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Clavijo meets with Lehendakari Pradales to address migration and economic challenges

The Canarian president travels to Euskadi to strengthen collaboration on migration management, innovation, and social policies.

Generic image of two politicians shaking hands during a meeting.
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Generic image of two politicians shaking hands during a meeting.

The President of the Canary Islands Government, Fernando Clavijo, will travel to Euskadi this week for a working meeting with Lehendakari Imanol Pradales, aiming to analyze political developments and enhance collaboration between the two territories.

The meeting, scheduled for this Wednesday in Vitoria, will focus on analyzing "shared challenges," with a particular emphasis on migration management. According to the spokesperson for the Canary Islands Government, Alfonso Cabello, this encounter seeks to strengthen the "close collaboration" between the two executives, which has already been "especially reinforced" during the current legislature. Both leaders have previously shared "joint positions" on various occasions.
In addition to migration, discussions will cover measures to mitigate the effects of the war in Iran and explore collaboration agreements in priority areas such as innovation and social policies. Cabello noted that these are issues both territories have prioritized in their political actions over the past three years.
As part of his agenda in the Basque Country, President Clavijo will attend the inauguration of a new plant for the Europlátano group in Vizcaya on Thursday. This infrastructure is considered "very important" for strengthening the presence of Canarian bananas in the international market.
On another matter, spokesperson Alfonso Cabello recalled that the Canarian Government is awaiting a response to the letter sent to the Minister of Economy, Carlos Cuerpo, requesting a "relaxation" of fiscal rules for Canarian administrations, given the rise in prices and the lack of State General Budgets.
Regarding the European Pact on Asylum and Migration, the Canarian Executive regrets the "lack of information" as "the big news." Alfonso Cabello stated that neither the State nor the autonomous community has sufficient details on its implementation, and that questions far outweigh resolved issues. This concern was shared during a recent meeting at Casa África, where the lack of information for State Security Forces and Corps was also highlighted.
The Vice-Minister of the Presidency and spokesperson for the Canary Islands Government emphasized that "there are many more questions than resolved issues" concerning the EU's new asylum and border control policies, which come into effect on June 12. The Canary Islands aim for the next Sectoral Conference on Migration to include the implementation of the European Pact to clarify its application in a border territory and prevent it from becoming "a migrant prison."
In this context, teams from the Canary Islands Government, led by Minister Candelaria Delgado and Vice-Minister Francis Candil, visited Euskadi last week to learn about its migrant reception and integration projects. The Canary Islands, in turn, shared data and progress from its Canarias Convive project, developed by the University of La Laguna, and its Immigration and Asylum Plan.

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