ETA ceasefire

About 35 years (Franco) too late, and though welcome, it's highly unlikely that anything significant will happen in the Basque Country resulting from this. This is at least the third "permanent" ceasefire over the years, with bombings putting paid to the last attempt of negotiations. It's unlikely Madrid will respond unless decommissioning occurs, and even then, the Basque people themselves seem to have turned against independence for now, electing a Socialist (unionist) Prime Minister last year.

Another possible scenario is the splintering of ETA.

The more hardline faction could rebrand themselves as the Provisional ETA, or PETA for short.
They could then begin a new paramilitary campaign to end bullfighting! ;)

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Originally Posted by culloty82

About 35 years (Franco) too late, and though welcome, it's highly unlikely that anything significant will happen in the Basque Country resulting from this. This is at least the third "permanent" ceasefire over the years, with bombings putting paid to the last attempt of negotiations. It's unlikely Madrid will respond unless decommissioning occurs, and even then, the Basque people themselves seem to have turned against independence for now, electing a Socialist (unionist) Prime Minister last year.

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Not so. The way the parliament is designed is to work against the nationalists. I know quite a few basque people over here and all of them do not want to be part of spain.