1.   The people of the Basque country take great pride in their local cuisine.

2.   And since, for the Euroelection, Spain is one big constituency, it needs support beyond the Basque country.

3.   Basque country is not Bosnia.

4.   Bearn is in Basque country, but, Delgado wrote, the Domecqs were not Basques.

5.   Biarritz may be in France but I realized it is also emphatically Basque country.

6.   A Basque joining the royal family will also help to smooth relationships with the Basque country, which like Catalonia, is always demanding more autonomous political power.

7.   According to the Spanish constitution, even a referendum on self-determination in Basque country remains strictly against the law.

8.   But in the Basque country, his rule was much harsher.

9.   But here in France, in what Basques call the northern Basque country, autonomy is a distant dream.

10.   But outside the Basque country, it is hard to find anyone in Spain who believes the painting should be allowed to go to the place that inspired it.