The photograph of the EH Bildu meeting with Pedro Sánchez this Friday morning represents a “milestone” for the Abertzale formation in order to consolidate its normalization as a political interlocutor, and this is what the Abertzale coalition wanted to “value.” The pro-independence party, in addition, insisted at the end of the meeting that it “will not speculate” regarding its position regarding the investiture and takes its support for the socialist leader for granted: “Stopping the extreme right is a democratic mandate, with the who has absolute responsibility and determination.”
EH Bildu sent a press release after the meeting with which it sought to highlight a “constructive” and positive position, both with respect to the meeting and in relation to its position on the investiture.
Regarding the event, the first public meeting of a federal leader of the PSOE and a head of the Executive with the nationalist formation, the coalition wanted to highlight that "it reflects a way of understanding political activity and placing oneself in the current historical moment", for On top of “the tension, noise and bad manners try to impose themselves on the political debate.” “The meeting took place in a constructive and positive environment, another milestone that allows us to build a framework of trust to address a cycle of dialogue, negotiation and agreement,” they noted.
Meanwhile, regarding the content of the meeting, EH Bildu has come to insist on the support already announced for Pedro Sánchez to “stop the extreme right.” “Above political acronyms, the vast majority of the Basque people sent a clear mandate: not to allow the reactionary bloc, led by PP-VOX, to form a government in the Spanish State. EH Bildu has once again reiterated that commitment, because he will comply, as always, with that mandate,” he indicated.
The Abertzale coalition has also indicated that “it does not and will not speculate regarding its position at this crucial moment”: “Stopping the extreme right is a democratic mandate, with which it has absolute responsibility and determination.”
Although the formation has not put counterparts on the table, it has indicated that the investiture should open “a new legislature to deepen the expansion of the social and economic rights of Basque workers and the State, the consolidation of policies that promote peace and democratic coexistence in Euskal Herria and the opening of a debate around the plurinationality of the State and the national rights of our people.”
The nationalist party has also asked Sánchez for ambition “to resolve the pending issues.”
