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Otegi Pledges Full Backing for PSOE Budget, Positioning Bildu as the Steadiest Ally

Otegi frames the pledge as a way to block the far right, responding to mandates from Euskadi and Navarre.

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.