Aitor Esteban, President of the PNV: “Nationalists Yes, But First Humanist Democrats”

“For the PNV, democracy and human rights will always be the first, even above our nationalist ideal.” Aitor Esteban has premiered as president of the PNV with an outrageous defense of democratic values against the rise of the autocracy that are turning some Western countries “to authoritarianism.” “Nationalists yes, but first humanist democrats,” the peneuvista leader has proclaimed after picking up Andoni Ortuzar’s witness at the head of the pa…

Aitor Esteban Bravo (1962) was named the new president of the PNV this Sunday at the IX Assembly of the party held in San Sebastián. He gathers the witness of Andoni Ortuzar, after twelve years in charge of the Euzkadi Buru Batzar (EBB, executive body of the party), and puts an end to a process of renewal that has kept the party "open in channel" six months, as the former president stated in an interview this week. "I have been happy", said Ortu…

In the Atano III of Donostia, Andoni Ortuzar's replacement is put in charge of a "small" party but he will "spark" his influence and he will not go "towing" anyoneThe PNV is given until autumn to update its statutes and approves by acclamation the political papers In a crowded fronton Atano III of Donostia, one of the temples of the ball, the PNV has crowned at 12.11 hours Aitor Esteban, 62 years old, as the new leader of the main Basque party i…

The new nationalist president warns his bases that they will face a "long path" in their sovereignist goals. "There is no homeland worth the denial of human rights," he proclaims in his first intervention as leader of the PNV. He demands the "humanist Democrats" principles Read

Aitor Esteban premiered on Sunday as the new president of the PNV making an amendment to the entire independence policy of his party in recent decades. Read

He stated that he will assume the position "with great honor, responsibility and humility" at the Atano III.a pelota court, in front of 1,800 people. The Aberri Batzar has also elected the eight members who will form the new Euskadi Buru Batzar.