List of active separatist movements in Europe
Separatism often refers to full political secession,[1][2][3] though separatist movements may seek nothing more than greater autonomy or to be recognised as a national minority.
In 2024, Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania, announced plans to create an independent European microstate enclaved within Tirana to serve as a headquarters for the Bektashi Order with Baba Mondi as the head of state.
[5] Territory of the short-lived Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic Flanders Wallonia Flanders or Flemish Community (the latter includes Brussels-Capital Region) Wallonia or French Community of Belgium (the latter includes Brussels-Capital Region) Republika Srpska Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia Istria County[21] The northeastern 1/3 territory of island of Cyprus Moravia Faroe Islands Minor Movements Bornholm Åland French Basque Country/ Pyrénées-Atlantiques Historic Brittany, comprising Brittany (administrative region) and Loire-Atlantique Corsica French Flanders Provence Northern Catalonia/Pyrénées-Orientales Savoy Etat Pied-Noir Limousin[57][58] Alsace Normandy Savoy Occitania Franche Comté Alpes-Maritimes[73] Picardy Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia Territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast Javakheti Bavaria Saxony Lusatia East Frisia Franconia Romani Friuli-Venezia Giulia Lombardy
Romagna Samogitia Gozo Transnistria Gagauzia Sandzak Frisia Silesia Kashubia and Pomerania Masuria Greater Poland
Azores[165] Transylvania and Banat[167] Székely Land Partium Secessionist movements: Adygea[185] Arkhangelsk Oblast[186] Bashkortostan Chechnya Dagestan Ingushetia Kaliningrad Oblast[192] Republic of Kalmykia Republic of Karelia[195] Krasnodar Krai[186] Leningrad Oblast[198] Mari El[201][202] Mordovia[202] North Caucasian Federal District Tatarstan[198] Rostov Oblast Udmurtia[202] Volga Federal District Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic (Annexed by Russia in 2022) Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast, Russian-occupied Kharkiv Oblast,[211][212][213] Kosovo Vojvodina Sandžak Preševo Valley Southern Slovakia: Basque Country (autonomous community) and Navarre Catalonia[226] Galicia[227] Valencia Aragon[230] Balearic Islands[231] Andalusia[232] Asturias[233] Cartagena León Province of Granada[235] Scania Jura region Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast, Russian-occupied Kharkiv Oblast[239] Carpathian Ruthenia[241][242][243][244] England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Cornwall[271] Northern England Midlands London Fife Canvey Island Cynon Valley[dubious – discuss] Gwynedd Isle of Wight Shetland Yorkshire North East England Wessex Orkney Islands Gibraltar Isle of Man[308]
