Overview
- Hours after EH Bildu drew about 20,000 people in Bilbao to oppose PP and Vox, Aitor Esteban moved to recast the anti-authoritarian message for the PNV.
- Esteban argued that only the PNV has practiced true antifascism by renouncing violence, implicitly contrasting his party with the left abertzale.
- He warned that a PP–Vox government could bring regression and presented the PNV as the dependable institutional option for the Basque Country.
- He said he told Pedro Sánchez this week to seal a political agreement on ten pending Basque transfers before December 31, even if the handover occurs in early 2026.
- He renewed the push to repeal the Franco-era Official Secrets Law and said Junts would support the move, which he cast as a way to overcome the current blocking majority in Congress.