During an official ceremony held on the 3rd May 2018 at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue’s (HD) in Geneva, Switzerland, HD’s Executive Director, David Harland, confirmed that the organisation had received ETA’s official final declaration that the group had disbanded forever.

The International Contact Group, the Permanent Social Forum and Bakebidea have announced that an International Conference will be held in Villa Arnaga on the 4th May 2018.

ETA has sent a statement to Basque newspapers Gara and Berria, on the issue of “harm caused” the statement included a explanatory text to introduce the declaration on the context of ETA’s debate and explains that “ETA’s membership has considered it necessary to show its empathy with the suffering that the organisation’s acts have caused.”

Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan has welcomed the decision by the French government that it will start moving Basque prisoners to jails close to the Basque Country.