List of active autonomist movements in Europe

This is a list of currently active automomist movements in Europe. Separatism often refers to territorial autonomy.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan districts claimed by Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic

Territory of the short-lived Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic

• People: Talysh people
  • Proposed: Talysh province with regional administration within the borders of Azerbaijan ^[1] or independence ^[2] or unification with Caspia.
    • Political organisation: Talysh National Movement
    • Government in exile: Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic ^[3]

Belgium

Flanders

• People: Flemish
  • Autonomous area: Flanders ^[4]
    • Movements: Flemish Movement

Wallonia

• People: Walloons
  • Autonomous area: Wallonia ^[5]
    • Movements: Walloon Movement

Brussels-Capital Region ^{[6] [7]}

• Peoples: Walloons, Flemish and Brusselaars
  • Proposed: making Brussels-Capital Region its own region
  • Political party: DéFI

Bosnia and Herzegowina

Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia

Main article: Croat entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• People: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Proposed state: Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, as a refounded third entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina ^[8]
    • Political organisation: Croatian National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina ^[9]
    • Political parties: Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Democratic Union 1990, Croatian Christian Democratic Union

Bulgaria

Blagoevgrad Province ^[10]

• Proposed: autonomy for Pirin Macedonia
  • Advocacy group: United Macedonian Organization Ilinden–Pirin

Croatia

The Istria County in Croatia.

Istria County ^[11]

Main article: Istrian identity

• People: Istrians (Croats, Istrian Italians, Istro-Romanians, and Istriot-speakers)
  • Proposed: Autonomy for Istria within Croatia ^[12]
    • Political party: Istrian Democratic Assembly (factions, not officially) ^{[13] [14]}

Dalmatia

Dalmatia ^[15]

• Ethnic group: Croats of Dalmatia
  • Proposed: autonomy for Dalmatia
    • Political Party: Dalmatian Action (2021)

Czechia

Moravia

• Proposition: Greater autonomy for Moravia
  • People: Moravians
  • Political party: Moravané, ^{[16] [17] [18]} Moravian Land Movement

Liberec Region

• Proposition: autonomy for Liberec Region
  • People: Czechs
  • Political party: Mayors for the Liberec Region ^[19]

France

Alsace

Main article: Alsace independence movement

• People: Alsatians (Allemanics)
  • Proposed autonomous area: Alsace ^{[20] [21] [22]}
    • Political parties: Elsass Zuerst, Alsatian Alternative, Nationalforum Elsass-Lothringen  ( fr ), Unser Land (EFA member)

Normandy

Location of Normandy

• People: Normans
  • Proposed autonomous area: Normandy
    • Political party: Mouvement Normand ^{[23] [24] [25]}

Savoy

• People: Savoyans
  • Proposed autonomous area: Savoy ^{[26] [27] [28]}
    • Political party: Movement Règion Savouè (EFA member)

Occitania

• People: Occitans
  • Proposed autonomous area: Occitania
    • Political parties: Partit Occitan ^[29] (EFA member), Occitan Nationalist Party, ^[30] Bastir Occitània, ^[31] Assemblada Occitana, ^{[32] [33]} Libertat

Location of Franché-Comte

Franche Comté

Further information (in French): Nationalisme franc-comtois  ^{( fr )}

• Proposed autonomous area: Franche Comté ^{[34] [35]}
  • Political party: Mouvement Franche-Comté  ( fr ), Yes Franche-Comté
    • militant organization: Franche-Comtât Abada!

Alpes-Maritimes ^[36]

Further information (in French): Nationalisme niçois  ^{( Fr )}

• Proposed: reestablishment of the County of Nice
  • Political party: Ligue pour la restauration des libertés niçoises, ^[37] Parti niçois

Lorraine

Further information (in French): Lotharingisme  ^{( Fr )}

• Ethnic group: Lorrainians
  • Proposed: autonomy for Lorraine
  • Political party: Parti Lorrain ^[38]

Germany

Bavaria

Main article: Bavarian nationalism

• People: Bavarians, Franconians, Swabians
  • Proposed state or autonomous area: Free State of Bavaria
    • Political party: Bavaria Party (EFA member) ^{[39] [40] [41]}

Franconia

• Proposed autonomous region: Franconia ^[42]
  • Political party: Party for Franconia ^[43]

Italy

Romagna (shown in green) in the Emilia-Romagna region

Romagna

Romagna

• Ethnic group: Romagnol people ^[44]
  • Proposal: divide of Romagna from Emilia-Romagna
  • Political party: Movement for the Autonomy of Romagna, Lega Romagna

Trentino ^[45]

• Ethnic group: Ladins
  • Proposed: creation of a province of Ladinia

Lithuania

Samogitia

• Ethnic group: Samogitians
  • Proposed autonomous region: Samogitia ^[46]
    • Political party: Samogitian Party, Dawn of Nemunas

North Macedonia

Ilirida

• Ethnic group: Albanians
  • Proposed: autonomy for Ilirida
  • Advocacy group: Ilirida movement ^[47]

Poland

Silesia

• People: Silesians
  • Proposed autonomous area: Silesia
    • Political party: Silesian Autonomy Movement, ^[48] First Self-Governance League, Silesian Regional Party, Silesians Together

Romania

Partium

• People: Hungarians
  • Proposed autonomous area: Partium or unification with Hungary
    • Advocacy organisations: Hungarian National Council of Transylvania ^[49]

Switzerland

Main article: Languages of Switzerland

The seven Jura districts in Switzerland

The French-speaking part of Switzerland is shown in green on this map

Autonomist movements

Jura region

See also: Jura separatism

• 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), ^[50] Groupe Bélier (Youth activists movement) ^[51]

Ticino ^{[52] [53]}

• Ethnic group: Swiss Italians
  • Proposed: extended autonomy for Ticino
    • Political party: Ticino League

United Kingdom

Wales

See also: Welsh nationalism and Welsh independence

• People: Welsh
  • Proposed state or autonomous region: Wales
    • Political parties: Gwlad, Plaid Cymru, Propel, Plaid Glyndŵr, Wales Green Party, Independent Alliance for Reform
    • Advocacy groups: YesCymru

Canvey Island

• People: Canvey Islanders
  • Proposed autonomous area: Canvey Island
    • Political Parties: Canvey Island Independent Party ^{[54] [55] [56]}

Northern Ireland

See also: Irish nationalism, Irish republicanism, United Ireland, Ulster Independence Movement, The Troubles, and Dissident Irish Republican campaign

• People: Irish, Northern Irish (Nationalists)
  • Proposed state: Re-unification with Ireland or independence ^{[57] [58]}
    • Political parties: Sinn Féin, ^[59] Fianna Fáil, Éirígí, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Aontú, ^{[60] [61]} People Before Profit, Communist Party of Ireland, Irish Republican Socialist Party, Republican Network for Unity, Socialist Workers Network, Workers' Party of Ireland
    • Militant organisations: RIRA, CIRA ^[62]

Shetland

• People: People of Shetland
  • Proposed autonomous area: Shetland
    • Advocacy group: Wir Shetland
    • Political Parties: Shetland Movement, Orkney and Shetland Movement, Scottish Green Party ^[63]

Wessex ^[64]

• People: People of Wessex
  • Proposed: autonomy for Wessex
    • Political party: Wessex Regionalists
    • Advocacy group: Wessex Constitutional Convention ^{[65] [66] [67] [68]}

Orkney Islands

• People: Orkney islanders
  • Proposed: Autonomy within the United Kingdom ^[69] or self governance under Norway ^{[70] [71]}
    • Advocacy group: Orkney Council
    • Political Parties: Orkney and Shetland Movement

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