The PNV now hides the identity issue to escape Bildu's 'trap' Basque society despises independence and both PNV and EH Bildu have abandoned independence as an electoral demand. The two great rivals in the 21-A elections also rule out any sovereignty consultation in the Basque Country.

In just a decade supporters of independence have fallen from 35% to 22%. According to the Basques (37%) are against the independence of Euskadi from the rest of Spain.