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PSE Questions PNV Chief Esteban's Authority After Vitoria Unrest

Leverage also flows from slow talks with Madrid on the 15 pending transfers.

Overview

  • Following street violence in Vitoria, the PNV and PSE presented a joint front as PSE leader Eneko Andueza publicly asked, “Who runs the PNV?”
  • EH Bildu and the PNV approved a motion in Gipuzkoa’s provincial assembly to include the right to decide in Estatuto reform, a stance rejected by the PSE.
  • The PNV and EH Bildu are moving to shield euskera in public hiring after court rulings that deemed some selection processes discriminatory toward Spanish.
  • Internal pressure on Esteban has mounted from the party’s Gipuzkoa faction, with Markel Olano defending employment-law changes and appearing at a right-to-decide rally.
  • Esteban says he will not unilaterally pull congressional support from Pedro Sánchez if the end-2025 deadline for the 15 transfers slips, as negotiations move slowly.