Alain Iriarte will present his project for the Basque Centre on Tuesday, with the aim of defeating Etchegaray
Jean Rene Etchegaray, Mayor of Baiona, has been in office since 2017. Iriart will represent the "Bil Gaiten" candidacy and it will be known in the next few days whether Pello Etxeleku, Mayor of Kanbo, will also appear. Condition will take place on April 11.
Afterthe municipal elections in Iparralde , the next big date will be on April 11, when thedirection of the Basque Urban College , known as the Northern Commonwealth , will be renewed.
Founded in 2017 with the aim of achieving a unified administrative structure for 158 municipalities and based in Bayonne, under the legislation of the French State, more powers are granted to municipalities within the College.Ithas a budget of 100 million euros and in J the Mayor of Aiona, René Etchegaray , has beenpresidentsince its inception .
Etchegaray is still a favorite, but he has not yet officially presented his candidacy and should do so soon, as there is only one week left before the vote.
On Thursday, April 2, the Mayor of the Capital, Alain Iriart, announced his candidacy and called the media for Tuesday, April 7,to report on his project.
In 2022 there were doubts within EH Bai as to whether or not to present Alain Iriart to Etchegaray to contest the presidency of the college. The "Bil Gaiten" group was formed, with about 30 elected representatives of EH Bai, but the refusal was decided. In 2026, after an internal debate, EH Bai would agree.
On the other hand, it remains to be clarified what the new mayor of Kanbo, jeltzale Pello Etxeleku , will do. In fact, in 2022 he formedthe"United for the People" group with the support of about 40 elected representatives. , a platform made up of elected representatives from the Centre and from the right, should soon formalize his candidacy for the presidency of the Commonwealth.
158 delegations and votes
According to the results of the local elections the Basque Centre is formed. Most of the villages - 143 villages - have only one representative in the general assembly and the larger ones in size: Bidart, Cambo, Ziburu, Muger and Capital 2; Bokal, Hazparne, Senpere and Uztaritze 3; Urruña 4; San Juan de Luz 6; Hendaia 7; Biarritz 11,
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