For several years, Internet users Breton reflected in the creation of an Internet extension specific to Britain. The. Bzh seemed self-evident. Indeed, the acronym BZH (the term Breizh, Bretagne "in Breton) was obvious. But how?
Thus, the idea of an Internet extension. Bzh was actually launched in 2004 by Christian Menard, MP Finistère. When creating the. Cat, the Internet extension to the Catalan linguistic and cultural community (Catalan Countries) became effective in 2006, the prospect of. Bzh approached. An online petition, initiated by Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez Geobreizh.com via the website, has created a first mobilization (over 10 000 signatures in a few months) and encouraged several communities to pass a resolution Brittany for this project. The General Council of Ille et Vilaine (14 April 2006), the Regional Council of Britain (June 14, 2006), the General Council of Finistère (June 15, 2006) have unanimously supported the idea of creating extension. bzh.
In 2007, the Regional Council of Britain told the British Association Foresight care to make a feasibility study and initiate the mobilization around the project. Led by a steering committee involving all actors in the initiative. Bzh, this study finally led in 2008 on building a structure for supporting the candidacy of Brittany: the association www.bzh.
The association is responsible www.bzh constitute the application, gather the necessary funds to ensure its submission and promotion. Bzh breton community. The association has received in December 2008 the financial support of the Regional Council of Brittany. The online petition has so far received more than 19,000 signatories.
