Overview
- In a Nov. 6 Radio Euskadi interview, EH Bildu leader Arnaldo Otegi said he does not hate the Ertzaintza and framed the dispute as a policy debate rather than a clash with officers.
- He advocated a decentralized, community‑based model for policing, citing Nordic and British approaches as references.
- According to ABC, Otegi accused the PNV of instrumentalizing criticism of the police to blunt EH Bildu’s electoral momentum.
- La Razón highlighted threatening graffiti against Security Minister Bingen Zupiria in late October that drew cross‑party condemnation.
- The Basque Government’s Security Forum launched in June runs through 2026, as officials recalibrate Ertzaintza communications following the Oct. 12 clashes in Vitoria.