Editing ETA (separatist group) (section)

===Opinion polls===
The [[Euskobarometro]], the survey carried out by the [[Universidad del País Vasco]] (University of the Basque Country), asking about the views of ETA within the Basque population, obtained these results in May 2009:<ref name="Euskobarometro">[http://alweb.ehu.es/euskobarometro/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=78&Itemid=114 Euskobarómetro – EUSKOBAROMETRO MAYO 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811094823/http://alweb.ehu.es/euskobarometro/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=78&Itemid=114 |date=11 August 2011 }}. Alweb.ehu.es. Retrieved on 30 January 2011.</ref> 64% rejected ETA totally, 13% identified themselves as former ETA sympathisers who no longer support the group. Another 10% agreed with ETA's ends, but not their means. Three percent said that their attitude towards ETA was mainly one of fear, 3% expressed indifference and 3% were undecided or did not answer.{{cn|date=April 2024}} About 3% gave ETA "justified, with criticism" support (supporting the group but criticising some of their actions) and only 1% gave ETA total support. Even within Batasuna voters, at least 48% rejected ETA's violence.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

A poll taken by the Basque Autonomous Government in December 2006 during ETA's [[ETA's 2006 ceasefire declaration|"permanent" ceasefire]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.euskadi.net/estudios_sociologicos/estudiosfecha_c.apl?es_fecha=11/12/2006%208:45:40&anio=2006|title=Gabinete de Prospección Sociológica (Gobierno Vasco): list of sociological studies 2006|work=Euskadi.net|access-date=14 April 2017|archive-date=26 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926214310/http://www1.euskadi.net/estudios_sociologicos/estudiosfecha_c.apl?es_fecha=11%2F12%2F2006%208%3A45%3A40&anio=2006}}</ref><ref>[http://gara.euskalherria.com/idatzia/20061211/art192774.php Más del 85% apuesta por el derecho a decidir y por el diálogo Sobre el Marco – GARA – euskalherria.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083737/http://gara.euskalherria.com/idatzia/20061211/art192774.php |date=25 April 2012 }}. Gara.euskalherria.com (11 December 2006). Retrieved on 30 January 2011.</ref> showed that 88% of the Basques thought that all political parties needed to launch a dialogue, including a debate on the political framework for the Basque Country (86%). Sixty-nine percent support the idea of ratifying the results of this hypothetical multiparty dialogue through a referendum. This poll also reveals that the hope of a peaceful resolution to the issue of the constitutional status of the Basque region has fallen to 78% (from 90% in April).

These polls did not cover [[Navarre]], where support for Basque nationalist electoral options is weaker (around 25% of the population); or the [[Northern Basque Country]], where support is even weaker (around 15% of the population).