Euskara

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

"Knowing that there are no technical arguments that can prevent this, I begin to wonder if there are no political reasons behind it, but sooner or later, without any doubt, we will overcome them," the Foreign Minister said in an interview on Radio Euskadi.

The Vice-President and Councillor for Culture and Linguistic Policy, Ibone Bengoetxea, has stressed that the Basque language is a living language, of Basque citizens and part of the European heritage, and has recalled that Europe cannot be built by denying its plurality, and has reiterated the Government's determination to continue working in all areas in order to achieve the official status of the Basque language in Europe, and has thanked all the institutions involved.

Gaurkoan albiste izango direnen laburpena, bi hitzetan.

The President of the Commonwealth of Basque Municipalities (UEMA), Martin Aramendi, has stressed that the Basque Country needs "justice" and that what has come from the Supreme Court "is not justice, but a sentence condemning the Basque Country to the second level. "" That is why we have considered all the options and are prepared to defend the Basque municipal law in its rightful place, even in the European courts, if the legal services see the possibility of doing so. "

The President has sent a letter to Salvador Illa stressing that, at the end of four decades of the process, the time has come to make official the co-official languages of the Spanish State in the European institutions. "Forty years later, the time has come to complete this process," he stressed.

According to spokeswoman Maria Ubarretxena, what worries the Basque Government most is "to start judicializing political decisions", especially in the field of the Basque Country. It also seems to her that the "social pact" that existed between the various political parties with regard to the Basque Country has been "broken". 

One day after the Supreme Court confirmed the annulment of several articles of the decree of the Basque municipal law, the spokeswoman for the Basque Government and adviser for Governance, Digital Administration and Self-Government, Maria Ubarretxena, has expressed her concern. "What worries us is that political decisions should begin to be prosecuted." 

The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal lodged by the Basque Government against the ruling of the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country and has annulled some of the articles of Decree 179/2019 on the guarantee of the linguistic rights of Euskaldunes.

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.

Laura Vela-Plo, Marina Ortega-Andres eta Marta De Pedis ikerlariek osatutako taldeak “erresistentzia” ugari hauteman dituzte eta baliogabe utzi, hizkuntza inklusiboaren erabilera baztertzen erabiltzen diren “aitzakiak”.

Philosopher, essayist and intellectual reference for several generations, the work of Joxe Azurmendi has marked the critical thinking of the Basque Country for more than half a century. Azurmendi has left an immense legacy in the Basque Country, in the ideas... and in the understanding of the people.

Born in Zegama, Azurmendi has been an active member of the Jakin group since the magazine was founded for the second time after Franco's ban and collaborated with other institutions in the normalization, culture and pacification of the Basque Country.

Jakin  highlights that "you have left us a great thought. We will continue to work on it, as you have always asked of us, without deifying you (or anyone), but recognizing teachers." This historical journal stresses that Azurmendi's thinking was fundamental to the renewal and promotion of the Basque Euskera and Basque culture in the 1960s and 1970s.