Consell injected 610 million into Alicante to compensate for damage to Government accounts

Consell faces the end of the highest budget legislature in the history of self-government. The partners of the tripartite partnership have agreed on some accounts, which stipulate that the balance of expenses and income for the year 2023 is equal to: 28,438 million euros1.7% more than the previous year, which was 27,967 million euros. However, real expenditures, that is, expenditures other than financial transactions, increase at a much higher rate. Special, climbing 6.8% and doing so in the midst of the crisis. Largely, thanks to the injection of European funds, to the fact that the Spanish Ruler allowed the Valencia Community’s debt to be refinanced through the FLA – which in total 50 billion €– and the expected increase in Government transfers, not forgetting that a much higher percentage will be collected in taxes. There are four factors that allow the trio to take advantage of some broad accounts, combined to confront an exceptional context of complexity and with particular emphasis on the social nature of the figures.

The budget project was given the green light at the plenary meeting of the autonomous government this Friday, and was subsequently registered in the Valencian Courts, where the parliamentary path for its approval began before the end of the year. In any case, the verification, activation of accounts is guaranteed thanks to the majority of added lefts. PSPV, Compromise and the Unides PodemGroups that support execution.

Aitana Mas, Vice President of Generalitat, and Arcadi España, Minister of Finance and Economic Model, stressed that with this budget, the eighth since Botànic took over the reins of the Generalitat, this budget launched a “message of stability”, above all the inflationary escalation and the energy from the occupation. because of the crisis.e Russia by Ukraine. All while the consequences of the blockade created by the covid pandemic are still showing. Precisely in this scenario, next year’s budget shows significant progress in terms of real expenditures amounting to €22,116 million, which is 6.8% more than currently in force. 20,716 million adds. In short, 1400 million euros more in absolute terms, according to data provided by Generalitat. It’s worth looking back to get an idea of ​​the size of the accounts. The budget that the Valencian left currently manages is 70% more than it was eight years ago, when it seized power from the right after two decades of PP government. Non-financial expense in 2015 was 13,001 million.

rebalancing

Spain stressed that the Generalitat’s budget “must be balanced and rebalanced historical situations that have not been well handled”. It clearly referred directly to the province of Alicante. In this sense, he emphasized that most of the investments in the field of Regional Policy will focus on the Alicante border, as announced by INFORMATION. In particular, 50% of the global amount allocated to infrastructure construction will be invested in Alicante, about 148.7 million. In this way, the Minister announced his intention to compensate for grievances as seen in the General Government Budgets, but reminded that the Spanish Government’s accounts were outlined during the period of changes in the Congress. With this harmony of the budget puzzle, the Valencian Administration responds to the slogan uttered by the head of Consell, who ordered the ministries to show special sensitivity with the state due to the tsunami of criticism created by the central executive’s budget project. , in the coalition between PSOE and United We Can.

Generalitat’s accounts will allocate a total of 22,043 million euros to social spending next year, while the 6,000 million euro barrier to aid, transfers and direct subsidies to companies and citizens will be overcome for the first time in history. 6.41 billionWith the intention of supporting the Valencian economy and their families against the inflationary process and the rising cost of energy.

All this is possible, in part, thanks to the significant increase in the collection designed for next year. The forecast taken by Consell is that revenue from direct taxes will increase from 2023 to 2023. 15.1% to 6,049,000 Euross, the indirect increase further increased by 16.3% to 8.9 million euros. In any case, it’s the percentages that give a larger margin to strengthen the social shield that the Valencian left is emphasizing.

Consell will also increase the total in 2023. 1,188 million euros from European fundsOf this, 598.38 million euros comes from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, and 589.5 million from Feder funds and the European Social Fund. In addition, revenue from the financing system, which will reach a record 13,540 in 2023, will be added 25% more than in 2022.

One of the main conditions in favor of the Generalitat is that the central government allows the outstanding debt to be refinanced through the FLA. In this way, financial costs for the next year are reduced by more than 800 million, 10.8% less. In total, 6.6 million will be used to pay off debt.

Another novelty is that this year’s accounts are squared without the need to resort to “fictitious” items such as the 1,000 million euros included last year to make up for the funds the central government stopped sending to the counter-fight. covid. Instead, it was included demand item 1,336 million due to insufficient funding. The revenue estimated by the historical FOGA is also retained, ie the amount the Government must pay to cover the Generalitat related bill by bearing the costs of displaced health workers. Add 900 million more.

During the presentation of the accounts, Aitana Mas emphasized that the budget was prepared for the second year in a row using collective intelligence in the plural and in the service of a common project, “according to our responsibility as a government, a harmonious government. The main purpose of this is to help families, relieve daily burdens». In this direction, ” He emphasized that it is possible to make budgets that meet people’s needs as a result of dialogue, teamwork and consensus.

From the Regional Executive, it was emphasized that the priority lines for 2023 accounts are combating the climate emergency, fighting inflation and protecting the general assembly, strengthening public services and the right to shelter. strengthening institutions and democracy. According to regional sources, they are the most social budgets in the historical series with social expenditures in Health, Education, Equality, Housing and Employment reaching 22,044 million, up 1,560 million in the last fiscal year. In 2015, the figure amounted to 10,482 million. It’s also one of the budgets Botànic has approved with less internal noise, without civil wars over budget allocation.

As with the budget, the law on accompanying budgets without time limits is expected to be approved at the next general assembly meeting of Consel, which will be held on Friday.

election accounts

Opposition in the Valencian Courts came out in a storm against the calculations designed by Botànic. Rubén Ibáñez, Treasury Spokesperson for the main opposition group, argues that the accounts presented this Monday are “elections” and “would mean more taxes for Valencians, more public debt and another act of illusion because they were not implemented”.

In Ibáñez’s view, “We are witnessing the first election poster of Consell de Puig because what we know for sure is that these budgets have brought with them an increase in taxes, making the Valencian Community a leader in Spain in terms of higher taxes.” He also said he “assumed that debt would gallop and that future generations would be even poorer than current generations thanks to Puig’s policies.” Cs and Vox also denied accounts.

From the opposite bank, PSPV trustee Ana Barceló argued that these are accounts “consistent with the situation experienced by families, the self-employed and companies in the Community” and that “it is more necessary than ever to give them an answer”. At the same time, he stressed “the special sensitivity of the budgets with the province of Alicante”. Likewise, Compromís and Unides Podem also supported the budget project.