Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country
Basque trade unions present 130,000 signatures to promote their own minimum wage in the Basque Country
ELA, LAB, ESK, Steilas, Hiru and Etxalde hope that the political parties will support the initiative and that the Basque Parliament will approve the proposal before the end of the year .
Mikel Torres believes Sanchez is willing to overcome obstacles in transfers managed by the Díaz Ministry
According to the Vice-President and Counsellor for Economy, Labour and Employment, the current management of the Ministry of Labour has a number of challenges ahead of it, but he believes that the agreements reached yesterday in the Bilateral Commission "openimportant doors"for the future.
Pradales has asked Sanchez for "more leadership and coordination" to overcome administrative and political obstacles
"The agreements are there to be complied with," said the lehendakari Pradales at the end of the meeting of the Bilateral Commission for Permanent Cooperation. Imanol Pradales has acknowledged the "political will" of Pedro Sánchez, but has asked him to "put order in place." "We must speed up and move forward in the content in order to comply with the agreed timetable," added the lehendakari.
The Basque Government and the Spanish Government have agreed to transfer four more powers
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, has received the President, Imanol Pradales, at the Palacio de la Moncloa, who has addressed the outstanding competences of the Bilateral Commission, the officiality of the Basque Country in Europe, the Atlantic macroregion, the electricity capacity of the Basque industry and migration.
President Pradales has met with Pedro Sánchez
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, has received the President, Imanol Pradales, at the Palacio de la Moncloa, at a meeting held prior to the chairmanship of the Commission for Permanent Bilateral Cooperation between the State and the Basque Country, which will address the outstanding transfers, the official status of the Basque Country in Europe, the Atlantic macroregion, the electricity capacity of the Basque industry and migration.
There will be news: the Pradales-Sanchez meeting, Torre Pacheco and how much do we spend on holidays?
A summary of what will be news today, in two words.
Pradales and Sanchez will discuss Social Security and investments in the electricity grid at tomorrow's meeting
The Bilateral Transfer Commission will meet tomorrow in Madrid to move forward with the outstanding transfers. They will also address the officiality of the Basque Country in Europe, the creation of the European Atlantic Macroregion, the connectivity Euskadi and migration.
Mertxe Aizpurua (EH Bildu): "The Spanish Government must respond to the abertzale majority and change hands on all outstanding transfers"
According to EH Bildu's spokesman at the Congress of Deputies, "the nationalist parties should agree" on the transfer of outstanding competences. Among them, he recalled, is that of the management of Social Security and, although difficult, insists that the Basque nationalist forces should jointly demand that the Spanish Government fulfil its commitment.