Bilboko Konpartsak welcomes the absence of "serious" attacks, casualties and conflicts during Big Week

Bilboko Konpartsak has made a "positive" assessment of the Aste Nagusia 2026 and stressed that this year's edition has been "generally quiet, without casualties, conflicts or serious attacks." They have also praised the fact that they have not been asked to activate the anti-aggression protocol and that they will continue to work "to ensure that this is the case in the coming years."

According to the federation of comparisons, there has been a "festive week, generally peaceful and without serious misfortunes", in which theimplementation ofthe  TicketBAI, the campaign forthe Euskera of the GUKA ETA Teknikariok strike .  have been highlighted.

The Federation has also denounced the "institutional persecution suffered by manteros and peddlers " . has explained that although attacks on them have decreased, they continue to suffer discrimination and institutional violence, as well as "attempts at criminalization". They have therefore urged the Bilbao City Council to "take action in the face of this serious structural problem and not look the other way".

TicketBAI Imposition

Regarding the implementation of the TicketBAI campaign, Bilboko Konpartsak has thanked "the people inside and outside the bar for the patience shown", as well as "the comparisons who have made numerous efforts to understand and work with this imposition".

With regard to the programme, Bilboko Konpartsak has stressed that participation has been "varied and higher than last year". In the children's programme, which brings together 112 proposals, participation has also increased.

With regard to the blue and brown flags that are issued annually, Bilboko Konpartsa has awarded the blue flag to the strike of the technicians and entertainment technicians, considering this collective to be "one of the basic pillars" of the Big Week.

With this recognition, they wanted to acknowledge "the work they do at our holidays" and expressed their support for their "clamour to improve the working conditions they demand."

Criticism of ETS

Instead, they wanted to express their "disagreement with the ETS strategy "with the brown flag, claiming that it has used Big Week" for its own interests ", trying to convince them that it has taken these measures in favour of workers and above the right to strike.

"It is clear to us that Big Week belongs to the people and cannot be used to violate a fundamental right of workers," they added.

Finally, they have described as "very positive" the work done by the GUKA platform to launch the campaign "Aste Nagusia euskara nagusi" , "topromote the Euskera in the festive setting and to build free spaces for the Euskaldunes with us ".