 Just a few hours earlier Rodríguez Zapatero had delivered his end of year message and had claimed that "in one year we will be better than today".Mariano Rajoy asked the government not to negotiate with ETA once again and said he would back the government only if it concentrated on eliminating it.Other Spanish political parties, as well as the Basque government, condemned the attack, although the latter stated that they would like the peace process to continue.