PNV and EH Bildu denounce in parliament the verdicts that “attack the revitalization of the Basque language”

PNV and EH Bildu reached agreement this Thursday in the plenary session of the Basque Parliament on a text that reject “with force”. the sentences that ‘don’t just attack against revitalization of the Basque Country, but also against a ‘broad social consensus’. Moreover, the House joins the demonstration called for next November 4 in Bilbao by Euskalgintzaren Kontseilua to “denounce this offensive”.

EH Bildu has been taken to the Basque Chamber a motion to denounce the ‘offensive against the normalization of the Basque Country’ and to reject the ‘numerous penalties that violate the municipal law approved by the absolute majority of the Basque Parliament’.

The coalition reached agreement with the PNV on a text that has since been approved only with the support of the signatory groups Elkarrekin Podemos-IU abstained from voting and PSE-EE, PP, Vox and Cs voted against.

In it, the Basque Parliament expresses its “strong defense of both Law 2/2016 on local institutions, adopted in 2016 with a broad political consensus, and of the competence and capacity of the institutions to organize their activities” and urges calls on the government to defend Decree 179/2019, “defending the legality of the annulled articles, using all available legal means and all options offered by the jurisdiction.”

Moreover, the Basque government is urged to “further develop standardization policy and revitalization and to deepen the support that Basque public sector institutions need to guarantee the language rights of citizens, to face the major challenges of Basque for the future” and to “strengthen the cohesion and broad to continue to promote and foster social consensus with Basque” .

In the debate the parliamentarian said: EH Bildu Jasone Agirre has criticized the fact that “the Spanish judiciary is engaged in an ongoing offensive against the Basque language, and that there have already been fifteen rulings contrary to the normalization and revitalization of the Basque language” which are “no coincidence they are not isolated cases. they are a well-organized offensive,” as “all demands are the same everywhere and have been promoted by far-right, retrograde and hate-filled forces.”

The parliamentarian of PNV Aitor Urrutia believes that the court’s decision to annul articles on Basque from the above-mentioned decree “is a verdict of fear”, because “every time it is proposed to continue making progress in the field of Basque, the normalization of Basque is met with the fear that Spanish will disappear, and that is not the case because Spanish is very healthy in Euskadi; ​​I don’t know if we could say the same about Basque.’

The parliamentarian of PSE-EE Alberto Alonso explained that “socialists, unlike those who seek cultural and linguistic homogeneity, defend multiculturalism and pluralism” and recalled that “in democracy the role of judges is to interpret the laws” and “ensure that no one breaks the rules of the law.” the game.”

The parliamentarian of Elkarrekin Podemos-IU Isabel González has criticized the fact that “Basque has recently been used as a weapon in the courts, which “in no way benefits Basque or Basque society.”

The parliamentarian of PP Carmelo Barrio has assured that “there is no insult” and that what “is happening is the normal functioning of judges and courts applying the laws” and believes that what EH Bildu wants is “to impose a language, and that is not legal”.

The parliamentarian of Vox Amaia Martínez has stated that “Basque belongs to everyone and is part of the entire heritage of all Basques” and therefore “one can be perfectly in favor of Basque and at the same time against language policies that are “offensive and disproportionate”.

The parliamentarian of et al Jose Manuel Gil has stated that there is “no insult, legal or any other form of insult against the Basque language” and believes that “this is only the result of nationalist obsession.”