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More than 200 municipal representatives have denounced the latest ruling as an attack on Basque society and Basque institutions

Following the annulment by the Supreme of several articles of the decree implementing the Municipal Law, in compliance with VOX, more than 200 mayors, elected municipalities and representatives of the Basque Country have today issued a joint response in Bilbao, "in defence of the Basque Country".
GRAFCAV885. BILBAO, 24/07/2025.- Alcaldes y alcaldesas, representantes municipales y personalidades del ámbito del euskera de Álava, Bizkaia y Gipuzkoa, ante el TSJPV en la capital vizcaína, donde denuncian la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo sobre el uso del euskera en las instituciones locales.EFE/Luis Tejido
200 mayors and people's representatives have denounced the latest sentence against the Euskera in Bilbao. Photo: EFE
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More than 200 mayors, elected municipalities and representatives of the Basque culture of the Basque Autonomous Community, convened by the Council of the Basque Country, have today issued a joint response in Bilbao to the latest ruling against the Basque Country, which confirmed Vox's appeal and annulled several articles supporting the Basque language.

Idurre Eskisabel, Secretary General of the Basque Culture Council, has denounced that the ruling completely violates the consensus of recent decades and significantly undermines self-government. "It is a direct attack on the democratic will of Basque society and the vast majority of Basque institutions," he said.

The meeting was attended by the Mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto; the Mayor of Ataun and President of UEMA, Martin Aramendi; the Mayor of Derio and President of EUDEL, Esther Apraiz; and the Director of Linguistic Equality of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, Garbiñe Mendizabal.

The Secretary-General of the Council has stated that the situation as a minority language is' extremely serious' and recalled the 30 sentenceswhich, in addition to municipal law, 'have eroded the competence of the Basque institutions to make language policy'.

That is why the meeting in Bilbao today believes that all of this must be answered "from unity. "" It is time to move forward, "said Eskisabel, who stressed that this requires" strengthening legal certainty "and changing " the necessary laws. "

In this regard, he has pointed out that "those who have met todayare committedto promoting the necessary measures to ensure that the use of the Basque language takes its rightful place. We need the Basque language and the Basque language needs us ", he said.