In Euskadi and Navarra, the creation of a new left-wing party of sovereignist bent is moving forward, which claims self-determination and "rejects uncontrolled mass immigration," with an eye on running in the municipal and foral elections of May 23, 2027. According to what the former journalist of Egin and Gara Joseba Iturria details on social networks, the organization "is in the process of completing all legal procedures" and hopes to "complete in a few weeks" the necessary requirements to make its name public, as well as launch its website and its social media profiles.
According to the information released by Iturria, the intention of this new acronym is to present candidacies to the three General Assemblies, the Parliament of Navarra and the three capitals of the Basque Autonomous Community and Pamplona. In addition, it aspires to run in those municipalities where they have "sufficient base to aspire to have representation".
In the programmatic draft that the journalist has made known, the formation states that it "defends the individual and collective interests of Basque citizens, their identity as a people, social and economic development, rationality in the sociocultural sphere and the subordination of corporate interests to the general interests".
The text also claims "a new economic model of mixed economy, which overcomes the already exhausted current neoliberal model, ensuring that the activity of governments is not conditioned by the interests of large companies". In this line, it advocates "a substantial weight of public enterprise in the large companies of the strategic and capital-intensive sectors".
Migration policies and economic model
On migration matters, the party sets as one of its central goals "the recovery of rationality in the field of migration policies". It specifies that it supports "immigrant workers", but at the same time "rejects uncontrolled mass immigration".
In its argument, the formation states: "We reject the current neoliberal migration model based on the massive importation of foreign workers for their exploitation as cheap labor for the benefit of the interests of the employers' association. They harm everyone". It adds that "there will be no work or housing for everyone who wants to come, neither all of Africa nor Latin America fit in Euskal Herria".
According to the document, "it is about citizens having more money in their countries so that they can live better there and stimulate their economy without needing to emigrate as long as they do not come from armed conflicts or are political persecuted".
Foreign minors and asylum
The new formation declares its support for the "right of asylum and refugee status for all those who suffer wars in their countries of origin", but it likewise proposes "a change in the laws on Foreigners and Unaccompanied Minors" with the aim that the Basque institutions "do not assume the responsibility that those of other countries in which there are no armed conflicts or political persecution should have".
At this point, it maintains that "we consider that, except in these cases, minors should be with their families. In this way, we will prevent them from ending up in the hands of mafias that profit by putting their lives at risk in order to reach the EU, that everyone understand that the way to obtain a residence permit should be with a decent work contract that allows them to access housing and live without the need for public aid".
Likewise, it positions itself against migrants "living on public aid without any intention of entering the labor market". In its view, "having young immigrants not working in our streets is the cause of crimes, thefts, robberies with violence, assaults and rapes committed by this group being proportionally much higher".
However, it qualifies that "it is uncontrolled migration and not migrants that is responsible for these situations of precariousness and risk of crime". And it adds: "We will always be with those who suffer these crimes that can never be justified and, therefore, the party will defend that people detained for several crimes committed against Basque citizens leave Euskal Herria asking for judicial means so that the resolutions are quick in these cases to avoid impunity, recidivism and insecurity in our streets".
Sovereignty, NATO and productive model
In the international and security sphere, the political project considers membership in NATO "negative" and "the current arms escalation", and proclaims "the sovereignty of Euskal Herria and its citizens: that the decisions that affect our life are made here, by the Basques, and not in the offices of large corporations, international organizations or foreign military alliances".
The program insists on the need for "political sovereignty, but also economic, energy, and food sovereignty," betting that "our energy and our food are produced here, protect our workers, baserritarras and companies, and do not depend on outside interests".
On the identity level, the party states: "We advocate the defense of Basque cultural, social, and political identity and, consequently, the right of Euskal Herria to self-determination, in a way compatible with respect and friendship with all peoples and cultures".
Housing and public sector
As for housing, the programmatic document sets as a priority that "all Basque workers, those who have been and those who are, can have access to housing at an affordable price below current prices". To this end, it proposes promoting "a Housing Law that determines that in tense places only natural persons may buy it individually to live in them and that prevents vulture funds from speculating with their scarcity".
Among its proposals is also "the nationalization/purchase and creation of public companies for the construction and promotion of public housing, to dedicate them to regulated rent, similar to the Austrian model, aspiring for at least 30% of the sector to be public and non-profit, because it is a basic social need, like Education or Healthcare".