The former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont It has gathered this Tuesday in Waterloo (Belgium) with EH Bildu leader, Arnaldo Otegiwith whom he has dealt with “The new geopolitical context” and “the strategic autonomy that the European Union must assume.”
This meeting is part of the Round of Contacts that Otegi has started after being re -elected general secretary of EH Bildu and is the first trip to Belgium since he assumed that responsibility in February.
In a joint statement, Junts and EH Bildu They commit “to continue working tirelessly so that the political, cultural and linguistic rights of the Basque people and the Catalan people are recognized and guaranteed.”
In the meeting, in which the Secretary of Political Relations of the Training has also participated Abertzale, Gorka Elejabarrietaand that has lasted two hours, Puigdemont and Otegi have shared impressions about the current political situation and have put in common «the challenges faced by Euskal Herria and Catalunya in a International context increasingly changing and uncertain ”, informs EFE.
“Both delegations have had the opportunity to reflect and exchange proposals and analysis of the role that European institutions must play against the new geopolitical context and have discussed the strategic autonomy that the European Union must assume,” they explain.
Puigdemont and Otegi They have been located “to keep the interlocution open” among its respective formations political formations in the face of “the challenges that occur from the Basque and Catalan scene.”
The meeting between the two has developed “in a cordial, constructive and respectful environment,” together with EH Bildu in their joint note.
