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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.

Amaia Izpizua, promoter of Get In, has translated into Basque five songs that Bruce Springsteen has played in Anoeta. "These are songs that speak of freedom and are contrary to the line that the Trump administration is taking," Izpizua said. 

Moreover, the language will not alter the tightening of the BAME exam, as Minister Monica Garcia said in the Congressional Health Committee.

The member of the Basque Country Buru Batzar, Markel Olano, has told the Socialist Party that there is no clash between labour rights and linguistic rights, that both must be defended. He has also said that they will study EH Bildu's proposal. In any case, he has accused the members of the abertzale coalition of not being patient.

The lehendakari has stressed the need to make a "qualitative leap" towards the future of the Basque Country and, in this context, has expressed the need to establish a new paradigm in the process of normalization, "avoiding confrontation".

Jeltzal sources have advanced that the PNV will move forward alone and will try to amend the Public Employment Act to ensure Euskera requirements.

32.8% of the cultural events scheduled in 2024 were entirely in Basque and 13.1% were bilingual along with Spanish or other languages.