The PP of Gipuzkoa announced on Thursday a political maneuver which contradicts its strong criticism of the PNV and especially of the socialists in the rest of the institutional spheres. The spokesperson for the General Assemblies of this territory, Mikel Lezama, announced that they would facilitate the approval of the provincial budgets for 2025. “Political disagreements or partisan struggles cannot be an obstacle to the progress of Gipuzkoa,” said declared Lezama to the media.
The PP has already authorized the inauguration of Peneuvista Eider Mendoza in 2023 and voted in favor of the PNV and PSE-EE government as an alternative to EH Bildu, winner of the regional elections. In 2024, the Provincial Council had no budget due to its minority situation and, in anticipation of next year, although nationalists and socialists have also explored possible pacts with EH Bildu and with Podemos, which maintains there a representation with two seats, he finally considered to his right. This pact with the PP happens to be María Eugenia Arrizabalaga’s first major decision as the new president of the PNV of Gipuzkoa after decades of Joseba Egibar’s mandate.
The EH Bildu coalition, which is conducting parallel negotiations with the PNV and the PSE-EE within the Basque Government, deplored that nationalists and socialists must know “with whom to travel” because it is not the same thing to to have as a “travel companion”. the right than to “progressives and nationalists”. In any case, even if they initially demanded a coherent and “global” agreement in all institutional areas, EH Bildu does not consider this maneuver as a break with the executive of Imanol Pradales. Of course, in Euskadi, the PNV and the PSE-EE have an absolute majority. The same thing does not happen in Alava, where both formations need a third support. Here a possible pact with Podemos and IU was initially considered, but formally there are also contacts with the PP and EH Bildu.
