Overview
- In the Basque Parliament, First Vice President Ibone Bengoetxea and language policy chief Aitor Aldasoro presented an action roadmap to increase everyday use of Basque.
- The plan is structured around cross‑cutting public policy under the AROA framework and a forthcoming Strategic Plan, collaboration with social and economic sectors, and citizen engagement through processes such as Jauzia Gara, with the 2027 World Congress on Basque flagged as a milestone.
- Concrete measures include free basic Euskera courses, the new INGURA digital learning platform, embedding Basque in education, industry and innovation, the LANERA initiative in workplaces, migrant linguistic reception, and audiovisual agreements to boost Basque content.
- Government figures show 42.5% of residents are Basque speakers, up from 21.9% in 1981, and 75% of people aged 5 to 29 know Basque.
- Euskaltzaindia hosts a Friday program in Bilbao on Gabriel Aresti’s influence and launches the Galda written‑testimony series, as Gipuzkoa’s Gazte Tour lands in Errenteria this weekend and Azkoitia readies the Zientzia Kalean science exhibition for November 18–28.