The initiative is committed to “respecting differences” to achieve a “minimum common ground” to face future challenges, such as “agreeing where we stand and, above all, where we want to go.”
Representatives of PNV, EH Bildu, Podemos Euskadi, as well as the ELA and LAB trade unions and Basque social and cultural agents, participated this Saturday in the event organized by Batera at the Miramar Palace in San Sebastián in favor of a Aberri Eguna “unitary”.
The event, which took place this afternoon in the capital of Gipuzkoan, was attended by representatives of the PNV, such as the mayor of San Sebastian, Eneko Goia, or the president of the GBB, Joseba Egibar, as well as EH Bildu candidates for deputy general of Gipuzkoa , Maddalen Iriarte, and the mayor of San Sebastián, Juan Karlos Izagirre.
Throughout the day there were music performances and audiovisual viewings at Batera’s ‘Bagera bagara’ initiative, which aims for a “unitary” Aberri Eguna.
In addition, Estitxu Garay and Ibai Zabala read a statement in Basque and Spanish on behalf of Batera calling for “unity to meet future challenges”. “We exist and we are here today thanks to all the generations that have gone before us,” they insisted, adding: “We are the last link in a chain that has never been broken and to which the new links will be added in the future will continue. the future”.
In this sense, they have defended that “the historical responsibility to ensure that the chain does not break lies with us, our society and no one else” and believe that “to bear this burden of history, the behind the backs of all Basque citizens“.
“We need to know where we come from, to say without fear that we are the Basque people, we are Euskal Herria,” they insisted. In addition, they have pointed out that “it is not enough to be clear about where we come from”, but it is also necessary to “analyze where we are and where we are going“.
Likewise, they have recognized that the Basque people have reached the 21st century “as a divided country, deprived of the sovereignty it aspires to and demographically obsolete” and therefore “doomed to meet the enormous challenges of the 21st century”. century without state, divided and outnumbered as a nation“.
“Call for unity from difference”
In this regard, they have pointed out that in order to meet the “colossal challenges” of the future, it is necessary “to all agree where we are and, above all, where we want to go”. “For small towns like ours, unity on fundamental issues is essential, and division is a luxury we cannot afford,” they insisted.
That is why they have emphasized that the current “historical context” requires “to work towards that unity, and the changes that have taken place in recent years have created the conditions for this”.
“It is time for unity among those of us who believe in Euskal Herria,” they urged adding that “the Aberri Eguna must be, a call to unity from the differences.”
“Unity to face the challenges presented to us as a people. Unity to secure our future; unity to build a parity and an advanced society, with solidarity and social cohesion as its axis; unity to strengthen the heartbeat of this city; unity so that the Basque citizens decide what the future of Euskal Herria will look like, so that the Basque citizens, in their diversity, have full decision-making power,” they affirmed.
Therefore, they have insisted that “all of us, while respecting differences, must build the minimum common ground that this people needs to meet the challenges of the 21st century.”
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