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Sunday, May 31, 2026

The Basque Parliament activates the committee to reform the Public Employment Law and "shield" the Basque language - Demócrata

The Basque Parliament will launch this Monday the committee responsible for analyzing the amendments registered to the two bills from PNV and EH Bildu to modify the Public Employment Law and the "shielding" of Basque.

This working group, chaired by the jeltzale Olatz Peón, will be constituted within the Commission of Institutions, Public Governance and Security. From the opening of the committee, the groups will begin to examine and debate the amendments proposed to both legislative initiatives.

The process will culminate with the drafting of the committee's report, which will be debated and voted on first in committee and, subsequently, in the plenary session. According to parliamentary sources cited by Europa Press, the intention is to accelerate the timeline so that the plenary vote can be held before the end of the current political term.

The deadline for registering amendments ended on April 30. The PNV presented three modifications to its own text with the aim of reinforcing legal certainty regarding the requirements for knowledge of Basque in public employment calls in Euskadi.

The jeltzale party argued that public administrations should have the possibility to create positions with a linguistic profile whose requirement is delayed in time. Thus, it would be allowed to access these positions without initially proving the linguistic profile, granting a period to obtain it, with the commitment that the administration itself will provide the necessary training.

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