They share “positions and expectations” with those who face “this relevant process” in which their votes are “determining”
BILBAO, 15 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the EBB of the PNV, Andoni Ortuzar, and the former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont met this Friday in Waterloo (Belgium) to analyze “the key role” that PNV and Junts “play in an eventual investiture” of the next president of the Government of Spain and “strengthen” relations between jeltzales and Junts.
Ortuzar and Puigdemont held an official meeting that lasted two and a half hours, in which they were accompanied by the general secretary of Junts, Jordi Turull, and the also jeltzale leader Joseba Aurrekoetxea.
As reported by the PNV in a statement, the meeting aimed to “strengthen relations” with the Catalan nationalist formation, and analyze “the complex political panorama” in which the Spanish State finds itself after the general elections of July 23. .
The leaders of the PNV and Junts have reflected on “the recent passage through the polls and the will of the Basque and Catalan citizens, which have made the votes of the five Jeltzales deputies and the seven deputies of the Catalan party decisive.”
Andoni Ortuzar and Carles Puigdemont have shared “the positions and expectations” with which both groups face “this relevant process.”
This morning’s meeting took place at the residence that the former president has in Belgium, and it is the first official contact between the two, a visit that they had already “scheduled for a long time, within the framework of the periodic contacts” that PNV maintains. and Junts, as Ortuzar stated after the appointment.
The president of the EBB highlighted that “it has been a very cordial and useful meeting.” “On the one hand, we have assessed the way in which we can intensify and optimize relations between both parties and between Euskadi and Catalonia. On the other hand, logically, we have also dedicated a good part of our time to sharing our analysis of the current political situation , taking into account that both parties played a key, decisive role after the 23-J elections in the face of any eventual investiture,” he stressed.
In his opinion, it was an “interesting exchange of positions in the face of negotiations that have not yet begun.”
