... trying to colonise the Basques, in 1895, he founded the Basque Nationalist Party. Today, the organisation ETA whose ideology was a combination of Basque nationalism and Marxism, share the same view and argue the Basque region needs independence from Spain. Ever since the transition to democracy in Spain, the claim of a percentage of the Basque population for greater autonomy has been heard in national and regional parliamentary debates and, of course, in the acts of terrorism carried out by the Basque terrorist group ETA. "...many Basques today feel no identity with either Spain or France, and want independence or something close to it" (Woodworth, 2007) Basque society and politics are divided by strong socio-politic lines. There are four evident dividing lines, and the "axis" in which they are based: The national axis which consists of the Nationalist and Stateliest sides, the map axis which consists of the French and Spanish border, ...

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