spanish diplomats They took judicial action to defend updating salary supplements obtained from his studies abroad. On January 14, a lawsuit was filed against the Ministry of Finance, alleging that the bonuses they received when they resided abroad were incorrectly updated; Today, it was learned that they are preparing to take legal action if school premiums are not updated.
Majority Association of Spanish Diplomats (ADE) The Minister of Foreign Affairs informed his team, José Manuel AlbareThose who are preparing to sue the Treasury if tuition aid is not updated this year. Diplomats and other expatriate officials assigned abroad have these rights. They were frozen for 23 years
The information was provided by The Objective, which had access to the circular in which ADE communicated the decision to its partners, as confirmed to this newspaper. The Ministry replied that it had requested by letter both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education to update this subsidy, and that the Treasury had expressed its intention to coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to achieve this.
The subsidy was established in 2001 and Up to 60% of tuition and school fees with a limit of 3,906 Euros per child or per minor dependent.
Update of that game a historical claim Spanish authorities directed abroad. They assure that sometimes access to a good school in complex places makes it difficult to reconcile family and work.
“There is a clear inadequacy in assistance for the education of children of Spanish civil servants sent abroad,” explains ADE in a statement on its website in 2023. “The annual amount has not been updated for over 20 years and well below average cost Education rate per child in Spain. Given the meager amount of this aid, it is not possible for many civil servants to afford the high cost of international education, which they are forced to do not by civil servants’ own choice, but by the lack of a network of Spanish schools abroad. continuity in their academic curriculum”.
At the disposal of diplomats of major European countries network of public schools abroadLike the French Lyceum, the German Institute or the Italian Scuola. ADE adds: “The EU’s own European External Action Service bears the full cost of these schools, correctly understanding that the education of its children is a fundamental right that the State must guarantee everywhere.”
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On January 15, Lawsuit alleging that bonuses were updated incorrectly Accepted by diplomatic career officials residing abroad. A lawsuit filed against the Ministry of Finance by many officials who found the loss of purchasing power unfair. They argue that factors such as inflation were not taken into account in the calculations made by the Ministry of María Jesús Montero to re-evaluate the payrolls. Currency exchange between euro and dollar or other target currencies, According to Servimedia, the war situation in the target country or the special danger of the region. Monetary losses could reach 1,500 euros per month following changes to the criteria applied to the “purchasing power equalization module” that regulates the revaluation of diplomat salaries.
Civil servants abroad receive supplements calculated on the following basis: so-called “modules”. The first of these is the “equalization of purchasing power”, which serves to alleviate the differences in living standards between Spain and the target countries. The second is the “quality of life module”, where factors ranging from poor health to lack of communication, citizen distrust or air quality, climate and distance to Spain are taken into account. These modules are added to the annual salary and destination supplements to calculate the officer’s total income abroad.