Andueza, on the new statute: "What is to be agreed shall be within the Constitution"

PSE-EE Secretary General Eneko Andueza wanted to make clear the position of the Socialists on the new political status forthe ACV and sent a message to the other two groups sitting around the table negotiating the issue, the PNVand EH Bildu.

For starters, he has warned them that "what needs to be agreed will always be withinthe Constitution, "and has called" a child 's game "the" rivalry "between jeltzale leader Aitor Esteban and independence coalition coordinator Arnaldo Otegi.

Andueza appeared in the Basque Parliament this morning, following a meeting with his parliamentary group and the Socialist advisers. Today he also used the term 'national priority' immediately after taking the floor.  "We Socialists want fewer national priorities (...) We are going to address the second part of the legislature with a clear objective. Social priority must be the basis of all our policies," he said.

In his words, the PSE-EE will work "to ensure that economic growth has an impact on society at all levels" and will "fight inequality."  "We will defendpublic services : Osakidetza, Education, the right to housing, the right to decent employment... ", he said.

He has also warned jeltzales that the signing of an agreement with EH Bildu on language profiles was "extremely serious" and that such "disloyalty" cannot be repeated.