“There are people who believe that revolutions and transformations are made on Twitter, we believe that they are made every day, making decisions with the people,” he emphasized.
The general coordinator of EH Bildu, Arnaldo Otegi, stated this Friday, at the opening of the coalition’s first municipal conference, that this political formation “is a leader in a different model of democracy”, more participatory and cooperative.
EH Bildu is bringing together hundreds of councilors and mayors this Friday and Saturday in Pamplona at its first municipal conference, which will include the presence of members of Ireland’s Sinn Fein and the Scottish SNP, to debate the “new leaders”.
How to deal with this unique historical moment in the history of mankind? Based on that question, EH Bildu outlined in the document Basque country. A better country the milestones proposed by the coalition for the construction of a new project for the country.
In his speech at the opening ceremony, Otegi stated that EH Bildu’s municipalism is “national, Basque and progressive” and “deeply linked to what is an integral project of social transformation”.
“There are people who believe that revolutions and transformations are made on Twitter, we believe that they are made every day, making decisions with the people” and “in the institutions closest to the people, such as municipalities,” he stressed.
Otegi has assured that the members of EH Bildu “are leaders at a historic moment when the struggle between liberal democracy and political authoritarianism is at stake”.
«Our is a comprehensive project that seeks the Basque Republic of free and equal. The local government in this country has always played a key role in restoring our freedoms.
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— EH Bildu (@ehbildu) May 27, 2022
The coalition, he added, “is a leader in a different model of democracy, participatory and cooperative democracy, open to people’s participation” and working “to build multiple alliances” with those who think differently, but who believe that “in times of when you have to row together”.
The municipalism of EH Bildu, he explained, “is also an integral project, which strives for the Basque Republic as equals, the territorial structure of the country, the sovereignty of the country and the construction of progressive and egalitarian alternatives”.
“No one will steal our smile, because no one will stop us, because this is a country that has met the challenges in the most difficult circumstances and will know how to do it in the future,” he concluded.
Before the opening ceremony, held in the Baluarte . Convention CenterOtegi held a meeting in a hotel in Pamplona with the international delegations invited to the Municipal Conference.
Among the international guests at these conferences are: Sinn Fein MP Eoin Ó Broin, Glasgow City Councilor Ruairi Kelly (SNP), representative of the Chilean constituent movement Jabiera Manzi, and the head of municipal policy for the Red-Green Alliance of Copenhagen, Jesper Kiel
The Deputy Mayor of Lausanne David Payot, the Deputy Mayor of Lleida Sandra Castro (ERC), the former Mayor of Allariz Francisco García (BNG), and the Councilor of the Turkish Municipal Council Selmi Holopainen (Finland)fill in the list of guests of this meeting.
«Zuek egiten duzue egunero EH Bildu. Kalean eta udaletxeetan, jendearekin konfiantzaz, esperatzaz eta alaitasunaz hitz egiten».
No one will steal our smile, no one will stop us!
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— EH Bildu (@ehbildu) May 27, 2022
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