The Basque Parliament

The race for the Euskera and the AEK will arrive in Vitoria-Gasteiz on March 27, and on that day we will see the parliamentarians running. On behalf of the organization, the witness will be President Bakartxo Tejeria.

The President has announced that these two meetings, agreed with the Spanish President at the meeting on 27 January, will take place before Easter and has stressed that a policy based on respect and responsibility will continue.

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

The matter has been discussed in plenary at the request of EH Bildu. The original initiative of the coalition has been rejected in the vote, as has an amendment by Sumar, while an amendment by the PNV and the PSE-EE has been adopted. The proposal by EH Bildu called for a register of the great possessors, whether I am the most legal natural person, such as those in Navarre or Catalonia.

When positions are removed in the negotiation of the law to shield the demand of the Basque Country in public administration, jeltzales and socialists have today joined an initiative in Parliament related to the Basque Country.  

The Basque Parliament recalled with a minute's silence the former Member of Parliament and Councillor of the PP of San Sebastián Gregorio Ordóñez, murdered by ETA on 23 January 1995 in a bar in San Sebastián.

EH Bildu's spokesman in the Basque Parliament, Pello Otxandiano, has warned that the "crisis" of expired vaccines  is not "solved" because information is missing. He has held the Basque Government's Health Advisor, Alberto Martínez, responsible for the situation.

The President proposed the creation of this forum with the aim of strengthening democracy in the face of the rise of authoritarianism and disinformation in the world.

On 11 December, the Basque Parliament adopted a law containing urgent measures to mobilise land for housing promotion, speed up procedures and limit tourist flats.

After the PP president said EH Bildu's "massacre" would come, the abertzale coalition has asked for support from the Bureau of Parliament.

Following the vote to approve the budgets, the Finance and Finance Adviser, Noël d'Anjou, has insisted that they strengthen public services and 'put people at the centre' because they are 'responsible' and 'committed' accounts to the problems of the citizens, which 'mark a clear direction towards the Basque Country of the future'.

The Coordinator of NGOs in the Basque Country and a protest with Transversal Refugees have denounced on Tuesday in the Basque Parliament that the 2026 draft budget of the Basque Government opens the door to the military use of the EUR 325 million that was earmarked for industrial investment. They have explained that the government groups (PNV and PSE) have tabled an amendment to amend Article 10 of the Basque Law on Cooperation and Solidarity.

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

The leader of the Basque PP, Javier De Andrés, has acknowledged that "perhaps the use of the word exterminio was not the right thing to do. "However, the PP has argued that EH Bildu is" a political anomaly. "

Santiago López, a member of parliament of the People's Party, has participated in the Parliament of the Waves of Radio Euskadi, where he referred to the controversy that took place on Thursday in Parliament.

The general secretary of the abertzale coalition has stated that he is still surprised that  "after 24 hours, with the silence of forces like the PNV or the PSE-EE." According to him, here "there is no problem between EH Bildu and the PP: it is the backward bloc that has a problem with Euskal Herria."

Pello Otxandiano says that the active listening process carried out in the region has been an exercise in maturity that should serve as an example for the future, while the lehendakari recalls the statements of the left abertzale against the Guggenheim project in Bilbao.

President Imanol Pradales referred to the tough debate between EH Bildu and PP in the Basque Parliament.