Overview

• Arnaldo Otegi said EH Bildu will facilitate approval of the socialist government's upcoming budgets, framing the move as a way to keep the right and far right from power.
• The commitment positions EH Bildu as a reliable voting bloc for Pedro Sánchez's minority, according to reporting that contrasts its stance with uncertainty around Podemos deputies.
• PNV leader Aitor Esteban accused the PSOE of clinging to power and warned the party not to impose policies from Madrid, citing the planned refugee center in Vitoria.
• Esteban cautioned against any effort to centralize competencies belonging to the Basque Country or Navarre, saying his party will not accept a rollback of devolved powers.
• He also rebuked EH Bildu over summer incidents involving the Ertzaintza and a mural equating Lauaxeta with ETA members, stressing that Lauaxeta is the PNV's reference point; earlier this week Otegi met ERC's Oriol Junqueras to discuss strengthening nationalist agendas.