Pernando Barrena

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Pernando Barrena (2019)

Joxe Pernando Barrena Arza (born November 1, 1965 in Pamplona ) is a Basque translator and leading politician in the Basque Country (formerly Herri Batasuna , now Sortu ). Barrena was a member of the Parliament of Navarre from 1999 to 2003 , and his candidacies in the regional elections in 2003 and 2007 were annulled by the Spanish Supreme Court. Barrena has been a member of the European Parliament as part of the GUE / NGL group since the 2019 European elections .

Life

Youth and education

Barrena was born on November 1, 1965 in Pamplona, ​​Navarra. His father, José María Barrena Inza, was the socialist mayor of Berriozar . He completed an apprenticeship at the Técnico Superior in the field of international trade. Barrena also studied international relations at the Universidad Abierta de Cataluña .

Barrena worked as a professional translator for Txalaparta publishing house in Tafalla, translating Basque and English.

Political engagement in the Basque Country

Barrena began to get involved in the left Basque separatist movement Ezker abertzalea as a teenager . He was a city councilor in Berriozar from 1984 to 1999.

In 1985 Barrena was arrested for the first time for ties to the separatist Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA). In 1998 he rose to the top of the Herri Batasuna together with Arnaldo Otegi and Joseba Permach , after the previous leadership was arrested because of ties to the ETA. Barrena's language skills led him to represent the party internationally. In 1998 he became a member of the party's national executive body and was the party's spokesman from 2001 to 2008. Barrena took part in the regional elections in Navarre in 1999 as a candidate for the electoral alliance Euskal Herritarrok and was elected to the Parliament of Navarre.

In 2001 Barrena became a member of the national executive of the newly founded Batasuna , the successor to the dissolved Herri Batasuna. In 2003 he ran as the top candidate in the 2003 regional elections in Navarra for the autodeterminaziorako Bilgunea alliance . However, the Spanish Supreme Court annulled the list because it saw the electoral alliance as the successor to Batasuna, which was banned in March 2003.

After the deaths of two ETA prisoners, Igor Angulo Iturrate and Roberto Sainz del Olmo , Basque nationalists organized a strike in March 2006 that led to violence in Navarre and the Basque Country. Barrena and other Batasuna leaders were arrested on the orders of Judge Fernando Grande-Marlaska, who held them responsible for attacks by the strikers. Barrena was released after paying a bail of € 200,000.

In 2007 Barrena ran again in the 2007 regional elections in Navarra for the electoral alliance Nafarroako Abertzale Sozialistak , which was also canceled by the Supreme Court. On February 4, 2008, a conference was held at Hotel Tres Reyes, Pamplona, ​​attended by Batasuna , the Basque Nationalist Party and the Socialist Party of the Basque Country , attended by Batasuna leaders Barrena, Patxi Urrutia and Unai Fanorekin . Barrena and Urrutia were arrested on February 4, 2008 on the orders of Judge Baltasar Garzón for “supporting the activities of an illegal political party”. Barrena was released on February 3, 2010 on bail of € 50,000.

From 2012 to 2016 Barrena was co-spokesman for the new Basque party Sortu .

Entry into the European Parliament

Pernando Barrena with a Rojava solidarity shawl (2019)

In April 2019, after the resignation of Josu Juaristi , he was nominated by the electoral alliance EH Bildu as the top candidate in the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain . EH Bildu stood under the all-Spanish electoral coalition Ahora Repúblicas from small left, separatist parties. Ahora Repúblicas won 5.61 percent in the election and thus 3 of the 54 Spanish mandates, the Basque electoral alliance EH Bildu won one of them, so that Barrena moved directly into the European Parliament.

In parliament, Barrena joined the Confederal Group of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left . For his group he is a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs . He is also a deputy member of the Committee on Culture and Education and the Petitions Committee .

Web links

Commons : Pernando Barrena  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Tres navarros de izquierdas ocuparán por primera vez escaño en Europa. Noticias de Navarra. Retrieved November 11, 2019 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Pernando Barrena, diez años en la dirección de Batasuna. February 4, 2008, Retrieved November 11, 2019 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ a b Barrena, the rostro más visible de Batasuna tras el golpe a la formación. February 23, 2008, accessed November 11, 2019 (European Spanish).
  4. ↑ AGENCIAS: Batasuna dice que el arresto de Barrena es una señal del "pánico" del PSOE . In: El País . February 4, 2008, ISSN  1134-6582 ( elpais.com [accessed November 11, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Barrena vuelve a la primera línea de Bildu: the 82% de las bases avala que lidere las europeas. April 12, 2019, Retrieved November 11, 2019 (Spanish).
  6. ↑ Joxe Pernando Barrena Arza | elmundo.es. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
  7. ↑ ¿Quién es quién en Batasuna? | elmundo.es. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Detenidos los dirigentes de Batasuna Pernando Barrena y Patxi Urrutia. February 4, 2008, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Detienen a los líderes de Batasuna Pernando Barrena y Patxi Urrutia | elmundo.es. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Barrena sale de la cárcel tras pagar 50,000 euros de fianza. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
  11. ^ La Mesa Política de EH Bildu propone a Pernando Barrena para el Parlamento Europeo. April 9, 2019, accessed November 11, 2019 (Spanish).
  12. ↑ Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España. May 26, 2019, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Home | Pernando BARRENA ARZA | MPs | European Parliament. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Barrena, Pernando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barrena Arza, Joxe Pernando (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Basque politician; MEP
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Pamplona