Overview
- Reports say an off-duty Ertzaintza officer was expelled from the txosnas area during the San Juan festas, an incident publicized by Basque Security Minister Bingen Zupiria.
- Zupiria denounced the episode as an act of 'exclusion' and asked for agreed bases to protect coexistence between citizens and law enforcement at public festivals.
- Hernani’s municipal government, led by EH Bildu, rejected any discrimination and stressed that the town will guarantee safe, inclusive festival spaces for all residents.
- So far the coverage consists of official statements from the minister and the town hall and does not report formal investigations, disciplinary actions, or independent verification of the circumstances.
- Txosnas are temporary festival booths central to Basque summer celebrations, and disputes over police presence there touch on wider tensions over public-safety, community control and political identity in the Basque Country.