Pradales meets King Felipe VI this Monday in Zarzuela

King Felipe VI will receive the Lehendakari in audience on Monday, Imanol Pradalesthe second lehendakari of the Basque Autonomous Community (CAV) that sees the monarch at the Zarzuela Palace.

The meeting will take place this Monday afternoon, two weeks after Pradales was sworn in as the sixth Lehendakari of the democracy during a solemn ceremony held before the Gernika tree and attended by, among others, the Lehendakari, his predecessor, Iñigo Urkullu, who has met the king twice.

Urkullu was received by Felipe VI in 2014 during a round of interviews with regional presidents in La Zarzuela that he held that same year, when he was proclaimed King of Spain.

And in 2020, another meeting took place after Urkullu’s victory in the July 12 elections, an event in which both greeted each other warmly, but without shaking hands due to the health measures imposed at the time by the pandemic.

In this way, the hearing will mark the King’s third meeting with CAV leaders since its proclamation.

Round with the matches

In the same way, he will begin his round of talks with the political parties of the Basque Parliament on Thursday, July 11, with Sumar.

After the first meeting with Sumar, he will receive the PP and the PSE-EE, member of the Executive, on Friday; on Monday, July 15, he will meet with EH Bildu, the main opposition party, and on Tuesday he will receive the PNV, the majority party in the government.

Lehendakari wants to discuss with the Basque parties a joint reflection on the priorities and challenges of the country and establish a working methodology. The pact on the health system stands out, an objective set by both Lehendakari and the new Minister of Health, Alberto Martínez.