Imanol Pradales

The President, Imanol Pradales, has asked the Ministry of Health of the Spanish Government to "listen" and "at least not hinder" the proposals that the Basque Government is making to improve the situation in Osakidetza.

He argues that the 2025-2032 plan envisages investments ranging from the "smallest health center" in hospitals to "cutting-edge technology."

The president, Imanol Pradales, believes that "EH Bildu cannot wash his hands" in relation to the sabotages and attacks claimed by Ernai, the youth organization of Sortu. "It is unacceptable that Ernai, the youth organization of Sortu, should allow the attack on a party headquarters to be publicly proclaimed, and that there should be no condemnation of the leadership of that party."

The President has pointed out that there is a new "era of continuous change" at the global level that leads to "unprecedented instability," and believes that the answer is "to activate one's capabilities, set a higher pace, and join forces," while advocating "attracting foreign investment."

After ensuring that they will not "raise decibels" or fuel the "spiral of anger," the lehendakari has specified that in January they will measure the "real political commitment" of the Sánchez government and that it will be time for "bilateral evaluation." "Compliance with the Gernika Statute as a whole is not a whim. It is an obligation," added Imanol Pradales.

This week the PP headquarters in Bilbao was stained with red paint, a threat banner with images of politicians appeared in Vitoria and plaques were also attacked in memory of the victims of ETA stationed in Durango.

The President attended the 25th anniversary of the Donostia International Physics Center at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre in San Sebastian.

"A language is alive if it serves to convey emotions, knowledge and culture," the lehendakari said on Euskera Day, adding that languages "preserve and protect traditions, stories, scientific knowledge and ways of seeing the world."

The President today concluded his two-day trip to New Kitania with a press conference in Bordeaux with the President of the region, Alain Rousset, after meeting with the European Commission's transport manager on Monday.

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

The President, Imanol Pradales, met this Monday in Bordeaux, France, with the coordinator of the Atlantic Axis, at which they discussed all the issues relating to the High Speed Train and its links in the Basque Country.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier has arrived in Ajuria Enea, where he has been received by President Imanol Pradales.

The plan envisages mobilising EUR 2.6 billion by 2030, of which EUR 650 million would be public investment and EUR 1.95 billion would be induced private investment, with the aim of working together between producers, companies, associations, technology centres, universities and administrations.

The European Democratic Party (PDE) held its annual congress at BEC this Friday, attended by political leaders, activists and intellectuals from European parties.

In response to a parliamentary question from the President of the Basque PP, Javier de Andrés, the lehendakari has said that delays are an "obstacle" to the development of the Basque Country, so he has sent letters to the French President, Emmanuel Madron, and to the French Prime Minister, Sebastien Lecornu, urging them to "get involved" in the Hendaia-Bordeaux connection.

The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, calls for the reparation and recognition of the injustice committed by the Spanish State during the dictatorship. In his words, "the State still owes a great deal to the recognition of the injustices suffered by the Basque Country in the past".

The chair, which will be named after the Donostiarra artist Esther Ferrer, aims to "take the Basque Euskera and Basque culture one step further in creative capacity, thought and universality."

The President has explained that the macroregion has been "seduced" by the Atlantic issue by the French Government's Minister for the Sea and Fisheries, Catherine Chabaud, who sees an opportunity to "move forward in cooperation." 

"I would ask both ministers to comply with their high-speed commitments to the European Commission," President Pradales said in Paris at the beginning of his two-day visit to the French capital. 

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.