A campaign event planned for Buruntzaldea was called off after incidents in Hernani on Saturday, 14 November 2026. The disruption began at about 11:30 a.m. in the town’s old quarter, as Basque PP members set up an information table. The party later cancelled its electoral tour across Guipúzcoa.
Jon Echeverría, the party’s lead candidate for Congress in the territory, said on X that he and his team had been attacked with firecrackers and eggs, while stones were also thrown. He shared two videos of the incident. Echeverría described the attackers as pro-ETA supporters and called on the Ertzaintza to protect PP members and campaign events. The Basque Security Department told Europa Press that people shouted at party members and threw eggs and pyrotechnics, including firecrackers and rockets. Those details reflect the candidate’s account.
In an official statement issued hours later, the Basque PP said it had decided to suspend its campaign caravan after around 200 people prevented the activity from proceeding normally. The party said democratic conditions for campaigning were insufficient, accusing people who came to intimidate candidates of anti-democratic conduct. It also said the Ertzaintza had shown it could not guarantee the safety of campaign activities. The Basque Security Department said officers escorted PP members away from the area, no injuries were reported and an investigation was opened.
The party said it would hold electoral events only in places where it considered minimum security conditions to be in place. A separate report on strike pickets disrupting routes into València is available in this earlier traffic report.
