Urkull stressed that “ETA never should have existed.  It emerged invoking the Basque cause and freedom. But crime is always crime, even if it is dressed up in idealistic calls for justice".

The Basque national leader also pointed out that “the end of a process of violence is not the time for memory to fail us. It is the time for recalling and also for reconciliation. And with this in sight, we are going to need your help. The help of the European institutions. The help of a Basque PEACE plan to help to consolidate peace and reconciliation in our Country".

He ended by the BNP “categorically” calling on ETA to “decide and announce as soon as possible that it is to disappear once and for all. Bakea orain eta betirako. Peace now and forever”.