A facility contrary to the General Government Budgets. This is the President of the Valencian Business Confederation (CEV) and CEV Alicante, Salvador Navarro and Joaquín Pérez, Carlos Baño, president of the Alicante Chamber, and president of the Institute for Economic Research of the Province of Alicante (Ineca). , Nacho Amirola, at a press conference this Wednesday at the CEOE headquarters in Madrid, to denounce the “none” that the Alicante region has been exposed to in terms of investments by the central government. The three organizations demanded that the calculations be corrected, while complaining about the low weight of the province’s twelve lawmakers in Congress.
CEV, CEV Alicante and Ineca decided to transfer their demands to Madrid. Fair General Budgets with the state of Alicanteonce again lagged behind in terms of investment. The items planned for this region have been greatly reduced from year to year. Specifically, in these latest budgets submitted by the central government, only 160.3 million €Compared to 182.65 in 2022 and 298.7 in 2021. In contrast, it is the second largest increase in population in Spain since 2020 and the fifth largest contributor to provincial GDP.
With these accounts, Alicante, as highlighted by Nacho Amirola, last year in per capita investmentAt just 85.48 euros per person, compared to the state average of 283.72 euros. Alicante added that despite having large budgets and generally larger regional investments, it experienced a 12.3% cut compared to last year. This is a problem that gets worse year-on-year, as the state has posted a 3.539 million deficit in government investment since 2008, taking into account the population criterion.
The three business organizations agreed at a press conference at the CEOE headquarters when it came to confirming what these budgets would entail. serious damage to socio-economic developmentThey demanded the commitments of all political parties to remedy this situation, for public services, job competitiveness, employment and social welfare of the citizens of the province.
Chamber chairman Carlos Baño said that the twelve deputies the province has “weigh, for example, much less than the eleven deputies that the Basque Country has, given the investments and other things a region has received.” In his own words, “This isn’t about doing politics. The truth is, citizens vote for these politicians to represent themand they need to add one and go to one to rectify a situation that has already lasted twenty years.” demanded that lawmakers work to address marginalization.
CEV president Salvador Navarro agrees with Baño’s comments for the “neglect” experienced by the province of Alicante in terms of central government investments, and also historical underfunding Registered by the Valencian Community. After stating that businessmen also had a share in this problem, he explained that there is now much more unity and they are making efforts for this, since “the companies in this region cannot explain their potential”. Gather the support of society as a whole to turn the situation around. In this sense, he underlined the creation of a platform that already has the support of trade union centers and different political groups at the regional level.
CEV Alicante chairman Joaquín Pérez stated that they are in talks for unions to participate in the meeting, which is planned to be held in principle. the next day before the headquarters of the 27th Government Sub-Delegation in AlicantePolitical representatives and associations are also expected to be present. “Maybe,” he underlines, “we won’t be in time for little more than a patch this year, but we need to start working together so that this marginalization doesn’t repeat itself in subsequent budgets.”