27 + 27 = 54
Are we convinced that this is not the way to the Basque people once and for all? What is not the route of Euskaldunization of the Ertzaintza?
Are we convinced that this collaboration will not contribute to putting the whole of Euskal Herria on the path of the social economy?
Are we convinced that this partnership cannot work and open up new avenues for employment?
Are we convinced that this partnership cannot open the door to new models in politics?
We are convinced that this cooperation cannot allow the two states in which we live the Basques, in this case Spanish, to propose new proposals and ideas so that they can also succeed in the issue of nationalities.
We are convinced that this partnership cannot implement the steps towards food sovereignty.
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Perhaps the time has come to leave behind obsolete policies and models based on confrontation and to create new policies.
It will certainly not be easy to open these new paths. Changes, when real, have never been easy, but current policy requires profound changes. And the change in politics is not changing the lehendakari or some politicians so that then everything stays the same in politics. Change requires taking risks, and perhaps the present is a good time to take those risks and open doors to new policies and models. And perhaps the time has come to leave behind obsolete policies and models based on confrontation and to create new policies.
I understood that with the results of 21 April. Change is at the door, but the new foundations of Basque policy must jointly establish existing and coming policies. Let us make no mistake about this.
Eneko Egibar Artola, political scientist