The group NAZIOGINTZA, concerned over the infrequent use of Basque in the Vitoria-Gasteiz Parliament amounting to only approximately 25% in the overall account, launched a campaign in early 2018 to get all Basque speaking MPs to use always our language in their addresses and debates, with a goal to use just Basque in that Parliament. No obstacles should prevent that from happening, since the Parliament is equipped with interpreting service for its debates, so those MPs who cannot understand Basque can easily follow the parliamentary sessions anyway.
NAZIOGINTZA addressed its customized petition to all Basque speaking MPs, inviting them to use only Basque in their speeches. In addition, the group put together a document presenting the initiative, attached below. A significant number of renowned Basques showed their allegiance to it.
By the end of the campaign, almost 300 (293 exactly) had added their support to the document. We are sincerely grateful to all of you!
Our campaign has managed to add its bit to have the Basque Parliament actually use Basque.
