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On 19 October, the Council called for a concentration in Pamplona to reject the last judgment of the Navarra Hearing.
  • The session will be held at 12:00 a.m. at the seat of the Government of Navarre in response to the ruling of the Superior Court of Justice of Navarre on employment contracts. As a result of the ruling, for example, in the mixed area of Navarre and in the non-Vascophony, English, German or French will be more important than the Basque Country to occupy a position in the foral administration.
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Iruñean egin dute agerraldia Kontseiluko kideek, ostiral goizez. (Arg.: Kontseilua) Iruñean egin dute agerraldia Kontseiluko kideek, ostiral goizez. (Arg.: Kontseilua)

This has been said by Council Secretary-General Paul Bilbao, together with various actors in Basque cultural activity. According to Bilbao, "a year ago the parties in the special committee of the Parliament of Navarra were informed that this could happen". Because if citizenship is given a different recognition of rights, it is more difficult to demand from institutions measures to guarantee rights.”

Without mentioning names, Bilbao has strongly criticised UGT: "All measures in favour of the Basque Country are in doubt. The judges themselves warned him that, beyond the legal point of view, they wanted to use political perspective and reasoning. What is the relationship between the labelling or the presence of bilingual printed material and the rights of workers? ".

The Council spokesman then explained that, although the sentence was inadequate, it did not establish a ban and asked the government to dare not return to the 'dark linguistic policies' of other times. “As the sentence states, the institutions have to understand the positive part of the term power, so they can continue to take measures in the mixed and non-Vascophone scope established by law, both in the valuation of the Basque skills of the workers and in the widespread use of the Basque. The mayor of Pamplona has advanced that he will apply a reduced reading of the sentence, will the government act in the same way?" question Bilbao.

In addition, the Council spokesman has asked the Government to act consistently and to lodge an appeal: "We are angry, yes, very angry, but now is the time to ask the government to act with determination and determination," he added. Take steps and have courage to build a society based on justice, cohesion and equality."

Xabi Martínez de Lezea (IKA), Begoña Muñoz (Nafarroako Ikastolen Elkartea), Agurne Gaubeka (Language Observatory and Xabi García (AEK) have also attended the event.