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This decision must have been influenced in a decisive manner by the ETA leadership that descended from Spanish immigrants . The justification of the change in focus put the language above the rest of the attributes . Language is the distinctive element and unifier of a people and this would assure the safety of the Basque identity (Romero , 2004

The Catalan language is not considered to be a Spanish dialect per se but it is close enough that it facilitates a bilingual communication . On the other hand , the historically based Basque language bears no

little or no similarity at all to Spanish . This impediment to communication has been greatly reduced , however , by the pervasive influence of Spanish into the Basque community to the point where only 25 of the population of the Basques still speaks in their native tongue

Catalan movement for autonomy has remained mostly lawful and , in fact has steadily moved away from the struggle for independence and identity that marks the Basque movement to a more politically-oriented desire for a stronger voice in Spain 's political and economic policymaking decisions . This striking division between methods of achieving similar goals may rest in the underlying roots of the strong nationalist feelings of the two groups . While the Basques ' yearning for identity is rooted in deep-seated class and economic differences from the Spanish majority , the Catalans are motivated by the concerns of a stronger and more integrated middle class desire for fair political representation and the economic benefits provided by the Spanish political policies from which they feel excluded (Sexton , 2006

Works cited

Romero , M (2004 . Basque Nationalism : History , Roots and Possible Solutions . [Electronic version] . USAWC Strategy Research Project

Sexton , T (2006 . Basques and Catalans : Similarities and Differences Between Two Autonomous Communities in Spain . Associated Content Retrieved June 29 , 2009 , from...