Robert Fico’s health status, plenary session in the Basque Parliament and changes in the ERC

These are the topics that will be central main headlines from this Thursday, May 16, 2024:

– Robert Fico’s health status: Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico “will survive the attack” he suffered yesterday after being shot five times in an armed attack, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Tomas Taraba said. Fico, seriously injured, has undergone emergency surgery and is “out of danger”. Defense Secretary Robert Kaliniak, for his part, emphasized that it was “an attack with a political background.” The shooter, a 71-year-old man, has been arrested.

– Plenary session in the Basque Parliament: The Basque Parliament of the 13th term started its journey last Tuesday with the election of its board. The next two steps that the House must take are purely regulatory procedures, the first today, Thursday, in a plenary session to appoint the Provisional Commission for Incompatibilities of Parliamentarians, which will submit its opinion to a plenary session one day on May 23. before the European Championship campaign starts on June 9.

– Cycle change in ERC: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) is facing an internal renewal after the 12 million euro electoral debacle, which prompted the call of a congress on November 30 to adopt a new strategy. The president of the ERC, Oriol Junqueras, announced yesterday that he will leave the party’s presidency after the European elections on June 9 to “open a process of reflection and active listening before deciding on the future.” ERC general secretary Marta Rovira will not stand for re-election to the position and Pere Aragonès said on Monday that he will not collect the deputy certificate and leave the political frontline.