Several parties have announced events to launch their election campaigns in the Basque Country Basque Country. The occasion is the Spanish parliamentary election on 29 November. The Basque Nationalist Party and the coalition EH Bildu plan, according to their announcements, to appear in Vitoria-Gasteiz Vox is also planning a central event there. Further events are planned in Bilbao and San Sebastián .
The Basque Nationalist Party says it is inviting people to Plaza de la Virgen Blanca in Vitoria-Gasteiz at 9 pm. Speeches are due from the party leader Aitor Esteban, the Basque head of government Imanol Pradales and the party’s three lead candidates for the Congress of Deputies. They are Maribel Vaquero for Gipuzkoa, Idoia Sagastizabal for Bizkaia and Gorka Urtaran for Álava.
EH Bildu has announced a rally for 7.30 pm at Plaza de Santa Bárbara in the same city. According to the Europa Press news agency, those expected to attend include the alliance’s secretary-general, Arnaldo Otegi, and several candidates. The EFE news agency also lists the event in its daily preview.
According to Europa Press, the Basque Socialists, the conservative People’s Party and Podemos are planning their campaign launch events in Bilbao. The Frente Amplio-Fronte Zabala alliance is, it says, planning to appear in San Sebastián. Vox announced poster campaigns in the three Basque provincial capitals, according to the agency; its central event is to take place in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
The events are scheduled for the evening before the official start of the campaign period. According to the published election calendar, this runs from 13 to 27 November. 28 November is the day of electoral silence, and voting takes place on 29 November.
According to Europa Press, 18 of the 350 members of the Spanish Congress of Deputies are to be elected in the Basque Country: eight in Bizkaia, six in Gipuzkoa and four in Álava. A further 12 senators are elected directly, four per province. Spain’s Official State Gazette has published the candidates admitted to the election.
At the 2023 parliamentary election, the Basque Socialists, the Basque Nationalist Party and EH Bildu each won five seats in the Congress of Deputies in the region. The People’s Party won two seats and the Sumar alliance one.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).