Euskara

The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country has questioned the competence for administrative and municipal language policy in its final decisions . Iñigo Urrutia, a jurist and professor of administrative law, says that such decisions may increase political incompetence.

The sovereign coalition has called for participation in the event organized by the Basque Culture Council for this Saturday at the Bilbao Arena to join the "show of strength and unity of the Euskaltzales".

The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country has asked the Constitutional Court whether or not it is constitutional for all Basque public posts to have a linguistic profile in place. One of the three judges who were to decide has issued an individual opinion because, in his view, the law in question "does not cause any imbalance". The Basque Government sees no "legal reason" for asking the question.

In the face of the judicial onslaught against the Basque Country, the parties have been required to have a law that guarantees them to work and receive care in Basque in public services. LAB has asked the PNV for courage to support EH Bildu's proposal. ELA also believes that EH Bildu's proposal is better than that of jeltzales.  

On the 39th anniversary of the adoption of the Euskera Foral Act, the platform denounces that zoning "denies fundamental rights" and creates inequality among the Navarros, and calls on citizens to participate in the event to be held in Bilbao on 27 December.

The students of Hego Euskal Herria have joined the day of strike called by Ikama, with massive demonstrations in Pamplona, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Bilbao and Donostia-San Sebastián. Euskara is suffering a judicial and political onslaught and the current educational model despises the Euskera.

The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country has partially accepted an appeal filed by the CC.OO. and has annulled certain criteria approved by the Basque Government in 2023 concerning the use of language in the general administration and in the seconded entities. The Court argues that one co-official language cannot take precedence over the other and that the same linguistic profile cannot be required of subcontracted staff and officials.

In the face of the attacks on the Euskera, the youth organization Ikama wants to bring the importance of education to the front line with today's strike, calling for "a model of its own, Euskaldun and quality".

EBB Secretary Maitane Ipiñazar said in Euskadi Irratia that the decision calls into question the Euskera normalization law itself.

The initiative to amend 15 State laws shall make it possible to validate texts in Basque, Catalan or Galician without the need for translation.

At the last plenary session of the year, the proposal for a law brought forward by the Members of Parliament of ERC, PNV, EH Bildu, Lukashenko, BNG and Mes per Mallorca and Comunes will be discussed. The objective, among others, is to approve documents in Catalan, Basque and Galician throughout the administration, without translation.

The PSE-EE parliamentarian Pau Blasi has stated that his party sees "normal" the consultation that the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country will hold with the Constitutional Court on the law regulating linguistic profiles in the public sector of the Basque Country. "This is not the first time it has happened and we are waiting for what the Constitution says," Blasi said in response to questions from journalists in the corridors of Parliament.

"This is a qualitative leap, serious and negative, but we are reassured that this law is legal, so the Government will present allegations," he told the media.

"On the contrary, we believe that it may also be an opportunity because the Constitution could change the jurisprudence, in this case providing legal cover for the Euskera, but that remains to be seen, and given the magnitude of this outburst, it is very optimistic," said EH Bildu's Secretary of Political Action .