This text has been automatically translated, it may contain errors or inaccuracies.
POLITICS
Favorite
Remove from my list

EH Bildu has agreed with the Spanish Government to extend social protection measures throughout 2026

The decree to be adopted by the Council of Ministers in the coming days shall continue a series of measures directly affecting families in a disadvantaged socio-economic situation.

MADRID, 22/07/2025.- La diputada de EH Bildu Mertxe Aizpurua interviene en el Pleno del Congreso celebrado este martes. EFE/Chema Moya
Mertxe Aizpurua, in a stock image. Photo: EFE

EH Bildu has reached an agreement with the Spanish Government to maintain social protection measures by 2026. The commitment will be approved in the next few days by the Council of Ministers and reflected in a decree extending the protective measures that expired on 31 December.

The agreed measures includethe prohibitionofevictions for vulnerable families without other housing , the non-suspension of basic supplies (electricity, water and gas) and the extension of the electric social bond, as reported by the  coalition.

The agreement comes after weeks of negotiations in which EH Bildu has stressed that the continuation of these measures will provide stability and security for people and families in vulnerable situations.

EH Bildu's congressional spokeswoman, Mertxe Aizpurua, has stated that this social support responds to demands from many social and collective sectors that called for its maintenance from 2025.

EH Bildu believes that the extension will have a direct impact on the Basque Country and the Spanish State and will offer certainty and tranquillity to households with the greatest economic difficulties.

The Basque group has also advanced that it will continue to work during the legislature to make progressin areas such as labour, food or access to housing, which are essential in order to guarantee decent living conditions.

You might like

18:00 - 20:00
LIVE
From  min.

Denis Itxaso: "Among the conditions for turning premises into housing, we will eliminate the condition of having two facades, among others."

The new decree that the Basque Government will adopt on Tuesday in the Governing Council will involve the implementation of a wide range of housing policy measures, developing the general lines announced in recent months. Among the measures, the conditions for converting premises into housing will be made more flexible, which will allow, according to the Government's estimates, about 7,500 premises to change their use inthe Basque Country.

18:00 - 20:00
LIVE
From  min.

The City Council of Vitoria-Gasteiz will examine whether Korrika meets the eligibility requirements for grants

On the occasion of the exhibition of photos of ETA prisoners in the race for the Euskera, the People's Party has today called for the suspension of public funding by motion, which has been rejected by the City Council, although Socialist Councilwoman Maria Nanclares has announced that they will study the case to see if it complies with the municipal ordinance.

18:00 - 20:00
LIVE
From  min.

Pradales has accused EH Bildu of not supporting "country agreements," and has urged him to "get wet."

The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has reproached EH Bildu for not having supported a single major "country" agreement in these two years of legislature and has asked him to "get wet" . Otxandiano, for his part, has warned that the "disagreements" between the two parties, partners in the Basque Government, on issues such as the Euskera, are "an obstacle" to progress.

Load more