ve ETA members to be as low as 200.The changing political landscape has also diminished ETA's support. While the current administration's position toward ETA nearly mirrors the stance taken by former Prime Minister Jos?? Maria Aznar and his Popular Party, the improved relationship between Madrid and Spain's autonomous regions has further weakened the terrorist group.While both Aznar and Zapatero declared unacceptable the centerright Basque Nationalist Party's 2003 Ibarretxe Plan, which would grant the Basque territories greater autonomy, the fact that a mainstream party would adopt goals once embraced solely by radicals has simply made ETA less relevant. We know that legitimate Basque nationalism is stronger, and that it wants more strength, which it won't get by associating with ETA, says Mr. Avil??s.It is the public's growing intolerance for ETA's violence, however, that has most contributed to the group's decline. As memory has faded of the time when ETA's tactics were among the few means to resist Franco, the
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