I am pleased about the development, too.

Without pretending to have any expertise in this area, can I ask if people in this tribe think that the ultimate resolution of the Basque political situation in Spain (which I suppose means no more violence) would require a changed identity of their country to be accepted by all Spaniards? That is, must Spaniards of all kinds grow to see Spain as a collection of cooperating cultures, married together by geography and history? The people of Belgium and Switzerland seem to have created sucessful multi-ethnic countries.

On the other side, provided that an ethnic group's culture, language and traditions are protected, then being in a bigger grouping has lots of obvious advantages.

I am a new member to this tribe. My interest is cutural: I am curious because my grandmother, who was from South America, was partly of Basque ancestry (her father's surname was Saenz de Viteri).

- Beebo