Resolution against the extreme right in the Basque parliament, agreement of PNV, EH Bildu, PSE-EE and Elkarrekin Podemos-IU

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The Basque Parliament has agreed, with the votes for PNV, EH Bildu, PSE-EE and Elkarrekin Podemos-IUfight ‘s hate strategies “far right and neo-fascist” forces and the defense of “fear and discrimination”. Only the PP+C faction and the sole representative of Vox have positioned themselves against an initiative against the expressions of the extreme right.

PNV, EH Bildu, PSE-EE and Elkarrekin Podemos-IU have reached an agreement on a transaction amendment in which they have the “concern“for the rise of the far right and neo-fascism “because they pose a threat to freedom, social rights and democracy.”

The Chamber has rejected all “populist, totalitarian and imperialist political and military polarizations taking place in the world” and has reaffirmed its vocation to remain an area of ​​freedom and free exchange of ideas, of rational and reasoned debate, of which the only limit should be respect for human rights.

Parliament showed its opposition to any manifestation of violence and discrimination against individuals and groups, and its determination to challenge the agenda of democracy, equality and human rights to the apology of fear and discrimination.

It has also expressed its willingness to continue to fight social inequalities and improve and deepen democracy so that “far-right and neo-fascist ideologies and forces fail in their policies to rescue hate and exploit fear as a xenophobic, anti-European disqualifying strategy of system democracy and policies of equality and access to sexual and reproductive rights, and generator of violent systems”.

group arguments

Garikoitz Mujika EH Picture), whose coalition filed the motion, has called the “aggressions” propagated by the far right against immigrants and groups like the LGTBI, and their hate speech, and has claimed cordon sanitaire against the extreme right to prevent it from entering governments and institutions and to avoid its strategy of flagging the political debate.

Joseph Egibar GDP) has doubted the desirability of bringing these debates to Parliament, has argued for not to give the far right this protagonist for free and has warned that when institutions are weak and problems pile up, populism will find its way.

Txarli Prieto PSE-EE) blamed the PP pact with Vox to rule in Castilla y Leóna “distraction” from the popular ones he has labeled “very dangerous” and deemed it necessary to “block the way” to the far right “and to those who agree with them”.

Watch Gorrotxategi Elkarrekin Podemos-IU) has said the far right is “a danger” for spreading anti-democratic hate speech against feminism and immigrants, as well as for climate change denial, and has assured that Vox is the political and ideological heir to Francoism

By PP+Cswho voted against Neighborhood Carmel has turned to EH Bildu to accuse the coalition of talking about the defense of institutions while parliamentarians, councilors, judges and ertzainas are murdered and persecuted with the justification still of the abertzale left

the parliamentarian of vox Amaia Martinez, has been particularly hard on the nationalist left, as well as the parties that voted in favor of the amendment. “All to one,” he criticized after replying that the “real fascism” is that of EH Bildu, who carries a “backpack full of murders”. He has also attacked the PNV, which knows that with Abascal he “will never be able to play his marketing policy”, against the “far left” of Podemos and against the “shame pacts” of the PSOE. “They’re scared because… Vox is the third political power and will soon rule Spainand the ban on Bildu will be on the political agenda,” he warned.