, ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁armed ▁forces , ▁Spanish ▁polit icians , ▁journal ists ▁and ▁civ ili ans ▁and ▁some ▁E TA ▁members . ▁There ▁also ▁were ▁thousands ▁of ▁people ▁injured , ▁do z ens ▁kid n apped ▁and ▁a ▁disput ed ▁number ▁going ▁into ▁ex ile , ▁either ▁to ▁fle e ▁from ▁the ▁violence ▁or ▁to ▁avoid ▁capture ▁by ▁Spanish ▁or ▁French ▁police ▁or ▁by ▁Europ ol / Inter pol . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 0 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁E TA ▁announced ▁a ▁" def init ive ▁c ess ation ▁of ▁its ▁armed ▁activity ". ▁Spanish ▁premier ▁Jose ▁Luis ▁Rod rig uez ▁Z ap ater o ▁described ▁the ▁move ▁as ▁" a ▁victory ▁for ▁dem ocracy , ▁law ▁and ▁reason ". ▁ ▁Definition ▁of ▁the ▁conflict ▁The ▁term ▁" Bas que ▁conflict " ▁is ▁used ▁either ▁to ▁define : ▁▁ 1 ▁the ▁broad ▁political ▁conflict ▁between ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁Bas que ▁society ▁and ▁the ▁initially ▁Franco ist ▁and ▁later ▁Constitution al ▁model ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁decent ral ized ▁state ▁▁ 2 ▁exclus ively ▁describe ▁the ▁armed ▁confront ation ▁between ▁the ▁separ at ist ▁group ▁E TA ▁and ▁the ▁Spanish ▁state ▁▁ 3 ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁both ▁pers pect ives . ▁ ▁France ▁was ▁not ▁initially ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁conflict ▁with ▁E TA ▁nor ▁was ▁it ▁ever ▁target ed ▁by ▁the ▁organization , ▁and ▁the ▁French ▁only ▁slowly ▁began ▁to ▁co oper ate ▁with ▁Spanish ▁law ▁enfor cement , ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁regarding ▁the ▁conflict