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Pradales Centers New Year’s Address on Migrant Integration, Presses Madrid Over Basque Powers

He warned promised transfers of powers are running late following a request to push the bilateral commission to mid‑January.

Overview

  • Pradales framed integration as a two‑way path of rights and obligations and urged migrants to commit fully to Basque society.
  • He called on leaders of migrant communities to spearhead a shared commitment to social cohesion and common rules.
  • He cited a tenfold rise in the migrant population, from about 30,000 in 2000 to more than 300,000 today.
  • He said the Spanish government asked to postpone the bilateral commission on pending competences to mid‑January and described the lack of progress as worrying.
  • He pledged to further normalize and revitalize euskera despite recent court rulings that curtail language requirements for public‑sector jobs.