Basque Nationalist Party
EAJ-PNV
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- Ideology: Basque Nationalism
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51/63 · Sourced answers shared with the quizzes and comparison. Gaps do not mean neutrality.
Work, income and income tax · 7
People with large fortunes should continue to pay a specific tax on their wealth.
PNV–PSE fiscal agreement of 31 January 2023 (historical reference). PNV and PSE reaffirm implementing the large-fortunes solidarity tax through adaptation to foral territories, bilateral agreement and changes to the Economic Agreement Act in Congress. This documents support for the national tax while respecting the foral tax system in 2023.
PNV–PSE fiscal agreement of 31 January 2023 (historical reference). PNV and PSE reaffirm implementing the large-fortunes solidarity tax through adaptation to foral territories, bilateral agreement and changes to the Economic Agreement Act in Congress. This documents support for the national tax while respecting the foral tax system in 2023.
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Original source · 2The state should guarantee a minimum income for low-income households through benefits such as Spain’s Ingreso Mínimo Vital (IMV).
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports minimum-income benefits and regional management to improve protection for low-income households.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports minimum-income benefits and regional management to improve protection for low-income households.
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Original source · 3The working week should be capped at 37.5 hours, with no cut in pay.
The Basque group supports processing the 37.5-hour cap and a statutory framework, with transitional measures, SME support and collective bargaining. Its support includes these adaptation conditions.
The Basque group supports processing the 37.5-hour cap and a statutory framework, with transitional measures, SME support and collective bargaining. Its support includes these adaptation conditions.
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Original source · 144–145Public pensions should automatically change each year in line with prices.
The Basque group supports retaining CPI uprating and warns of silent year-after-year cuts without it. It also calls for stronger pension-system revenues.
The Basque group supports retaining CPI uprating and warns of silent year-after-year cuts without it. It also calls for stronger pension-system revenues.
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Original source · 47Income tax should be reduced for people on low or middle incomes.
Gipuzkoa tax proposal (territorial context). Supports tax relief for low and middle incomes in Gipuzkoa, with housing, care and work–family incentives.
Gipuzkoa tax proposal (territorial context). Supports tax relief for low and middle incomes in Gipuzkoa, with housing, care and work–family incentives.
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Original source · Propuesta de Itziar AgirreThe thresholds of every income-tax bracket should rise with prices, so that a pay rise that only keeps up with inflation does not increase our tax burden.
Congress speech, 22 April 2026. Calls inflation adjustment reasonable and says it applies it in Euskadi. Abstained in the separate vote: support is established by its speech, rather than inferred from abstention.
Congress speech, 22 April 2026. Calls inflation adjustment reasonable and says it applies it in Euskadi. Abstained in the separate vote: support is established by its speech, rather than inferred from abstention.
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Original source · 66Starting and running a small business should involve less paperwork.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes simpler administrative procedures for self-employed people and small businesses.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes simpler administrative procedures for self-employed people and small businesses.
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Health, education and care · 6
Health services that have been privatised should return to public management.
Basque Health Pact, public/private collaboration section, approved and explicitly endorsed by EAJ-PNV on 27 June 2025 (territorial context). PNV endorses the Basque Health Pact, retaining private collaboration where it adds value, prioritising public capacity and capping contracted expenditure at its existing share. It allows inefficient or strategic services to return to public provision, rather than a general reversal of all contracted provision.
Basque Health Pact, public/private collaboration section, approved and explicitly endorsed by EAJ-PNV on 27 June 2025 (territorial context). PNV endorses the Basque Health Pact, retaining private collaboration where it adds value, prioritising public capacity and capping contracted expenditure at its existing share. It allows inefficient or strategic services to return to public provision, rather than a general reversal of all contracted provision.
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Original source · 275There should be free nursery places for children up to age three.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes free early-childhood education places up to age three.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes free early-childhood education places up to age three.
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Original source · 16Public funding should help people who need daily care and their families.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public help for people who need daily care and their families.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public help for people who need daily care and their families.
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Original source · 26Public healthcare should provide more mental-health support.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes stronger mental-health support through public services.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes stronger mental-health support through public services.
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Original source · 14Grants should let people keep studying when they cannot afford it.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports grants and financial help so that low income does not prevent further study.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports grants and financial help so that low income does not prevent further study.
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Original source · 18Science and research should receive public funding.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public funding for science and research.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public funding for science and research.
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Housing and contracts · 8
In areas where rents have soared, there should still be a limit on what landlords can charge.
Bilbao branch statement supporting implementation of the national statutory rent caps. PNV’s Bilbao branch supports implementing the national law’s rent caps through stressed-market designation. This endorses the existing statutory mechanism without extrapolating its other municipal measures across Spain.
Bilbao branch statement supporting implementation of the national statutory rent caps. PNV’s Bilbao branch supports implementing the national law’s rent caps through stressed-market designation. This endorses the existing statutory mechanism without extrapolating its other municipal measures across Spain.
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Original sourceGetting permission to build new homes should be quicker and simpler.
Vaquero supports the planning reform negotiated with PSOE, not unrestricted deregulation.
Vaquero supports the planning reform negotiated with PSOE, not unrestricted deregulation.
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Original source · 10People buying their first home to live in should pay less tax.
EAJ-PNV 9th general assembly policy paper 2 (2025; territorial context). EAJ-PNV’s adopted policy paper proposes broader tax deductions for buying or renting a first main home. This concerns housing policy in the Basque territories and their tax systems, without specifying a national VAT rate.
EAJ-PNV 9th general assembly policy paper 2 (2025; territorial context). EAJ-PNV’s adopted policy paper proposes broader tax deductions for buying or renting a first main home. This concerns housing policy in the Basque territories and their tax systems, without specifying a national VAT rate.
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Original source · 45Housing purchases by funds and companies seeking to speculate should be restricted.
Vaquero endorses measures against speculation and penalties on bulk purchases by foreign funds, requiring proportionate limits on duration and territory. She distinguishes that support from opposition to a blanket ban on all companies.
Vaquero endorses measures against speculation and penalties on bulk purchases by foreign funds, requiring proportionate limits on duration and territory. She distinguishes that support from opposition to a blanket ban on all companies.
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Original source · 27A seasonal lease should not be used to get around the rules for renting someone’s main home.
The Basque group proposes seasonal rental regulation while respecting devolved powers. Support concerns preventing fraud; it does not imply support for every housing decree.
The Basque group proposes seasonal rental regulation while respecting devolved powers. Support concerns preventing fraud; it does not imply support for every housing decree.
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Original sourceIf you pay the rent for your main home and keep to the contract, your lease should renew automatically.
Vaquero rejects the second decree’s automatic-renewal scheme, criticising the compensation required to recover housing and the exceptions. She remains open to negotiating a different reform.
Vaquero rejects the second decree’s automatic-renewal scheme, criticising the compensation required to recover housing and the exceptions. She remains open to negotiating a different reform.
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Original source · 42A vulnerable family with nowhere else to live should be able to delay eviction for a limited time.
Accepts this extension excluding owners of one or two homes; criticises indefinite moratoria and seeks housing supply and public responsibility.
Accepts this extension excluding owners of one or two homes; criticises indefinite moratoria and seeks housing supply and public responsibility.
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Original source · 26If someone is accused of occupying a home illegally, a judge should be able to use a fast trial.
Esteban Bravo, Aitor votes for separately voted amendment 539, adding unlawful entry into a home and usurpation to fast criminal proceedings. This concerns the specific criminal route, not unpaid rent or every civil recovery procedure.
Esteban Bravo, Aitor votes for separately voted amendment 539, adding unlawful entry into a home and usurpation to fast criminal proceedings. This concerns the specific criminal route, not unpaid rent or every civil recovery procedure.
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Transport, villages and culture · 3
Small towns and villages should have access to basic services, even when few people live there.
EAJ-PNV · Enkarterri policy statement, 27 May 2026. Supports stronger rural transport so dispersed municipalities can access employment, hospitals, education and basic services.
EAJ-PNV · Enkarterri policy statement, 27 May 2026. Supports stronger rural transport so dispersed municipalities can access employment, hospitals, education and basic services.
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Original source · Posicionamiento de Enkarterri · conexiones ruralesPublic funding should make public transport cheaper to use.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes progressive usage discounts and integrated public transport fares.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes progressive usage discounts and integrated public transport fares.
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Original source · 35There should be public support for culture and preserving heritage.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public backing for culture and preserving and sharing heritage.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public backing for culture and preserving and sharing heritage.
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Climate, energy and food · 5
The government should promote a shift from oil and gas to clean energy to curb global warming.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports reducing emissions and moving towards clean energy to address climate change.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports reducing emissions and moving towards clean energy to address climate change.
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Original source · 20Existing nuclear power plants should be able to run for more years if the nuclear safety regulator approves.
Sagastizabal supports the agreed phased shutdown and renewable replacement, criticising public costs of extensions and demanding support for affected workers.
Sagastizabal supports the agreed phased shutdown and renewable replacement, criticising public costs of extensions and demanding support for affected workers.
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Original source · 37Cities currently required to have low-emission zones should still have to keep them.
López Torre defends low-emission zones and making non-compliant cities liable for penalties, alongside electricity and transport investment.
López Torre defends low-emission zones and making non-compliant cities liable for penalties, alongside electricity and transport investment.
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Original source · 76Public money should go into saving and using water better to cope with droughts.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes investment and water-saving, efficiency or reuse measures to address scarcity and drought.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes investment and water-saving, efficiency or reuse measures to address scarcity and drought.
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Original source · 54Public support should help maintain local food production.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public aid and funding to sustain local agricultural production.
2024 Basque election manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public aid and funding to sustain local agricultural production.
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Rights and privacy · 5
Our personal data should be protected when we use digital services.
Proposes secure data-sharing spaces and cooperation with BAIC to protect rights and privacy in artificial-intelligence development.
Proposes secure data-sharing spaces and cooperation with BAIC to protect rights and privacy in artificial-intelligence development.
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Original source · Propuestas de Joseba Díez Antxustegi sobre IASpecific protections should remain for women experiencing gender-based violence.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports specific measures and protection against gender-based violence towards women.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports specific measures and protection against gender-based violence towards women.
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Original source · 6Abortion should be available in public healthcare, including at ages 16 and 17 without parental permission.
Organic Law 1/2023, articles 13 bis and 19: legislative evidence from 2023. Votes for the 2023 abortion reform, including public provision and decisions at 16 and 17 without parental consent. Evidence from the final law vote rather than a procedural vote.
Organic Law 1/2023, articles 13 bis and 19: legislative evidence from 2023. Votes for the 2023 abortion reform, including public provision and decisions at 16 and 17 without parental consent. Evidence from the final law vote rather than a procedural vote.
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Original source · 5From age 16, people should be able to change the sex on their official documents without a medical diagnosis or compulsory hormone treatment.
Supports the bill allowing legal gender changes from age 16 without medical reports or hormone treatment. Legislative evidence from 2022, enacted as Law 4/2023.
Supports the bill allowing legal gender changes from age 16 without medical reports or hormone treatment. Legislative evidence from 2022, enacted as Law 4/2023.
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Original source · 5A person should be able to request medical help to die if they meet the conditions of the euthanasia law.
Supports lawful assistance in dying with medical safeguards and personal choice, seeking to avoid unnecessary court delays.
Supports lawful assistance in dying with medical safeguards and personal choice, seeking to avoid unnecessary court delays.
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Migration and borders · 4
Spain should legalise residency on a large scale for migrants who already live here without a permit and meet the process requirements.
Esteban supports regularisation in Hora 25 while seeking closer links to work and stable routes. This qualification is retained.
Esteban supports regularisation in Hora 25 while seeking closer links to work and stable routes. This qualification is retained.
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Original sourceNobody should be sent back from the border without a chance to seek asylum and have their case assessed.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Demands compliance with humanitarian and asylum obligations and proposes traceable procedures to ensure border returns respect those safeguards.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Demands compliance with humanitarian and asylum obligations and proposes traceable procedures to ensure border returns respect those safeguards.
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Original source · 10It should be possible to deport foreign nationals in more cases after convictions for serious or repeated crimes.
Insausti calls for legal changes so persistent repeat offenders face prison or removal, seeking involvement from parties in Congress. This is a PNV mayor’s request for national legislative reform, rather than a claim that his council can order removals.
Insausti calls for legal changes so persistent repeat offenders face prison or removal, seeking involvement from parties in Congress. This is a PNV mayor’s request for national legislative reform, rather than a claim that his council can order removals.
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Original source · 2If a region cannot take in more migrant children arriving alone, other regions should be required to help by taking some in.
Supports regions sharing reception and care while individual cases are resolved; this is not automatic permanent residence or collective return.
Supports regions sharing reception and care while individual cases are resolved; this is not automatic permanent residence or collective return.
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Territory and languages · 5
People in Catalonia or the Basque Country should be able to vote on whether to remain in Spain or become independent.
The Basque Group’s constitutional amendment registered on 11 March 2026 proposes recognising Basque citizens’ right to decide freely and democratically, through an exercise agreed with the state. Its justification invokes self-determination; this is a proposal, not an enacted reform.
The Basque Group’s constitutional amendment registered on 11 March 2026 proposes recognising Basque citizens’ right to decide freely and democratically, through an exercise agreed with the state. Its justification invokes self-determination; this is a proposal, not an enacted reform.
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Original source · 13Regions with another official language should be able to teach mainly in it, without a fixed share of classes in Spanish set by the national government.
Agirretxea defends regions deciding their own language-of-education models without Madrid imposing them. His Basque model retains both official languages as teaching languages, with particular attention to Basque.
Agirretxea defends regions deciding their own language-of-education models without Madrid imposing them. His Basque model retains both official languages as teaching languages, with particular attention to Basque.
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Original source · 41Catalonia should collect and manage all its taxes and agree how much it contributes to shared costs and solidarity.
Etxano supports the PSOE–ERC specific financing agreement and its legislative implementation, protecting the Basque and Navarre fiscal systems from possible adverse effects.
Etxano supports the PSOE–ERC specific financing agreement and its legislative implementation, protecting the Basque and Navarre fiscal systems from possible adverse effects.
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Original sourceThe national government should hand over the remaining powers to the Basque Country that its Statute provides for.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports completing Statute of Gernika transfers; this is distinct from deciding independence.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports completing Statute of Gernika transfers; this is distinct from deciding independence.
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Original source · 6The 2024 amnesty law should remain in force for the acts of the Catalan independence process that it covers.
Supports adopting the 2024 amnesty to address the Catalan political conflict.
Supports adopting the 2024 amnesty to address the Catalan political conflict.
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Security, justice and corruption · 4
Lobbyists should have to join a public register so we can see their activities.
Legarda supports transparency, traceability and independent oversight of lobbying. He objects to the decree’s complexity and procedure, rather than the basic public register required by the EU.
Legarda supports transparency, traceability and independent oversight of lobbying. He objects to the decree’s complexity and procedure, rather than the basic public register required by the EU.
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Original source · 71People who report corruption should be protected by a national body independent of the government.
Legarda supports the protection authority with more effective parliamentary oversight. This is a 2023 debate about a specific institution.
Legarda supports the protection authority with more effective parliamentary oversight. This is a 2023 debate about a specific institution.
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Original source · 43A politician accused of a crime should go before the ordinary courts, without a different court because of their office.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes abolishing special jurisdiction for public office holders and public servants.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes abolishing special jurisdiction for public office holders and public servants.
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Original source · 13Someone with repeated convictions for petty theft should receive tougher penalties.
Supports stronger criminal penalties for repeated theft, alongside court resources and proportionality. Supports the original text while rejecting the Senate amendments; these are distinct decisions.
Supports stronger criminal penalties for repeated theft, alongside court resources and proportionality. Supports the original text while rejecting the Senate amendments; these are distinct decisions.
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Europe and international relations · 4
EU countries should make decisions together, sharing some of their powers.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports deeper European integration and shared decisions through common institutions.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports deeper European integration and shared decisions through common institutions.
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Original source · 35Public money should help fight poverty in poorer countries.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public funding for development cooperation to fight poverty and inequality.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public funding for development cooperation to fight poverty and inequality.
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Original source · 11Spain should spend at least 2 out of every 100 euros produced by its economy on defence.
Vaquero accepts the need for the 2% plan, requiring detailed funding, European coordination and no cuts to social provision.
Vaquero accepts the need for the 2% plan, requiring detailed funding, European coordination and no cuts to social provision.
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Original source · 47Spain should stop buying and selling arms with Israel while the war in Gaza continues.
Supports the arms embargo and seeks to close exceptions or improve controls; this does not establish an implemented embargo without exceptions.
Supports the arms embargo and seeks to close exceptions or improve controls; this does not establish an implemented embargo without exceptions.
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Original source · 45
More documented proposals
Review of . These sources supplement the party analysis; historical and territorial references retain their original date and scope.
EAJ-PNV · Enkarterri policy statement, 27 May 2026.
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Life in small towns and villages
Territorial context
Supports stronger rural transport so dispersed municipalities can access employment, hospitals, education and basic services.
Original source · Posicionamiento de Enkarterri · conexiones rurales
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