Overview
- Basque and central authorities are working to close an agreement in the coming days to deepen Euskadi's self-government.
- The final transfers of competences and the shape of a new autonomous status remain the main obstacles and point to a tense 2026.
- The Estatuto de Gernika is still not fully implemented despite decades of partial advances.
- Existing autonomy is credited in reporting with supporting economic and social indicators above Spain's average and closer to European levels.
- The lehendakari recorded his year-end address at Donostia's Miramar Palace to review 2025 and outline the challenges for 2026.