A principal person involved in the idea of shared sovereignty is Jean Monnet. Monnet had two main goals when creating the idea of shared sovereignty:

1) To bring lasting peace and to end wars.

2) To restore political and economic powers through the unitation of principal nations.

     If these two rules were applied to the Basque conflict, the first rule would help bring an end to the terrorist group ETA, ultimately saving many lives. The second rule would do many different things for the Basque community. Shared sovereignty would allow the Basques to decide for oneself but to also allow them to still be in a pact with another State. They need this pact in order to be stable economically. Shared sovereignty eliminates the idea that sovereignty is something a single state has or posses but that multiple states has access to the forum where real power is determined. This allows self-determination and the coexistence of many political subjects. If shared sovereignty was used for the Basque conflict, they would be able to have a say in power but they would not have to be a completely individual state. This would help bring an end to the two competing visions within the Basque community: Those who want Spain to remain one sovereign state with the Basque territories and those who want a new sovereignty status between the Spanish and Basque institutes.