The effects of the agreement between the PSOE and the ERC, aimed at providing Catalonia with a differentiated financing model in exchange for pro-independence support when Salvador Illa is sworn in, have also been felt for weeks in northern Spain. Today, it was the presidents of Navarre and the Basque Country, Imanol Pradales and María Chivite, who made a common front to defend the “singularity” and “solidarity” of their systems Prosecutors expect them to be questioned when the debate opens in the Catalan sphere.
In addition to the historical and cultural ties, the leader of the Socialist Party of Navarre (PSN) highlighted the link that the sharing of the regional regime means for both territories (Concert in the Basque case and Accord in Navarre), which allows them to have their own tax regime, unlike the other 15 Spanish autonomous communities plus Ceuta and Melilla. “These are tools of solidarity with the rest of the country,” said Chivite, who criticizedduring his first official meeting with the lendakari in Pamplona, that “they are once again questioning the new financing model of Catalonia.”
“Today we are once again defending the Concert and the Agreement,” he insisted. Pradales emphasizes: “Its uniqueness, its solidarity and its rigorous management”. In line with these statements, they did not position themselves against opening the debate on financing, but they rejected the “interested and unfair attacks”, since their systems are protected constitutionally and by the European Union, as stated by the Basque president. Country. “My job is to ensure that the Basque economic agreement is respected and that it is not used as a weapon in a debate that concerns the State,” said Pradales.
The Peneuvista, who governs in coalition with the Socialist Party of Euskadi (PSE) in his own autonomous community, has shown harmony with his Navarrese counterpart, with whom he says they share knowledge. In fact, both have committed to renew in the coming months the collaboration protocol signed in 2021a space to discuss issues related to strategic infrastructure, such as promoting the high-speed train connection between the two regions, or the use of Basque.
There is no mention of the recent controversy surrounding Navarre, sparked by the comments of Arlado Otegi, general coordinator of EH Bildu, who requested to introduce it into the historical territories that make up an independent state in the imagination of the Basque independence movement. “We are learning to live together in peace, moving forward without forgetting. This path will help us to travel another one. “Moving towards a diverse and multicultural society” are the words closest to Chivite.
Yeah The President spoke of the aberrant left Basque who accused EH Bildu of playing different interests in each territorial area. In Navarre, they are a key player for Chivite, because they facilitated his investiture by their abstention, and in the Basque Country, the Peneuvistas have been reproaching them for a week for having left aside the attitude of dialogue in the work of the opposition.
“Let’s see if we are facing a new political era,” said Pradales, focusing on the meeting scheduled for tomorrow to address the Health Pact that he proposed to the Basque Country. “Bildu, unions, professional associations will participate… “It is time to move from words to actions,” he concluded.
