The Minister of Youth and Childhood, Sira Rego, has urged young Basques to organize and "approach" class unions to safeguard their rights against the policies of the PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, whom she sees as "embarked on a desperate race to be the most fascist in Spain" and intending to return "to a practically enslaved working class without rights".
Rego traveled this Thursday to the Port of Santurtzi, where she met with the association Salvamento Marítimo Humanitario. There she commented on the statements made by the PP president this week in Bilbao about absenteeism, which he referred to as a "cancer" and for which he proposed reducing the wages of workers on leave.
According to the minister, Núñez Feijóo's approach responds "with a position very aligned with employers, an ultra position".
"One more, it seems that Mr. Feijó wakes up from his lethargy always to bring ultra proposals, racist proposals aligning with Vox in some autonomous communities with that national priority, to talk about how he intends to roll back women's rights regarding abortion, or proposing measures so that the working class is in a situation of vulnerability and loss of rights," she denounced.
In her opinion, with these types of proposals, the popular leader "clearly reveals what the PP's agenda is," which is why she has asked to take note "collectively" of what the Popular Party is proposing and of its "far-right proposals".
"The most fascist in Spain" and a call for youth organization
The head of Youth and Childhood insisted that it seems Núñez Feijóo has embarked "on a desperate race to be the most fascist in Spain".
In this context, she has made a call to Basque youth to organize, get involved in class unions, and "continue fighting for their rights".
Rego stressed that workers' rights in Spain "were hard-won" and recalled the mobilizations driven by workers and class unions to achieve them.
Therefore, she described it as "lamentable" to hear how the PP leader intends to take Spain "to the 19th century and to a practically enslaved working class without rights".
"From the Government, we will continue working so that this is not the case and, of course, continue encouraging the young working class to continue organizing and to continue defending their rights," he concluded.