The Lehendakari calls in Quebec for the recognition of the Basque Country as a nation and take Quebec-Canada as a model During his visit to the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations (CORIM),  Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu, the Basque Premier, called for the recognition of the Basque Country as a nation within the Spanish State and the EU. Speaking of an audience of fifty or so economic, political and institutional representatives from Quebec, the Lehendakari explained that an intense debate is ongoing in the Spanish State and in Europe about how the stateless nations fit in the European framework. He therefore said he was convinced that the European Union would sooner or later have to address a "Clarity Directive" in response to the aspirations of the different nations that make it up.