Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country
The Basque Government expects to receive new proposals from the Spanish Government on transfers on Friday
Spokesman Ubarretxena has stressed that the bilateral commission on the two competences under negotiation (some Social Security competences and ports) should be held before August.
Ubarretxena said "greater self-government brings more well-being"
On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the term of office of the lehendakari Agirre, he has participated in the summer courses of the UPV/EHU and criticized the fact that "often attempts are made to distinguish between concepts of self-government and well-being", and that the former relates to "identity issues", as if it were against practical things.
The murder of Errenteria, the seventh confinement and the summer course on self-government will be news
Pradales asks Sanchez to comply with the Statute and open a "new phase"
Lehendakari Pradales, who sent a clear message to the Spanish Government and President Pedro Sánchez in the Basque Parliament, said that "much remains to be done "and that at the moment it requires" a high level of negotiation and pace ". The lehendakari has stressed that everything agreed must be complied with in order to maintain political confidence and has warned that it is the President of the Spanish Government who has" misled "the Basque self-government commitments.
Pradales recalled that President Sánchez has shown "firmness" in his stay in office and, in this regard, has called for "equal firmness" in the final implementation of the Gernika Statute.
The Basque Government and the Spanish Government will begin negotiations next week on the competence of Social Security
The Lehendakari has stated that the Minister for Governance, Digital Administration and Self-Government, Maria Ubarretxena, "has meetings with the ministries".
Torres has welcomed the agreements reached with the Basque Country and has stated that everyone 'respects the Spanish Constitution, the Gernika Statute and the legislation in force'
Minister Ángel Víctor Torres has described the meeting of the bilateral commission as "productive" and has highlighted the "great work" that has been done previously. He has also advanced that both administrations have opened up lines of negotiation to reach agreements in areas such as industry and energy, health or immigration in the future. e believes that a model of cooperation based on "agreement, institutional freedom and efficiency of governance" is being established.
There will be news: the Oscars, a meeting on airport management in the ACV in Madrid and municipal elections in Iparralde
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
Ubarretxena will be in Madrid tomorrow to advance the bilateral management of Basque airports
The purpose of the meeting is to ensure that airports do not lose the classification of general interest, but to create a bilateral organization to manage them.
Garmendia believes there will be agreement on airports, but rules out declassifying the Port of Passages
The Spanish Government delegate to the ACV, Marisol Garmendia, believes that "an agreement will be reached" on the creation of a bilateral agency for the management of Basque airports. She has expressed a different view regarding the Port of Passages and has ruled out removing the classification of general interest, since the removal of this classification would "degrade the port and endanger the 400 direct jobs it has".
Aitor Esteban has cooled down the possibility of reaching an agreement with EH Bildu and the PSE-EE on the new status
Thepresident of the PNV EBB, Aitor Esteban , has stated at the New Economy Forum breakfast that at the moment "there is no water in the pool." In any case, the leader jeltzale has stressed the willingness of PNV, EH Bildu and PSE-EE to continue negotiating.
Prales believes Sanchez's willingness to the Statute is "hopeful," but will not allow any delay
Imanol Pradales recalls that they have called for negotiations to be resumed "by accepting more resolute political guidelines, that is, that what has been agreed at the political level does not constantly encounter administrative and political obstacles and resistance, an attitude that, in addition to devaluing political action, has a direct impact on the choices of the Basque Country and on the quality of life of the Basque people", he says.
EH Bildu welcomes the new transfer agreement, but calls for a "peer-to-peer" relationship with the state
Pello Otxandiano welcomes "everything that increases the ability of the Basques to decide on issues that affect our daily lives and the well-being of our citizens."
These are the five powers that the Basque Government will assume this Friday
The spokeswoman for the Basque Government, Maria Ubarretxena, has announced that the central and Basque governments will sign on Friday the transfer to the Basque Country of five other competences of the 1979 Gernika Autonomy Statute, including unemployment benefits and non-contributory social security benefits.
The Basque Government has asked the Sanchez Government to be serious: 'We cannot continue with this dynamic'
Maria Ubarretxena, Counsellor for Governance, Digital Administration and Self-Government and spokesperson for the Basque Government, has recalled that there are still issues to be negotiated, but has stressed that they cannot always be working against the clock. "We ask for seriousness and another way to start negotiations," added Ubarretxena.
The Basque Government closes the transfer agreement in extremis
The spokeswoman for the Basque Government, Maria Ubarretxena, has confirmed that the meeting will take place tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. in Madrid, after two days of contacts with the Spanish Government.
Arantza Tapia: "The Spanish Government, whatever it may be, likes to conduct negotiations until the last minute of the last day."
Interviewed today on Radio Euskadi, the former councillor of the Basque Government has said that he hopes that the negotiations on transfers will continue and has assured us that this is not a matter of 'haste', since the Gernika Statute is an 'binding' organic law, which is already 45 years old.
Today will be news of the transfer meeting, the second day of the medical strike and the farmers' protests at the border
Today, January 15, 2026, the Government will decide whether the conditions for attending tomorrow's meeting of the Joint Transfer Commission are in place; the doctors in Osakidetza will have a second day of strike, after yesterday's, to demand their own status; and the farmers and farmers in Hego Euskal Herria will make a tractor march towards Biriatu.
Pradales and Ubarretxena will decide on Thursday whether the conditions for meeting the Joint Transfer Commission are met
The meeting with the Spanish Government is scheduled for Friday. The Lehendakari and Counsellor will first assess compliance with the "necessary guarantees" for the signing of the transfer. As EITB has been aware, there are "constant contacts to reach an agreement" and "progress" has been made.
Torres said the competition agreement could be concluded today
The Socialist Councillor has not hesitated. The day after tomorrow the Joint Transfer Commission will meet after the agreement has been concluded in the next few hours.
EH Bildu believes that when the debates are so publicized, behind them "there are partisan reasons and not the interests of the citizens"
Nerea Kortajarena, Member of Parliament of EH Bildu and Secretary of Programme, has stated in Euskadi Irratia that "at this point it is clear that the most powerful instrument we need to guarantee the well-being and rights of citizens would be a new political status".