The works of the Basque “Y” are being carried out almost uninterruptedly in many sections, while many other companies have closed it due to the risk generated by COVID-19. The Basque Government has again put the work of the TAV on the front lines, and the delegate to meet with the Vice-President of the Government, Teresa Ribera, will be Arantxa Tapia.

Tapia reiterated in Onda Vasca that for the Urkullu Executive the construction of the High-Speed Train is “a priority” because Europe also considers it “strategic”, making it clear that it can be a fundamental issue in de-escalation and in budgetary negotiations.

In an interview with Euskadi Irratia, Idoia Mendia has also been asked about this issue. The lehendakari of the PSE-EE considers that the TAV “is good for the competitiveness of our people” and also for the economic sector because it “moves public work”. But then it became deeply repugnant. “Budgets must be prioritised and money taken to help people who are going wrong, as well as to strengthen the health system,” he said, adding: “New needs arise with the COVID-19 crisis.”

Precisely, the movement against the High-Speed Train has recently made a joint request for the money spent on these works to be invested in health care and not in “unnecessary infrastructures”.