Alsace independence movement

Alsace autonomist movement

Mouvement autonomiste alsacien
Rot un Wiss, the original flag of Alsace, with origins in the red and white banner of Gérard d'Alsace, Duke of Lorraine in the 11th century.
Type	Independence movement Regionalism (politics)
Purpose	Greater autonomy
Region served	Alsace
Methods	Protests Party politics
Affiliations	Alsace d'abord Unser Land
Slogan	Elsass frei

Alsace autonomist movement (French: Mouvement autonomiste alsacien) or (German: Elsässer autonome Bewegung) is a cultural, ideological and political regionalist movement for greater autonomy or outright independence of Alsace.

Purposes generally include opposition to centralist territorial, political and legal pretentions of either France ("Jacobin policies"), including the new French region Grand Est since 1 January 2016, and Pan-Germanism of Germany; or both. It instead generally favours regional decentralization including political and fiscal autonomy for Alsace, promoting the defense of its culture, history, traditions, and bilingualism of the Alsatian language. A slogan that has sometimes occurred in protests in the 21st century is "Elsass frei" (Alsatian: "Alsace free").

Several mass protests have taken place in public places around Alsace in opposition to the French region of Grand Est, with ratification on 1 January 2016. In addition, several Alsatian organisations and political parties have been formed to promote the cause, notably Alsace d'abord and Unser Land.