The Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, is scheduled to emphasize this Thursday, in the General Policy Plenary of the Basque Parliament, the urgency of "putting the pedal to the metal" so that the agreements reached with the Government of Pedro Sánchez are executed in a state legislature that he considers "in discount...
The general secretary of the PSE-EE, Eneko Andueza, has conveyed to the lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, the advisability of designing "expansive" public accounts for 2027 and of exercising "self-criticism," accompanied by concrete measures, to correct the deficiencies of the educational system highlighted by the latest PISA Report. Both leaders met this...
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has warned that "the end of the legislature is going to precipitate de facto" if the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, is not "capable of channeling" the crisis opened in Ceuta, where "the problem" lies both in the "inability to manage it adequately" on the...
The Basque Government does not plan to organize an institutional tribute event for the Basque footballers who have been proclaimed champions of the World Cup, as indicated to Europa Press by sources from Imanol Pradales' Executive.According to these same sources, the lehendakari has maintained direct contact with the players of...
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has issued a direct warning to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez: he will not participate in the next meeting of the Bilateral Commission scheduled for the end of this month if the agenda does not include "any significant political content." "If that is not...
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has lashed out at the Popular Party, considering that it has decided to "swell the ranks of catastrophism and the most demagogic populism," thereby denouncing the "irresponsibility" that, in his opinion, the president of the PP in Euskadi, Javier de Andrés, "does every Friday" in the...
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has insisted that "the majority interest of Basque society is that parties like Vox are as far as possible from any government", remarking that "we democrats are not going to allow those who want to destroy democracy to appropriate it". At the same time, he has...
The spokesperson for Sumar in the Basque Parliament, Jon Hernández, has held the lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, responsible for "politically using" the doctors' strike over the Framework Statute, resorting to the Ministry of Health "as a scapegoat" to "cover up" Osakidetza's internal problems. Therefore, he has demanded that the Department of...
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, calls on the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, not to be "distracted by judicial cases" because it would be "a serious mistake" given the "acquired commitments" with Euskadi. At the same time, he calls on EH Bildu to "put on their hard hats and promote...
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has sent the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, a document with 36 initiatives aimed at strengthening the protection of families and economic activity. Among them is the reduction of VAT on meat and fish to the super-reduced rate, from 10% to 4%, as well as...
The Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has expressed his concern about the possibility of incidents recurring during the summer festivals in Euskadi, considering that "the tics of the past have not disappeared". In his opinion, Zupiria's warning is "a call for prevention" against "something that can happen again", as already occurred in...
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has expressed his recognition to the mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, for his "way of understanding political action" at the head of the City Council, highlighting that it has been "close and honest".Through a message published on his X account, Pradales has conveyed his "heartfelt...
The Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has anticipated this Wednesday that the instrumental motion of censure that the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, intends to promote against the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, will hardly prosper as long as Vox continues "in the equation," a party that, he has...
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has warned that, if Vox —which includes the suppression of the State of Autonomies in its program— were to participate in an eventual change of political cycle in Spain, one could only "have alarms on," and has stressed that, although polls only offer "a snapshot of...
The president of the Parliament of Catalonia, Josep Rull, received the lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, this Tuesday at noon in the Presidency office, in what is his second institutional visit to the Catalan Chamber.The first time Pradales visited the Parliament was on January 24, 2025, and a few weeks later, a...
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has called on the Mixed Group-Sumar to "accompany" the Basque Government in the defense of self-government and in the development of the bilateral agenda, and to "contribute decisively", recalling that "they are part of the Spanish coalition government" and that "it has direct responsibilities over issues...
The Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has claimed this Friday in Vitoria, during an event with the Basque police, that a society that "does not protect those who protect it" is "condemned to failure". Therefore, he has urged to "act forcefully" and to "put a stop to actions that foster indiscriminate hatred",...
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has backed the new Athletic de Bilbao kit, in which Navarra appears integrated into the map of Euskal Herria covered by an ikurriña, and has stressed that he finds it "very beautiful", lamenting at the same time the "sterile controversy" generated around it.In statements to "Radio...
The Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has demanded that former Government President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero give "all the appropriate explanations," and do so with "the utmost speed and transparency," after his indictment in the 'Plus Ultra case' became known, an episode he has described as "serious and unprecedented."In a press conference...
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has underlined during the celebration of Iberdrola's 125th anniversary that the energy company is an "actor and key player" in addressing the new "Basque and European industrial and technological rebirth," and has emphasized the alignment with the company in defending a state regulatory framework that "incentivizes...