Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the Basque people for the political maturity they have shown by re-electing the Basque nationalist party, by increasing its representation in the regional parliament and by giving it another mandate to determine their future.
The Basque people are also sending a clear message: they are putting their faith in the democratic system to finally obtain a constitutional status that will allow them to thrive. The result of this election is also a victory for democracy.
They massively rejected political violence, but they will not give up their national aspirations.
I want to make this wish for the Basque people: may they finally achieve, democratically, the status that they are longing for.
Humanity can only be rich through the free and sovereign expression of the peoples that make it up.