Proposed: independence of
South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...
or unification with
Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
in Austria **Political parties:
Die Freiheitlichen ''Die Freiheitlichen'' (), abbreviated dF, is a Regionalism (politics), regionalist, Separatism, separatist and National conservatism, national-conservative List of political parties in South Tyrol, political party in South Tyrol, Italy. The pa ...
(independence),
South Tyrolean Freedom South Tyrolean Freedom (german: Süd-Tiroler Freiheit, STF) is a regionalist, separatist and national-conservative political party in South Tyrol, Italy. The party, which is part of the South Tyrolean independence movement, seeks to represent th ...
(unification)
Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
* Ethnic group:
Tuscans it, Toscano (man) it, Toscana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Citizenship , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Italian , demogra ...
** Proposed: greater autonomy for
Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
** Political party:
Tuscan Autonomist Movement The Tuscan Autonomist Movement ( it, Movimento Autonomista Toscano, abbr. MAT) is a list of political parties in Italy, political party active in Tuscany, led by Alessandro Mazzerelli. History The party was founded in 1989 by Alessandro Mazzerell ...
Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
* Proposed state:
Republic of Venice The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...
** Political parties (autonomist):
Liga Veneta Liga Veneta ( vec, Łiga Vèneta; en, Venetian League; abbr. LV), whose complete name is ( en, Venetian League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Veneto. The LV, whose ideology combines Venetian nationalism and su ...
,
Veneto for Autonomy The Tosi List for Veneto ( it, Lista Tosi per il Veneto, LTV) was a centrist and regionalist political party in Veneto, Italy, named after its leader Flavio Tosi. The party emerged in March 2015 as a split from Liga Veneta–Lega Nord. Its memb ...
** Political parties (secessionist): Party of Venetians,
Venetian Independence Venetian Independence ( it, Indipendenza Veneta, vec, Independensa Vèneta, IV) is a Venetist, liberal and, to some extent, libertarian political party active in Veneto. The party seeks to achieve full political independence for the former terr ...
,
We Are Veneto We Are Veneto (''Siamo Veneto'', SV) is a Venetian nationalist and separatist political party in Italy, based in Veneto. History The party was formed in March 2016 when Antonio Guadagnini, leader of Veneto State (VS) and member of the Regional C ...
,
Liga Veneta Repubblica Liga Veneta Repubblica (''Łiga Vèneta Republica'', Venetian Republic League, LVR) is a Venetist political party in Veneto, Italy. The party maintains a mildly separatist position and campaigns for the self-government of Veneto. The party's fo ...
, Venetian People's Unity, Venetian Left


Kosovo

North Kosovo/ Ibar Kolašin * People: Kosovo Serbs ** Proposed state: Community of Serb Municipalities within or re-unification with *** Political organisations: Assembly of the Community of Municipalities (status unknown), Serb List


Lithuania

Samogitia * ethnic group: Samogitians ** proposed autonomous region: Samogitia *** political party:
Samogitian Party The Samogitian Party ( lt, Žemaičių partija, sgs, Žemaitiu partėjė or sgs, Žemaitiu šalėnė) is an ethnic-regionalist autonomist party of the Lithuania's Samogitian minority founded in April 2008. Creation In 2008, the Ministry of Ju ...


Malta

Gozo Gozo (, ), Maltese: ''Għawdex'' () and in antiquity known as Gaulos ( xpu, 𐤂𐤅𐤋, ; grc, Γαῦλος, Gaúlos), is an island in the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is part of the Republic of Malta. After t ...
* People: Gozitan ** Proposed autonomous area:
Gozo Gozo (, ), Maltese: ''Għawdex'' () and in antiquity known as Gaulos ( xpu, 𐤂𐤅𐤋, ; grc, Γαῦλος, Gaúlos), is an island in the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is part of the Republic of Malta. After t ...
*** Political organisation:
People's Party (Malta) The People's Party ( mt, Partit Popolari, PP) is a political party in Malta. Ideologically, it is right-wing populist and conservative, and it opposes immigration. History The People's Party was registered in July 2020 under the leadership of ...
,
Gozo Party The Gozo Party ( mt, Partit Għawdxi) was a political party in Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy ...
(Defunct)


Moldova

;Breakaway state
Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...
* People: Equal proportions of
Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...
,
Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. The majority ...
and Moldovans ** De facto state:
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...
*** Political organisation: Government of Transnistria *** Militant organisation: Army of Transnistria


Netherlands

Frisia Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Ger ...
and
Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
* People:
Frisians The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal regions of the Netherlands and northwestern Germany. They inhabit an area known as Frisia and are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, ...
,
West Frisians The West Frisians or, more precisely, the Westlauwers Frisians ( nl, Friezen or Westerlauwerse Friezen, fy, Friezen or Westerlauwerske Friezen), are those Frisian peoples in that part of Frisia administered by the Netherlands: the Province of ...
** Proposed autonomous area: West Frisia, or unification with foreign states :
Frisia Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Ger ...
*** Political party: Frisian National Party, (EFA member) *** Status: Democratic movement seeking greater autonomy for Frisian-speaking people in Friesland *People
Limburgish Limburgish ( li, Limburgs or ; nl, Limburgs ; german: Limburgisch ; french: Limbourgeois ), also called Limburgan, Limburgian, or Limburgic, is a West Germanic language spoken in the Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg (Netherlands), L ...
**Proposed autonomous area: ***Political party: Party New Limburg *People Brabantines **Proposed autonomous area: ***Political party:
Brabant Party The Brabant Party (''Brabantse Partij'') is a provincial political party in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It has no parliamentary representation, but it is linked to the Independent Senate Group. Its main issues are family farmers' rights ...
*People Zeelanders **Proposed autonomous area: ***Political party:
Party for Zeeland The Party for Zeeland ( nl, Partij voor Zeeland; PvZ) is a political party in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subd ...


Poland

Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...
* People: Silesians ** Proposed autonomous area:
Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...
*** Political party:
Silesian Autonomy Movement The Silesian Autonomy Movement ( szl, Ruch Autōnōmije Ślōnska, pl, Ruch Autonomii Śląska, german: Bewegung für die Autonomie Schlesiens), abbreviated as RAŚ, is a movement officially declaring its support for the autonomy of Silesia as pa ...
Kashubia * People: Kashubians ** Proposed autonomous area: Kashubia *** Political party:
Kashubian Association The Kashubian Association ( csb, Kaszëbskô Jednota; pl, Wspólnota Kaszubska) is a Poland-based association for Kashubians with the aim of developing the national, civic and cultural awareness of Kashubians from around the world. In particular ...
Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
* Proposed autonomous area or state:
Free City of Danzig The Free City of Danzig (german: Freie Stadt Danzig; pl, Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; csb, Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a city-state under the protection of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gda ...
** Political organisation:
Free City of Danzig Government in Exile The Free City of Danzig Government in Exile (german: Regierung der Freien Stadt Danzig im Exil) or the Free State of Danzig, is a self-declared government in exile which claims sovereignty over the territory of the defunct Free City of Danzig, who ...


Portugal

Lusitania Lusitania (; ) was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and a portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and the province of Salamanca) lie. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusita ...
* People: Lusitanians ** Proposed autonomous area or state:
Lusitania
*** Political party:


Romania

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
and
Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...
* People:
Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...
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Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and  ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...
, Transylvanian Saxons ** Proposed autonomous area or state:
Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
or
Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...
*** Political organisations: Transilvania–Banat League *** Advocacy organisations: Liga Pro Europa, Provincia, Autonomy for Transylvania Székely-Hungarian National Guard, Democratic League of Transylvania (Liga Transilvania Democrată), League of Banat (Liga Bănățeană) Székely Land * People:
Székelys The Székelys (, Székely runes: 𐳥𐳋𐳓𐳉𐳗), also referred to as Szeklers,; ro, secui; german: Szekler; la, Siculi; sr, Секељи, Sekelji; sk, Sikuli are a Hungarian subgroup living mostly in the Székely Land in Romania. ...
** Proposed autonomous area: Székely Land *** Political organisations: Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, the demand for Hungarian autonomy has been part of their program since 1993. Hungarian Civic Party, they signed a settlement with the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania about cooperation and joint support for Hungarian autonomy. Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (PPMT), the party proposes the establishments of Transylvanian parliament and government and supports the case of Székely autonomy in Székely Land. It also advocates territorial autonomy for Partium. *** Advocacy organisations:
Szekler National Council The Szekler National Council ( hu, Székely Nemzeti Tanács, ; ro, Consiliul Național Secuiesc, ) is a NGO civic organization representing the Székelys of Romania. The organisation serves as a platform to promote Szekler autonomy. History The ...
Partium * People:
Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and  ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...
** Proposed autonomous area: Partium *** Advocacy organisations: Hungarian National Council of Transylvania


Russia

; ;Autonomist movements
Komi-Permyak Okrug Komi-Permyak Okrug (russian: Ко́ми-Пермя́цкий о́круг, ''Komi-Permyatsky okrug''; koi, Коми-Перем кытш, -, or PermyakiaEncyclopedia Encarta/ref> is a territory with special status within Perm Krai, Russia. Its adm ...
*People: Komi and
Komi-Permyaks The Komi ( kv, комияс, ' also ', also called Komi-Zyryans or Zyryans, are an indigenous Permian ethnic group whose homeland is in the northeast of European Russia around the basins of the Vychegda, Pechora and Kama rivers. They mostl ...
**Proposed federal subject: Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug ; Ural Federal District
Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...
*People:
Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...
**Proposed state:
Ural Republic The Ural Republic (russian: Уральская Республика) was an unrecognized subject of the Russian Federation that existed from July 1, 1993 to November 9, 1993 within the boundaries of Sverdlovsk Oblast region. It was formed as a re ...
**Geography:
Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...
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Chelyabinsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Oblast (russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the city ...
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Kurgan Oblast Kurgan Oblast (russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, ''Kurganskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. In June 2014, the population was estimated to be 874,100,Kurgan ...
, Perm Krai,
Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Oblast (russian: Оренбургская область, ''Orenburgskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name ''Chkalov Oblast'' () ...
***Advocacy groups:
Ural Democratic Foundation Ural may refer to: *Ural (region), in Russia and Kazakhstan *Ural Mountains, in Russia and Kazakhstan *Ural (river), in Russia and Kazakhstan *Ual (tool), a mortar tool used by the Bodo people of India *Ural Federal District, in Russia *Ural econo ...
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Free Ural Free may refer to: Concept * Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything * Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism * Emancipate, to procur ...
Volga Federal District Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District (russian: Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг, ''Privolzhsky federalny okrug'') is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. ...
Idel-Ural Idel-Ural ( tt-Cyrl, Идел-Урал, translit=Idel-Üral, russian: Идель-Урал), literally Volga-Ural, is a historical region in Eastern Europe, in what is today Russia. The name literally means ''Volga-Urals'' in the Tatar language. T ...
*People: Bashkirs, Chuvash, Erzya, Mari, Mokshas,
Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary
is an umbrella term for different
, Udmurts **Proposed state: Idel-Ural Republic ***Advocacy group: Free Idel-Ural. Tatarstan *People:
Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary
is an umbrella term for different
**Militant organisation: All-Tatar Public Center ***Advocacy groups: The Union of Tatar Youth,
Tatar Patriotic Front Altyn Urda The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary
is an umbrella term for different
, Tatar Social Center ***Government in exile: Tatar Government in Exile ***Organisation: Ittifaq Party **Proposed state: Tatarstan *People: Udmurts **Proposed state: ***Movement:
Congress of the Peoples of Udmurtia A congress is a formal meeting of the Representative democracy, representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political party, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle Eng ...
***Advocacy groups: Udmurt Kenesh, Udmurt National Centre,
Udmurt National Progress Udmurt may refer to: *Udmurt people, people who speak the Udmurt language *Udmurt language, a Finno-Ugric language *Udmurtia or the Udmurt Republic, a federal republic of Russia *Udmurt Autonomous Oblast The Udmurt Autonomous Oblast (russian: ...
, Odmort ***Political parties:
Udmurt Republican National Party Udmurt may refer to: *Udmurt people, people who speak the Udmurt language *Udmurt language, a Finno-Ugric language *Udmurtia or the Udmurt Republic, a federal republic of Russia *Udmurt Autonomous Oblast, an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union ...
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Udmurt National Progress Udmurt may refer to: *Udmurt people, people who speak the Udmurt language *Udmurt language, a Finno-Ugric language *Udmurtia or the Udmurt Republic, a federal republic of Russia *Udmurt Autonomous Oblast The Udmurt Autonomous Oblast (russian: ...
Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик ...
*People: Bashkir **Proposed state:
Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик ...
***Advocacy groups: Bashkort Public Organization, Bashkir Human Rights Movement, Council of Aksakals of Bashkortostan,
Bashkir Social Movement Bashkir may refer to: *Bashkirs, an ethnic group in Russia *Bashkir language, a Turkic language spoken by the Bashkirs *A citizen of Bashkortostan *The (American) Bashkir Curly or Curly Horse, a curly-coated American horse breed *The Bashkir horse, ...
***Political party:
The Heavenly Wolf ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
Chuvashia Chuvashia (russian: Чувашия; cv, Чӑваш Ен), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvasia,; cv, Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuv ...
*People: Chuvash **Proposed state:
Chuvashia Chuvashia (russian: Чувашия; cv, Чӑваш Ен), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvasia,; cv, Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuv ...
***Movements:
Chuvash National Movement The Chuvash National Movement ( cv, Чӑваш наци юмӑхӗ) was the movement of the Chuvash people for national emancipation and equality. Spontaneous elements of the Chuvash national movement (CNM) were manifested, starting from the 16t ...
, Chuvash Republican Youth ***Organisation: Chuvash Ireklekh Society of National-Cultural Rebirth ;Northwestern Federal District Arkhangelsk Oblast * People: Pomors **Proposed state: Pomors, Pomorye/Biarmia *People: Komi **Proposed state: ***Political organisations: Komi Republican Organization ***Advocacy movements: Komi Voityr, Finno-Ugric Peoples Consultative Committee ***Organisation: Komi People's Congress *People: Karelian people, Karelians, Vepsians,
Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...
, Finns, Pomors **Proposed state: Karelia ***Political organisation: Republican Movement of Karelia, Karelian Republican Movement ***Advocacy movements: Stop the Occupation of Karelia, Free Karelia, Karelian National Movement Kaliningrad Oblast * People: Russians, Russian,
Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...
, Poles, Lithuanians, Old Prussians, Old Prussian Descendants ** Proposed state: Kaliningrad Baltic Republic, Land of Amber (Yantarny Krai) *** Political organisations: Baltic Republican Party, Kaliningrad Public Movement Leningrad Oblast *People:
Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...
, Izhorians, Ingrian Finns, Ingrians, Votians, Votes **Proposed state: ***Advocacy movement: Free Ingria Astrakhan Oblast * People: Astrakhan Tatars, Kazakhs, Kalmyks, Nogais,
Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...
** Proposed state: Astrakhan Oblast, Astrakhan Republic, Nogais, Nogai Republic, Unification with Kalmykia *** Advocacy movements: Free Nogai El, Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress Kalmykia, Republic of Kalmykia *People: Kalmyk people, Kalmyks **Proposed state: Kalmykia ***Advocacy group: Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress Krasnodar Krai *People: Kuban Cossacks **Proposed state: Kuban ***Advocacy movements: Klin-Yar (movement), Klin-Yar, Kuban Cossack Host, ***Political parties: Lapin Rostov Oblast, Rostov oblast *People: Don Cossacks **Proposed state: Don Republic Stavropol Krai * People: Terek Cossacks, Terek Cossaks **Proposed state: Terek Cossacks, Terek Cossak State * People: Crimean Tatars ** Proposed: autonomy within unitary *** Political organisations: Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People ;North Caucasian Federal District Abazinia *People: Abazins **Proposed state: Abazinia **Geograpgy: Abazinia, including all ethnic Abazin parts and/or districts of Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai and Kabardino-Balkaria or solely the rural locality of Psyzh ***Advocacy groups: Abaza Adkilra, Abaza Yurdu, Abzanhara, Unity (Adgylara) *** Organisation: World Congress of Abkhaz-Abazin People *People: Chechens ** Proposed state: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (government in exile) (Ukraine's recognition of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Proposed to be recognized by UN member: Ukraine) *** Militant organisation: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Chechen separatists ***Political parties: Vainakh Democratic Party, Party of National Independence, All-National Congress of the Chechen People Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus * People: Peoples of the Caucasus ** Proposed state: Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus ** Geography: North Caucasian Federal District (excluding Stavropol Krai), Adygea, Adyghea, Abkhazia and South Ossetia *** Militant organisation: Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Circassia *People: Circassians, Cherkesogai **Proposed state: Circassia **Geography: Circassia, including all regions historically included in Circassia and/or inhabited by Circassians (note: this includes Adygea as well as north Kabardino-Balkaria, north Karachay–Cherkessia, south-east Krasnodar Krai, and south Stavropol Krai). ***Movement: Circassian Congress; Circassian Youth Initiative; Adyge Djegi; Adyghe Khase; International Circassian Association (member of UNPO) Dagestan * People: Peoples of Dagestan ** Proposed state: Dagestan Ingushetia * People: Ingush people, Ingush ** Proposed state: Ingushetia Lezgistan *People: Lezgins **Proposed state: Lezgistan **Geography: Lezgistan, including all ethnic Lezgin parts and/or districts of Dagestan ***Movement: Lezgin Movement of Caucasian Albania ***Advocacy movement: Lezgin National Center ***Political party: Lezgin Patriotic Union, Sadval movement ***Organisation: Federal Lezgin National Cultural Autonomy (member of UNPO) North Ossetia–Alania, North Ossetia-Alania * People:
Ossetians The Ossetians or Ossetes (, ; os, ир, ирæттæ / дигорӕ, дигорӕнттӕ, translit= ir, irættæ / digoræ, digorænttæ, label=Ossetic) are an Iranian ethnic group who are indigenous to Ossetia, a region situated across the no ...
** Proposed state: Ossetia and/or unification with South Ossetia and risk Georgian–Ossetian conflict, tensions/war with Georgia (country), Georgia to which the breakaway region is Occupied territories of Georgia, recognized as part of.


Serbia

Image Note: Republic of Vojvodina within federalized Serbia, proposed by the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina in 1999 – the map also includes an autonomous Sandžak, Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, Kosovo and the metropolitan area of Belgrade as a distinctive administrative unit as well ;Autonomist movements Vojvodina * Proposals for Hungarian Regional Autonomy in the northern part of Vojvodina: ** People: Hungarians in Serbia, Hungarians of Vojvodina ** Political parties: Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians, Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians. Sandžak * People: Bosniaks of Serbia ** Proposed autonomous province: Sandžak ** Advocacy groups (autonomist): Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak, Islamic Community in Serbia ;Breakaway state * People: Albanians in Kosovo * Proposed: Republic of Kosovo, unification with ** ''De facto'' state: Kosovo, Republic of Kosovo (International recognition of Kosovo, recognised by 50% of UN member states) *** Political organisation: Government of Kosovo *** Movement: Albanian nationalism in Kosovo


Slovakia

;Autonomist movements Southern Slovakia: * People: Hungarians in Slovakia, Hungarians ** Proposed autonomous area: Territorial autonomy for the compact Hungarian ethnic block and cultural autonomy for the regions of Hungarian presence, or unification with *** Political parties (autonomist): Party of the Hungarian Community, In 2010, the party renewed their demand for autonomy.


Spain

;Secessionist movements * People: Andalusian people, Andalusian ** Proposed state: Andalusia *** Political parties (nationalist): Bloque Andaluz de Izquierdas *** Political parties (secessionist): Nación Andaluza, Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores * People: Aragonese people, Aragonese ** Proposed state *** Socialist: Regional Defence Council of Aragon, Aragon *** Federalist: Aragon **** Political party (nationalist): Aragonese Council, Chunta Aragonesista **** Political party (secessionist): Puyalón de Cuchas, **** Trade union
Sindicato Obrero Aragonés
(SOA) * People: Asturian people, Asturians ** Proposed state: Asturias *** Political parties (autonomist): Partíu Asturianista, Asturian Renewal Union, Unión Renovadora Asturiana *** Political parties (nationalist): Unidá, Compromisu por Asturies *** Political parties (secessionist): Andecha Astur *** Youth movements: Darréu *** Trade unions: Corriente Sindical d'Izquierda Basque Country (autonomous community) * People: Basque people, Basques ** Proposed state: Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country (greater region) – ''Euskal Herria'' *** Political parties: Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea (Basque Nationalist Party) (member of the European Democratic Party), Eusko Alkartasuna (EFA member), Bildu, Eusko Abertzale Ekintza (Basque Nationalist Action) *** Trade union:
Euskal Langileen Alkartasuna Basque Workers' Solidarity (in Basque: ''Eusko Langileen Alkartasuna'' (ELA), in Spanish: ''Solidaridad de Trabajadores Vascos'' (STV)) is the most influential trade union in Basque Country, having been created, as ''Solidaridad de Obreros Vascos ...
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Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak (, Basque for "Nationalist Workers' Committees") is a Basque left-wing nationalist and separatist trade union operating mainly in Spain currently led by Garbiñe Aranburu. It was created in 1974 by Jon Idigoras among others. They are part of ...
*** Youth advocacy groups: Euzko Gaztedi, EGI,
Gazte Abertzaleak Young Patriots (in Basque: ''Gazte Abertzaleak (GA)'') is since 1988 the youth wing of the Basque political party Eusko Alkartasuna (EA). Gazte Abertzaleak is a founding member of the EFAY (Youth branch of the European Free Alliance). Gazte Abe ...
, Haika] (''illegalised'') Segi, Ikasle Abertzaleak Castile (historical region), Castile * People Castilian people, Castilians ** Proposed state: Castile (historical region), Castile *** Political parties (autonomist): Castilian Party *** Political parties (secessionist): Izquierda Castellana *** Youth movements: Yesca * People: Canarian people, Canarians ** Proposed state: Canary Islands, Republic of the Canary Islands *** Political parties (autonomist): Coalición Canaria, Partido Nacionalista Canario, Centro Canario Nacionalista, Nueva Canarias *** Political parties (secessionist): FREPIC-AWAÑAK, Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria, Alternativa Popular Canaria, Unidad del Pueblo ***Trade union: Intersindical Canaria *** Youth movement: Azarug * People: Catalan people, Catalans ** Proposal state: Catalan Republic (2017), Catalan Republic – Països Catalans, Catalan Countries (i.e. including other Catalan-speaking areas) *** Political parties (independentist): Republican Left of Catalonia (33/135), Together for Catalonia (2020), Together for Catalonia (32/135), Popular Unity Candidacy (9/135), supported by other small parties and civil organisations Corròp *** Political parties (autonomist): Catalunya en Comú–Podem (8/135) *** Civil organisations: Assemblea Nacional Catalana, Òmnium Cultural, Association of Municipalities for Independence, Procés Constituent, Catalunya Acció, Sobirania i Progrés, Committees for the Defense of the Republic, Negres Tempestes (organization), Negres Tempestes *** Trade unions: Intersindical-CSC, Coordinadora Obrera Sindical *** Youth advocacy groups: Arran (organization), Arran, La Forja, Jovent Republicà, ''Joves d'Esquerra Verda'', Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya, Communist Youth of Catalonia, Joventut Comunista de Catalunya Galicia (Spain), Galicia * People: Galician people, Galicians ** Proposed state: Galiza, or unification with *** Political party: Galician Nationalist Bloc (Galician Nationalist Bloc) (souveranist) (EFA member), Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood (independentist, includes the Galician Popular Front), Compromiso por Galicia (centrist federalist), Terra Galega (Centrist autonomist), Galician Coalition (Centrist nationalist Party) *** Unions: Confederación Intersindical Galega (CIG) and Central Unitaria de Traballadores (CUT) *** Youth advocacy groups: Galiza Nova, Xeira, BRIGA and Erguer-Estudantes da Galiza (students) *** Militant organisation: Resistência Galega * People: Navarran or Navarrese (a subgroup of Basque people) ** Proposed states: unification with the – '' Euskal Herria'' *** Political parties: Geroa Bai, Bildu, Basque Nationalist Action, Batasuna *** Militant organisations: ETA (separatist group), ETA (''Euskadi Ta Askatasuna'') (ceasefire since 2011) Valencian Community, Valencia * People: Valencian people, Valencians – Catalan people, Catalanics (those with Catalan ancestry) ** Proposed state: Valencian Country or unification with Catalan Countries *** Political parties: Valencian Nationalist Bloc, Initiative of the Valencian People, Popular Unity Candidates, Republican Left of the Valencian Country, Valencian State, Valencian Nationalist Left, Valencian Left *** Advocacy groups: Pro-Catalan Valencianists (who defend Pan-Catalanism and Fusterianism, Fuster's theories) propose the creation of a Valencian State and some type of reconnection with the rest of Catalan-speaking areas. Only a minor tendency within anti-Catalan Valencianism (Blaverism) proposed independence of the Kingdom of Valencia from both Catalonia and Spain. *** Youth advocacy groups: Arran (organization), Arran ;Autonomist movements Cartagena, Spain, Cartagena * Proposed: extended autonomy for Cartagena, Spain, Cartagena within Murcia ** Political party: Movimiento Ciudadano de Cartagena León (historical region), León * People: Leonese people, Leonese ** Proposed autonomous area: León (historical region), Leonese region *** Political parties: Leonese People's Union, Unión del Pueblo Leonés UPL *** Youth movements: RUCHAR Mocedá Llionesa Val d'Aran, Aran Valley * People: Aranese (a subset of Gascon Occitans) ** Proposed autonomous area: Val d'Aran, Aran Valley – within or unification with *** Political parties: Aranese Democratic Convergence, Convergència Democràtica Aranesa, Unitat d'Aran, Partit Renovador d'Arties-Garòs, Occitan Republican Left, Esquèrra Republicana Occitana,
Partit de la Nacion Occitana The Partit Nacionalista Occitan, more simply, "PNO" (in English: ''Occitan Nationalist Party'') is a political party of Occitania, founded in 1959 by François Fontan (1929–1979). The current name is "Partit de la Nacion Occitana" (in Englis ...
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Partit Occitan The Occitan Party ( oc, Partit Occitan) is a regionalist political party in France. Its aims include greater autonomy for the Occitania region of southern France. The Occitan Party was formed in Toulouse in 1987 through the union of different Occ ...
, Aran Amassa, Corròp


Sweden

Skåneland, Scania * Ethnocultural people: Scania, Scanians ** Proposed state: Skåneland, Scania *** Political party: Scania Party


Switzerland

File:Les districts jurassiens.png, The seven Jura districts in Switzerland File:Map Languages CH.png, The French-speaking part of Switzerland is shown in green on this map ;Autonomist movements Jura region * People: Jurassien (French-speaking) ** Proposed autonomous area: unification of the three districts of Bernese Jura and the Laufen District with the Canton of Jura *** Militant organisations: Mouvement Autonomiste Jurassien (Jurassian Autonomist Movement), Groupe Bélier (Youth activists movement) Romandy * People: Romands (French-speaking Swiss people, Swiss) ** Proposed autonomous area: Romandy *** Movements: Ticino * People: Ticinese dialect, Ticinese (Italian/Lombard-speaking Swiss people, Swiss) ** Proposed autonomous area: unification of the Moesa Region with Ticino and stronger bonds with Lombardy (historical region), Lombardy *** Political parties: Lega Sud Ticino


Ukraine

and * People: Russians in Ukraine ** ''De facto'' entity: and within the *** Political organisation: State Council of Crimea, Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol * People: Crimean Tatars ** Proposed: autonomy or independence within unitary *** Political organisations: Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People , * People: Russians in Ukraine ** ''De facto'' entity: , (Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, illegaly annexed by russia) *** Political organisations: People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic, People's Council of the Luhansk People's Republic *** paramilitary organisation: Russian people's militias in Ukraine Odessa People's Republic * Proposed: unification with / * Political organisations: Volodymyr Saldo Bloc, Derzhava (Ukrainian party), Derzhava, Opposition Bloc * Military organisation: Russian Ground Forces Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast, Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast, Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast, Russian-occupied Kharkiv Oblast * People: Collaboration with Russia during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Local Collaborators, Russian Ground Forces ** ''De facto'' states:
Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast, Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast,
Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast, Russian-occupied Kharkiv Oblast *** Proposed: unification with *** Political organisations: Volodymyr Saldo Bloc, Derzhava (Ukrainian party), Derzhava, Opposition Bloc *** Military organisation: Russian Ground Forces Carpathian Ruthenia * People: Russians in Ukraine, Hungarians in Ukraine, Rusyns ** Proposed: autonomy or independence within unitary or unification with ** Political organisations: "Subcarpathian republican party", "Volodymyr Saldo Bloc", Derzhava (Ukrainian party), "Derzhava", "World Congress of Rusyns", "Opposition Bloc","Russkiy dom", "Subcarpathian Ruthenia movement" "Russkiy Mir Foundation", "Association of Zakarpattia democrats", and other pro-Russian organizations. Rusyns#Autonomist and separatist movements, "Rusyn separatist movement" led by the Orthodox priest Dimitry Sydor (now Archbishop of Uzhorod, in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate))


United Kingdom

;Major movements * People: English people, English ** Proposed state: *** Political parties: English DemocratsEnglish Democrats seek independence for England
BBC News. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
Northern Ireland * People: Irish People, Irish, People of Northern Ireland, Northern Irish (Nationalists) ** Proposed state: Re-unification with *** Political parties: Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Éirígí, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Aontú, People Before Profit, Communist Party of Ireland, Irish Republican Socialist Party, Republican Network for Unity, Socialist Workers Network, Workers Party of Ireland *** Militant organisations: Real Irish Republican Army, RIRA, Continuity Irish Republican Army, CIRA * People: Scottish people, Scots ** Proposed state: *** Political parties: Scottish National Party (EFA member), Scottish Greens, Scottish Socialist Party, Action for Independence, Alba Party, Alba, Restore Scotland, Red Party of Scotland, Scotland's Independence Referendum Party, Solidarity (Scotland), Solidarity, Scotia Future, Independence for Scotland Party, Scottish Libertarian Party, Scottish Democratic Alliance, Siol nan Gaidheal *** Advocacy groups: Scottish Independence Convention (Common Weal, People's Voice (Scottish pro-independence group), People's Voice, Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Scottish CND, Voices for Scotland, Voice for Scotland, Women for Independence), Yes Scotland, Labour for Independence, Scottish Liberals for Independence * People: Welsh people, Welsh ** Proposed state: *** Political parties: Gwlad, Plaid Cymru, Propel (political party), Propel, Plaid Glyndŵr *** Advocacy groups: YesCymru ;Minor movements * People: Cornish people, Cornish ** Proposed state: *** Political parties: Mebyon Kernow Cornish Nationalist Party * People: Demography of London, Londoners ** Proposed state: *** Political parties
Londependence Party
Midlands * People: Midlands, Midlanders ** Proposed state: Mercia *** Advocacy groups: Acting Witan of Mercia, Sovereign Mercia Northern England * Proposed state: Northern England, under the name of Northumbria ** Political Parties: Northern Independence Party ;Autonomist movements Canvey Island * People: Canvey Islanders ** Proposed autonomous area: Canvey Island *** Political Parties: Canvey Island Independent Party * People: English people, English ** Proposed autonomous area: *** Political parties: English Democrats,Northern Independence Party: the new campaign for an independent North of England explained
BBC News. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
United Kingdom Independence Party, UKIP *** Advocacy groups: Campaign for an English Parliament * People: Scottish people, Scots ** Proposed autonomous area: *** Political parties: Scottish National Party (EFA member) * People: Welsh people, Welsh ** Proposed autonomous area: *** Political parties: Plaid Cymru (possibly including the Isles of Scilly) * People: Cornish people, Cornish ** Proposed autonomous area: *** Political parties: Green Party of England and Wales, Mebyon Kernow (EFA member), Cornish Nationalist Party, Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats *** Advocacy groups: Cornish Constitutional Convention, Cornwall 2000, Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament, Wessex Constitutional Convention * People: People of Shetland ** Proposed autonomous area: *** Advocacy group: Wir Shetland * People: People of Yorkshire ** Proposed autonomous area: *** Political parties: Yorkshire Party *** Advocacy group: Yorkshire Devolution Movement North East England * People: People of North East England ** Proposed autonomous area: North East England *** Political parties: North East Party * Ethnic group: People of Wessex ** Proposed: autonomy for Wessex *** Political party: Wessex Regionalists *** Advocacy group: Wessex Constitutional Convention ;Independence movements of dependent territories * People: Manx people, Manx * Proposed State: ** Political party: Mec Vannin ** Advocacy group: ;Autonomist movements of dependent territories * People: Vaques * Proposed State: **Advocacy group: States of Alderney


See also

* Lists of active separatist movements * List of historical separatist movements * Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization * List of micro-regional organizations * List of states with limited recognition * Independence referendum


References


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