Overview
- He conditions any agreement on a revised Basque autonomy framework with EH Bildu on a “real leap” in national recognition, arbitration and external presence.
- He rejects forming a joint congressional list if Madrid calls elections, underscoring policy gaps with Bildu on infrastructure, fiscal policy, health, security and external action.
- He presents the PNV as Euskadi’s stabilizing force, contrasting its “tradition” of building and cohesion with what he describes as Bildu’s disruptive approach.
- He criticizes the PP and its secretary-general Miguel Tellado, accusing them of insulting the PNV and denying Basque plural identity.
- He announces a General Assembly on 13 December in Vitoria to renew party statutes as part of a push to modernize the organization.