Overview
- He signaled “all the willingness in the world” to facilitate approval of the general budget the Socialist government is preparing.
- Bildu is presented as the government’s priority and most reliable partner, contrasting with uncertainty around Podemos deputies.
- The leader urged the PNV to avoid importing Madrid’s “toxic” climate into the Basque Country and called for concrete, content‑based “agreements of country.”
- He highlighted recent coordination with ERC after meeting Oriol Junqueras, with both leaders elevating nationalist agendas and referencing bargaining over continued support.
- The pledge arrives as Spain starts a new term without approved budgets and under scrutiny from corruption inquiries, making external parliamentary backing more consequential.