The Basque Parliament
ErNE proposes to reform the Penal Code to tighten penalties for attacks on ertzainas and local police
Pradales asks Sanchez to comply with the Statute and open a "new phase"
Lehendakari Pradales, who sent a clear message to the Spanish Government and President Pedro Sánchez in the Basque Parliament, said that "much remains to be done "and that at the moment it requires" a high level of negotiation and pace ". The lehendakari has stressed that everything agreed must be complied with in order to maintain political confidence and has warned that it is the President of the Spanish Government who has" misled "the Basque self-government commitments.
Pradales recalled that President Sánchez has shown "firmness" in his stay in office and, in this regard, has called for "equal firmness" in the final implementation of the Gernika Statute.
Díez Antxustegi: "The main reason for the agreement we have reached is that the Basque language is central to us"
The spokesman for the PNV in the Basque Parliament, Joseba Díez Antxustegi, who has attended the Faktoria programme of Euskadi Irratia, has explained the terms of the agreement to give legal certainty to the Euskera in the Administration and has said that they have reached an agreement with EH Bildu to amend the Public Employment Act, leaving aside its partner PSE, because the Euskera is a central issue for the PNV.
The Basque Parliament approves a reform to strengthen the protection of the Basque language in public job offers, with the abstention of EH Bildu
The amendment to the Basque Public Employment Act, promoted by the PNV, seeks to strengthen the legal certainty of linguistic profiles. The text has been passed with the support of the PNV and the abstention of EH Bildu, while the PSE, a partner of the PNV in the Basque Government, has voted against.
The PNV hopes to provide legal certainty to the public employment law and EH Bildu sees an agreement possible "in many respects"
Likewise, the PSE-EE has criticized jeltzales for "breaking agreements after months of negotiation," which both the PP and Vox consider "a tax policy."
Ibone Bengoetxea: "The red line for bringing the world championship is a balanced deal"
Vox MP Amaia Martínez has asked the Minister of Culture and Linguistic Policy about the venue of the 2030 World Cup in Bilbao and San Sebastián. She has insisted thatthe conditions of FIFA "are not few, nor small." Among them, she has highlighted the limitation of mobility in cities or the fact that the world championship "does not coincide with other events of the city."
Children under 8 years of age may not participate in bullfighting for minors
The proposed law to regulate the participation of children in bullfighting parties, promoted by the PNV and the PSE, was voted in favour by the PP; EH Bildu abstained, believing that the minimum age should be 12. The regulation to be adopted in plenary includes some new developments, such as the minimum age for cattle, and the elimination of the need for parental leave.
The Basque Government will adopt a decree in June to strengthen control over summer camps in the Basque Country
Under the new decree on educational leisure and leisure activities, organizations organizing summer camps must appoint, among other things, a representative trained to protect children and adolescents.
Sumar: "The Health Counselor has decided to take the lead in the opposition in the face of improvements to the Framework Statute"
The spokesman for Sumarre Eusa in the Basque Parliament, Jon Hernández, has stressed that Counsellor Alberto Martínez "is insisting on a specific demand of one of the unions, to have its own Statute".
EH Bildu will abstain from voting on the PNV proposal to shield Euskera in public job offers
"The lack of agreement is not an option. Both the Basque Country and the Public Employment Act require broad agreements and consensus. It is time to take firm steps in the legal status of the Basque Country and move forward on equal rights," the coalition said.
The Basque Parliament supports the maximum dissemination of EITB audiovisual content in Basque
This is an amendment by the PNV and the PSE-EE, after EH Bildu rejected a proposal by EITB for the free transfer of audio content and subtitles in Euskera to international streaming platforms. Contact with international platforms and operators will also be encouraged.
The keys to the Transparency Act in the Basque Country: access to public information, greater control and complaint mailbox
The independent body known as Gardena shall ensure compliance with the law and shall have an area of activity covering all public sector administrations, agencies and entities, both private and private, provided that non-compliance is limited to the Basque Country.
The Basque Transparency Act has progressed without the support of the opposition
The new Basque Transparency Act will regulate access to public information, citizen participation and lobbyingactivity. The rule has been passed with the support of the PNV and the PSE and rejected by the entire opposition as insufficient and without ambition.
PNV, PSE-EE and EH Bildu have reached an agreement on cybersecurity, provoking PP anger
The Basque Parliament urges the Basque Government to modernise the Basque Police in order to deal with the current increase in cybercrime and the future challenges arising from cybercrime.
Parliament will open up the possibility of bingo in the centres of the elderly
The proposal comes after a controversy in a nursing home in Bilbao, where they played at the center with 20-cent cartons that threatened to be fined.
After the deadline for amendments to the Public Employment Act, positions remain far removed
In the last few hours, the parliamentary groups have recorded the amendments and expressed their positions, and it has become clear how far the agreement to reform the law which is considered essential for the future of the Basque Country in the administration is.
The PP considers the PSE to be 'pretending' and criticizes it as' complicit 'in Basque policies
Laura Garrido has accused the PSE of supporting the language policies of the PNV and EH Bildu and has criticized the Basque reforms in public employment.
EH Bildu has "defined the progressivity index" to enable an "inclusive agreement" on language profiles
The PNV proposes to establish in all job offers the possibility of further obtaining the linguistic profile of certain posts
The PNV has tabled three amendments to its proposed law, which aims to "strengthen" the current model, and has made a direct request to EH Bildu to allow the jeltzale approach with at least one "abstention" and, from there, to "evaluate the results" and agree on "new steps" together.