The Ertzaintza spent EUR 344,918,13 on the special operation it organised last August at the G7 summit in Biarritz. These are the data contained in the official information sent to the Basque Parliament at the request of Iñigo Martínez, representative of IU and Elkarrekin Podemos. This number is partial, with regard to the Ertzaintza, as other police forces also participated in the device.
In the section of Hego Euskal Herria, for example, the National Police and the Civil Guard took over most of the border control and coordination with France, while the Ertzaintza was in charge of public order and traffic.
In the brief information sent to Parliament, the Basque Government Security Council, Estefanía Beltrán de Heredia, has detailed the following: "The first aspect to highlight is that the objective of the deployment was to respond to the risks of public security in the Basque Country that could arise from the protests announced against this summit."
Of course, the Gendarmerie and the French Police led Donald Trump's armor, which brought together other world leaders, but the Spanish Ministry of the Interior was not short: It mobilized 2,810 agents between Gipuzkoa and Lapurdi to control the coast and other strategic areas.
As for the Ertzaintza, the visit of the world authorities has cost EUR 344,918,13, as the agents who remained free on those days were mobilized and unspecified "technological means" were paid. Although it had been publicly announced that some 4,000 Ertzainas would be mobilized during those days, it was finally the number of police officers working and not the number of those who specifically convened to strengthen the operation of the G7, as shown by the overtime spent.