L'ETA et le Pays basque
French Listening Comprehension
Transcript and Translation
Here is the transcript and translation of the discussion about ETA, the Basque separatist movement, which you can read before, while, or after listening to the audio file.
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Champs-Élysées, enquête. |
Champs-Élysées, investigation. |
| Depuis près de trente ans, la France et l'Espagne ont un ennemi commun : le terrorisme basque, et plus particulièrement l'organisation séparatiste ETA. L'ETA réclame l'indépendance du Pays basque, région à cheval sur la frontière franco-espagnole. Mais ses méthodes sont très critiquées par la majorité des Basques. On reproche à l'ETA plusieurs centaines d'assassinats depuis sa création, en 1959. | For nearly thirty years, France and Spain have had a common enemy: Basque terrorism, in particular the separatist organization ETA. The ETA demands independence for the Basque Country, a region which straddles the border between France and Spain. But the majority of Basques are very critical of its methods. They charge the ETA with several hundred assassinations since its creation in 1959. |
| Enquête pour Champs-Élysées, Nicolas Albrand. | Investigation for Champs-Élysées, Nicolas Albrand. |
| L'organisation séparatiste basque ETA a vu le jour il y a presque quarante-cinq ans. D'emblée, elle affiche comme principale revendication l'indépendance du Pays basque. Dès le début, en 1959, l'ETA se veut clandestine, révolutionnaire et violente : premier attentat à la bombe en 1960 ; choix du terrorisme comme moyen d'action en 1964. Dès lors, la lutte interne est farouche entre partisans et opposants à la lutte armée. | The Basque separatist organization ETA was created nearly forty-five years ago. Right away, it announced that the independence of Basque Country was its primary demand. Since the beginning, in 1959, ETA has aimed to be clandestine, revolutionary, and violent: first bomb attack in 1960; choice of terrorism as standard operating procedure in 1964. Since then, the internal struggle has been fierce between supporters and opponents of the armed fight. |
| Si les actions de l'ETA se concentrent essentiellement au Pays basque espagnol, la France est également impliquée dans l'histoire de cette organisation. Car depuis longtemps, le territoire français a fait office de base arrière du terrorisme basque. Des militants sont toujours détenus en France et, régulièrement, certains d'entre eux sont jugés par les magistrats français. | Though the ETA's actions are concentrated mainly in the Spanish Basque Country, France is also involved in this organization's history because, for a long time, French territory has served as a staging ground for Basque terrorism. Militants are always detained in France and, regularly, some of them are tried by French judges. |
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