For example, after more than two years of closure, the Avenida de Hendaia bridge, the Izpegi pass and the Aldude and Larraine passes will be reopened. On January 14, 2021, nine border crossings were blocked. The French government closed the border crossings for security reasons.
The Prefect of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Julien Charles, has announced that on October 30, the French government will open the four border crossings that remain closed on the border between Ipar Euskal Herria and Hegoalde. For example, after more than two years of blockade, the Avenida de Hendaia bridge, the Izpegi pass and the Aldude and Larraine passes will be reopened.
There were nine steps closed on January 14, 2021 and four remain closed: the Izpegi Pass (used by the Baigorritarras), Iturzaeta (for the Larraindarras), the Kintokoa point (essential for the residents of Aldude and Urepel) and the Hendaia point. Perhaps it is precisely the latter that has to endure the most travel and has therefore caused the most inconvenience to citizens.
Spain and France They agreed on January 19, 2023 to create a working group to develop joint teams of the police forces of both states with the aim of allowing the reopening of border posts, which the French executive closed for security reasons.
The mayor of Hendaye, Kotte Ezenarromet with the prefect in February 2023. Jean Dominique Iriart, first councilor of Larraine, wrote a letter to Charles demanding the lifting of the blockade. “They are violating the Schengen Treaty itself, freedom is at stake,” he said.
On November 30, 2022, when eight passes were still closed, the seven areas that made up the Working community in the Pyrenees (Euskadi, Navarre, New Aquitaine, Occitania, Catalonia, Aragon and Andorra) unanimously requested the opening of the passes.
Source: EITB
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