The new foundation will be called Bask Atlantik and will begin its journey before the end of the year. It will have 24 public and private employers, and its headquarters will be in Bilbao.
The lehendakari Inigo Urkullu will lead a pro-European foundation for the promotion of democratic values Basques Atlanticas EITB Media has been able to confirm. This will be the fate of Urkullu once he hands over the presidency of the Basque government Imanol Pradales.
Close sources have stated that the new project “will be linked with other foundations of a similar nature preserving and promoting European valuesin a context of rise of populism and questioning the institutions.” Former commissioners who have served at the highest levels in Brussels will form the group of contacts with whom Urkullu wants to work from now on.
Bask Atlantik will also serve, the sources add, so that Euskadi’s interests “are present in circles of influence.” But it will not only be a foundation for Euskadi, because Urkullu will act as a bridge for the whole Atlantic archincluding Portugal. Something it was already doing in its role in the Euregio or promoting the high-speed train for the Cantabrian and Atlantic regions,” they clarified.
The foundation, which will begin its journey before the end of the year, will have done so 24 public and private employersThe Secretary General of the European Union and External Action of the Basque Government, Marian Elorza, is one of the people who will guide Urkullu on this new path.
Source: EITB
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