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PNV Threatens to Rethink Ties With Madrid if Basque Transfer Deal Fails Before Friday

A bilateral commission session in Madrid seeks to close five pending Gernika Statute competencies.

Overview

  • The Basque and Spanish governments have a Comisión Mixta de Transferencias meeting scheduled for Friday in Madrid to finalize five agreed transfers.
  • PNV leader Aitor Esteban warned that the party will change its relations with the central government if there is no agreement before Friday.
  • Basque minister Javier Hurtado said on Radio Euskadi that the meeting will take place and expressed optimism about reaching a deal.
  • Uncertainty persists after government spokesperson Maria Ubarretxena previously left the meeting's celebration in doubt.
  • EH Bildu’s Nerea Kortajarena criticized the central government and questioned whether Pedro Sánchez has sized up the PNV, casting the warnings as a pressure tactic.