- Political parties in Euskal Herria, Galicia and Catalan Countries have called to turn off all the lights of the houses from 22:00 to 22:30 in the evening and to hit the cacerola. Disconnect from the electric! The initiative has been organised under the motto 'Teknopolis'.
Several parties in Euskal Herria, Galicia and Catalan countries have called this Friday, 8 October, a major blackout to denounce the "fraud" that exists after the increase of electricity. The conveners are the political forces that signed the declaration of Llotja De Mar two years ago: EH Bildu, ERC, Junts X Cat, PDeCat, Crida Nacional, CUP, BNG, Demòcrates, Esquerra Valenciana and MÉS per Mallorca.
They have explained that this is an initiative against the blackmail of the oligopoly of electricity and have denounced that the PSOE and pp have deregulated, privatized and brought the sector to the present situation. Faced with the constant rise in electricity in the Spanish State in recent months, they have called on the citizens to express their indignation, turning off the lights and "making noise".
They pointed out that these large companies, in addition to "stealing" consumers, "expolise" the territories that generate electricity and "severely damage" the environment and society, which is also due to the lack of sovereignty: "The fact that our peoples have no energy sovereignty makes us very expensive to the Galicians, to the Catalans and to the Basques. It is time that, in the construction of our nations, we continue to move towards energy sovereignty, so that we have our own systems that break with the established oligopoly," they explain.
They have invited trade unions and social partners to join this initiative and to participate in the blackout.
