The Basque Government considers the TC's decision on the Euskera "positive" and Bildu warns that "the onslaught has not stopped"

Once the Constitutional Court's reasoning on the Public Employment Act has become known, institutions and political parties have reacted. The Basque Government has describedthe news as "positive" and EH Bildu has joined it.

The First Vice-President and Councillor for Culture and Linguistic Policy, Ibone Bengoetxea, has stated that the decision of the Constitutional Court on the current Public Employment Act is "positive" news, but has recalled that the appeals filed bythe PP and Vox before the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country have yet to be resolved.

Bengoetxea has also said that he is' calm 'because the new law passed two weeks ago by the Basque Parliament' has greater legal certainty and at the same time does not impose greater requirements'.

Bengoetxea has stated that "there was a risk and, for the time being, that risk does not exist", although he has recalled that the resolution of the appeals "is still pending".

Finally, Bengoetxea has warned that "there is a kind of conviction" that with this amendment to the Public Employment Act "public administrations, municipalities, deputies and the government will be able to do whatever they want." "This seems to be going to bring disproportionate demands on all citizens who want to apply for public employment, and it will not, "he said.

EH Bildu's reaction

For his part, EH Bildu MP and Euskera Normalization Secretary Josu Aztiria has described the Constitutional Court's decision as "good news," but has warned that "the offensive against the Euskera is not over."

"It is very good news for those of us who defend the true equality of the Basque language and want to make progress in the normalization of our language. However, the onslaught against the Basque language is not over, "he said, adding that EH Bildu will continue to work to" give a new status to our national language. "

PSE: "The debate is not there"

On the part of the PSE, the Secretary of Euskera, Pau Blasi, has downplayed the decision of the Constitutional Court that "the core of the linguistic debate lies not in that article 187.5 that has been consulted, but in the application of the mandatory compliance rates that the new Public Employment Act has eliminated".

"The debate has always revolved around the application of the mandatory compliance rates in force since 1989 and has been called into question by the legal reform agreed between the PNV and EH Bildu on 26 June, "he said.