The lehendakari, Imanol Pradalesand the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezhave closed this Wednesday, in the Bilateral Permanent Cooperation Commission, the transfer to Euskadi of two powers: that of Planning and Management of the Coastal and Cinematography, which will become effective on December 16 at the meeting of the Joint Transfer Commission.
In addition, before the end of the year they will be transferred to Euskadi four other subjects: meteorology, maritime rescue, work authorizations for foreigners and the National Machinery Verification Center in Barakaldo (Bizkaia).
By 2025, around twenty transfers would remain pending, among them “the block that affects the entire so-called Social Security and the economic regime“, as Pradales explained in a press appearance, in which he announced that a calendar of all pending matters for next year has been approved.
Pradales and Sánchez have chaired the Bilateral Commission for Permanent Cooperation, a coordination and cooperation body that was launched this Wednesday and whose main objective is to supervise the negotiation of the powers that remain to be transferred to Euskadi. “It is the first time in history that a Lehendakari and a President of the Government (of Spain) met under this framework of a bilateral cooperation commission,” highlighted the President of the Basque Executive.
In this first meeting the creation of the European Atlantic macroregion, immigration management and the official status of Basque in the EU by the European Council, among other issues.
Regarding the management and planning of the coastline, Pradales has stressed that this transfer means that, from now on, Euskadi will begin to manage and grant, where appropriate, even sanction, among others, authorizations in transit and access easement areas. to the sea of urbanization projects, walks, bike paths (bidegorris), etc., in addition to concessions for the construction of bridges, electrical or communications lines, piers, pontoons or fixed slipways.
Likewise, he highlighted that this new competition will make it possible to promote key infrastructures for the energy transition such as wind turbines or power lines, new fishing projects such as the bluefin tuna fattening cages that are currently being installed off the Basque coast in Getaria; or the expansion towards the sea of the nature network in the Jaizkibel area.
“It will also allow us to be more agile, simplifying and reducing administrative procedures, since It will not be necessary to go through Madrid to obtain authorizations“he remarked.
Culmination of the statute on culture
In turn, he has specified that the transfer of cinematographic activity from audiovisual represents “the last piece of the puzzle to be able to affirm that, in terms of culture, the Statute of Gernika Yes, it is finished.”
Thanks to this competence, the Basque Government will manage, among other issues, development aid and the promotion of production, distribution, exhibition and promotion of audiovisuals in Basqueor the Fund for the Protection of Cinematography in co-official languages, which is dedicated to encouraging the production, distribution and exhibition of audiovisual works in the Basque language.
According to Imanol Pradales, cinema “is a growing sector in the Basque Country, dynamic, powerful”, and young people “consume more and more audiovisual content”. This new competition, as he added, will make it possible to reinforce the Basque strategy of the film sector and the audiovisual sector, and it will be possible to “promote the creation of your own content“.
New block of skills
Pradales has also announced that a new push has been given to the next block of transfers: meteorology, maritime rescue, work authorizations for foreigners and the National Machinery Verification Center in Barakaldo.
“Both governments are already working to agree on them and try to close this first block before the end of this year. Today we have decided to create a transversal subcommittee for this issue and its acceleration,” he stated.
The Lehendakari has stated that they will be “demanding and self-demanding” so that the transfers materialize. Imanol Pradales has pointed out that “update, expand and improve political capacities“that Euskadi has today “to continue growing in well-being and improving the quality of life.”
The Bilateral Cooperation Commission has established that, by the end of this year, it must materialize a first block of six transfersof which two have been closed this Wednesday, so there are four pending for 2024.
In any case, he clarified that the technical teams “have been working for months on these issues of meteorology, maritime rescue and work permit authorizations for foreigners.” And he added: “I think we are on the right track.”
Regarding the decision to activate a subcommittee to accelerate the pace of transfers, he specified that it is not just about incorporating the Ministry of Territorial Policybut also other sectoral ministries, because “they are very diverse subjects.”
As has been highlighted, it is a commitment of Pradales and Pedro Sánchez to facilitate its materialization. “That’s what we’re going to focus on between now and the end of the year,” he assured.
Social security in 2025
Also this Wednesday, the calendar for all the matters pending transfer to Euskadi was approved since by 2025 there would still be around about twenty skills“among others the block that affects the whole of the so-called Social Security and the economic regime of Social Security.”
The Lehendakari highlighted “the good tone” of the meeting, which “has been fruitful, intense”, and which has delved into “very specific matters, some of complex management such as immigration“But I think that, above all, what there was was a collaboration between the two parties to address these issues,” he indicated.
Macroregion, migration and Basque
During the meeting, Imanol Pradales gave Pedro Sánchez a document with the initiatives to be developed in matters such as promoting the Atlantic Macroregion, migration and the official status of Basque in the EU.
The state and Basque governments have agreed to “move decisively” to achieve the official status of Basque in the EU and, to this end, Pedro Sánchez’s Executive will study the constitution of a working group with the European Commission, which will include to the Basque Government.
Likewise, they have committed to promoting the creation of the Atlantic Macroregion and, with this objective, Bilbo will host a trilateral meeting in 2025 between the Secretaries of State for the EU of France, Spain and Portugal.
Pradales, who has claimed to have his own immigration management capabilities to develop an “adequate strategy” on migration, has conveyed to Sánchez his concern about “the imbalances” that are being generated in the reception of unaccompanied foreign minors and has claimed that “extraordinary resources be granted to those who make the greatest effort.”
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