Overview
- After a leadership meeting, PSE-EE condemned parliamentary initiatives by PNV and EH Bildu to tighten Basque-language requirements in the public sector, saying they override the rights of thousands of workers and applicants.
- The party reaffirmed support for Euskera normalization but rejected what it called an exclusionary approach that would leave broad social groups outside public employment or services.
- PSE-EE accused PNV of aligning with EH Bildu and departing from prior cross-party agreements such as the Law of Public Employment and the updated profiles decree.
- Eneko Andueza urged PNV to act responsibly and to avoid an electoral competition with EH Bildu that the socialists argue would harm the broader majority.
- Party leaders cautioned that the dispute could affect 2026 budget preparations and announced an October 25 event in Bilbao to mark the Statute of Gernika, with Andueza and socialist officials set to speak.