April 21, 2024. The Basques have voted. And they have sent a political message to Spain and its political representatives: They have their own reading of how Euskadi has been managed in recent years and the weight and influence achieved in the distribution of national power. A weight and influence that they intend to continue having. The Peneuvistas (somewhat touched, but far from sunk) They will continue to govern if there are no surprises. hand in hand with the socialists. They give them the numbers. And in Ferraz’s headquarters it was repeated in these months that “it is not yet time” to consider favoring a Bildu government. Even if they won in votes and seats. That there are a few years of political and social therapy, of overcoming mourning, for that equation. That the criticized decision of the PSN (obviously blessed by the Madrid leadership) to hand over the Abertzales to the Pamplona city council was not transferable to the community and that this had been communicated, in time, to the interested parties.
The fact is that in 21-A The Basques have clearly rewarded the nationalist-independence perspective of their reality (PNV and EH Bildu), definitively opening the door to the Abertzales to aspire for more, to aspire for everything, if they continue in the coming years clinging to management and day-to-day problems, especially those that concern the younger ones, who trust them without as much misgivings as other generations who keep alive the historical memory and the memories of their dangerous, very dangerous, friendships from yesteryear. Those who have not dared to call themselves a “terrorist band” in the campaign, you know. Bildu will not govern this time, but he remains at the doors. The vertigo is only postponed. And in national politics the result of 21-A is going to be noticed. At the time.
The citizens of Euskadi They have given an ear gauge to the penisists (they have gone from 31 seats to 27) for settling into a Lehendakaritza that has been more theirs than anyone else’s, taking away four seats in their parliament with respect to the previous elections and forcing them, with poll after poll notices, to renew a candidate and a good numerous members of the list. To the forced ‘renovate’ operation in the PNV we must add that its neighbors They have placed EH Bildu on an equal footing in the mirror, with 27 seatswhich represents a rise of six steps compared to the last elections.
PNV and Bildu have tied. This is historic. Politically they will be able to talk to each other. A turning point. A warning to sailors so that the Peneuvistas wake up if they want to continue being hegemonic. A full-fledged snack on the part of the abertzales of the Basque vote that previously brought together Podemos – which remains outside the Chamber, RIP, while Adding saves face at least with a scandal. There is a shared prize for PNV and Bildu although the first will continue to reign, two strategic partners of Pedro Sánchez who, surely, will further increase their competition in Madrid after having already competed in their own polls.
As to The socialists, who have also had their reconstruction operation in Euskadi. with another candidate and another campaign philosophy (based on the fact that being a member is not synonymous with giving up criticism of the PNV), they have achieved an electoral result that meets, and even slightly exceeds, their modest expectations…Of course they do. who are it seems more or less depending on what you take into account what they once were on this earth. But this Sunday the socialists congratulate themselves because not only are they decisive for the Peneuvistas to remain in power and prevent, for another season, Bildu from taking over that key, but they have risen two seats from 10 to 12. After the fiasco from the Galicians, a respite.
In the PP, the seat that they have managed to raise (they have gone from six to seven in these elections) he has known little, but he has small print. This time they appeared alone, not in a coalition. All the votes and seats are yours, therefore, the real increase is greater than the official one, although less than expected. They were counting internally on a greater and deeper erosion of the PNV and that they would manage to engulf the entire Vox vote in Euskadi to increase their results and their strength with the help of a more moderate candidate. Veteran but with a future to grow in a Euskadi little given to the excesses of politics. And yes but no. There has been erosion of the Peneuvistas and tremors on the extreme right, but Santiago Abascal’s party has held up with one seat. The popular ones are left hungry and are already looking to Catalonia, the next electoral season, where they have a rise in substance.
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