The streets of the many corners of the Basque Country have been flooded by many actors and political parties on Sunday, Patriotic Day 2025. The Basque Country has gathered 15,000 people in Pamplona under the motto “We are a nation of freedom” and the Secretary General, Arnaldo Otegi, has called on “all those who consider the Basque Country a nation” to work for a Basque republic of equals. A large number of young people have joined the mobilization convened by the sovereign coalition, within the framework of the meeting point organized by Ernai during the weekend by Jóvenes.

According to the youth organization, more than 3,000 young people have gathered in recent days in Berriozar (Navarre), where Otegi has put his work into value: "Because there is no process of liberation if young people are not added to this path." The Secretary-General of EH Bil has also recalled the Petits and Otaegi who were shot 50 years ago: "No one will stop the struggle of the Basque people to create a republic of equals, no one will hinder the spring."

First for Ortuzar and Pradales

On the first Patriotic Day since the appointment of EBB Euzkadi as President of the Assembly, Aitor Esteban proclaims that the EAJ has been "showing national ambition" for more than 40 years, during the event of the Nationalist Party in Bilbao. Esteban has also had words for the patriotic left in his speech, accusing him of wanting to resemble the PNV lately.

It has also been the first Patriotic Day for Imanol Pradales since he was President of the Basque Government. After thanking Esteban and the former president of the EBB, Andoni Ortuzar, he also took advantage of the agreement to oppose the patriotic left. In fact, the president of the Basque Government insisted that they do not understand the country in the same way and that they have different models for "our house and our society".

Bagira calls for “joining forces and working in the same direction”

For the third year, the Patriotic Movement of the Northern Basque Country has celebrated the Patriotic Day in unity, in Donibane Garazi. "To extend the patriotic project that is pro-Basque to the four winds", Bagira claims to join forces and work in the same direction. The presentation of EH Bai’s autonomy proposal and the return of the Junta dynamics have been cited as examples of the steps that have been taken in recent months, but they emphasize that more steps need to be taken.

According to the actions, "only the unity of the oppressed will allow the liberation of the Basque Country"

The Action Coordinator has selected Gernika (Bizkaia) to organise a full day programme on the occasion of the Patriotic Day, with a midday demonstration under the slogan “Unite the Basque Working People”. The organization explains that the "path to freedom" will not come from the French and Spanish institutions, and that the unity of the workers must be built on the confrontation with these states. Indeed, they have proclaimed that the future of the Basque Country must be built by the oppressed, because the bourgeoisie is "comfortable" in the status quo.

Our Hand Wants to Consolidate "Citizen Activation"

On June 7, the platform Gure Manos will be demonstrating in Bilbao, A Free People. The Basque Country decides with the slogan. The platform wants to take advantage of the day to "offer future solutions adapted to their reality" to Basque citizens, and points out that Patria Day has made it "clear" that "there is an opportunity to make the leap as a people": "Sovereignty is on the political agenda. It is increasingly obvious that self-government resources are needed to preserve our language, culture and popular identity."