The Generalitat’s budgets are now ready. Advisor Ruth Merino The Generalitat will be responsible for presenting news and details regarding the 2024 accounts following the Consell general meeting, which will be approved at noon today.
According to presidential sources, these budgets will mean consolidation of social policies, elimination of political expenditures and tax cuts for Consell. It is stated that 30 percent of the total expenditure will be allocated among advanced lines. Health, a similar percentage to that allocated last year. In this sense, Carlos Mazón wanted to remember that “primary healthcare is the backbone of our healthcare system, so it must be resourced.”
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On education, Merinos stated that there was a 1 percent increase in items affecting the fields of education, but the total of 6 billion 870 million in the entire department represents 1 billion 300 million, including Universities and Employment.
Merino stated the following among his most special games: The budget for Valencia’s promotion will be 19.5 million euros. “We continue the promotion of Valencian and are committed to multilingualism,” said the council member, who added that there was no “regression” in this sense but “no progress in taxation”.
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“These will be the highest budgets in the history of health,” the Minister of Finance said. Department managed in total Marciano Gomez It will be 8 billion 504 million euros, that is, 250 million euros more than in 2023. It was stated that the 700 million euro General Directorate of Primary Health Care will be created from this department.
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Merinos underlines the total figure: 29 billion 732 million euros; this is 4.5% more than the left government’s last calculations. He said they were “realistic”, based on “real data” and “not mixed with fictional elements”. Thus, if the “real spending” is analyzed, he stated that it will be 22 billion 70 million euros, that is, 2.3% more than in 2023.
The Minister of Finance stated that the “imaginary item” was not included because it distorted the total. Likewise, Airef stated that according to estimates, the payments to be made through the State financing system will be 12 billion 798 million dollars, and the payment of 2 billion 719 million in 2022 should be added to this, that is, an increase of more than 16 percent compared to 2023. In fact, of the total amount received by the State in 2023, there were 15,517 million, compared to 13,449 million for the Generalitat this year. However, Merinos noted that there will be 500 million less in EU REACT funds compared to 2023, a reduction of more than half.
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“These budgets are the beginning of reversing the irresponsible drift,” the Finance Minister said. Ruth Merino. The person in charge of the public purse states that these budgets begin to consolidate the change of government after the May 28 elections, eliminate “unnecessary expenses”, reduce taxes and “strengthen social spending”. “This is the government’s priority, we will never stop strengthening social services by optimizing resources,” he said.
In fact, this “optimization” is starting to affect the instrumental public sector, where, as stated, the cost for 2024 has decreased by 7.7% to 3.8 billion. However, he noted that this optimization needs “more time” and “better analysis.” Also the way these accounts are prepared under the Nefis platform. “We had to step up and move forward,” he said.
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The Minister of Finance also criticizes the Spanish Government’s “lack of data” regarding the regional financing system. “We understand the internal situation, but it was in 2019 and they provided the data,” he said. These data that Merinos protests against include the amount of payments in the account, the liquidation of the financing system two years ago or the spending ceiling.
“Two years ago, I sent a letter to the Ministry of Finance to get clear data, but they did not respond; we prepared these budgets manually and based on common sense.” “It seems that this incumbent government is more preoccupied with situations other than issuing budget estimates, which says a lot about the Spanish Government and its priorities.”
13:15.
Merino begins his statement about the 2024 Budgets by pointing to the economic situation in which the budgets begin. In this sense, he draws attention to the debt of over 57 thousand euros that the current manager found himself. This even indicates that this increase in debt has “immediate effects”, as reflected in the “exorbitant” debt interest rates, which are more than doubled compared to last year, i.e. more than 800 million euros. “This is so bloody, it mortgages the commitments of not just this government, but every government,” he said.
Thus, if depreciation and maturities are added, this amount increases by 20 percent compared to 2023 and reaches 7 billion 948 million, increasing by 1 billion 300 million compared to last year. “This figure does not stop us from thinking about all the things that can be done with this 1.3 billion,” he said. “There will be a fourth episode,” he said. “The lack of funding in this community is obvious, but the budget deficits that accumulate year after year are unacceptable.” He condemned it.
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Press conference begins Ruth Merino The Minister of Finance announces the Generalitat Budgets. “We are very pleased, we managed to do more with less,” he said, after thanking the department team that initially managed the public coffers. He says that the preparation of these accounts was carried out in an atmosphere of harmony and rigor, which allowed the accounts to be submitted a day before the official deadline of 31 October. “We worked on a single road map,” he explained, noting that there was “no infighting or shock.”
“We were committed to creating rigorous and real budgets and managing them well and efficiently; this work will begin on January 1,” he said. Merino emphasized that the total amount is not very important, but rather its implementation. “It’s no use if everything remains empty, as we’ve seen in recent years,” he said, “we won’t lie to you.” “These are real budgets based on reality, not disappointing false promises and advertising,” he explained.
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Compared to last year, the first budgets prepared by the PP and Vox government, the total amount was increased by 1,300 million more, the same amount as the budget allocated to Debt Service. Debt servicing is the second segment to which the most money is allocated, after Health, where its allocation increased by 250 million, from 8,258 million in Botànic to 8,504 million by 2024.
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The 2024 budget of the Generalitat Valenciana will be 29 billion 732 million euros, 4.5% more than last year, when this project reached 28 billion 432 million euros. Here are the main data waiting for the Minister of Finance, Ruth Merino Break down the total project.
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The Generalitat Budget Law of 2024 has already been approved. Early this Monday morning, Consell’s plenary gave the green light to the legislative project outlining regional accounts for the next academic year. The Draft Law on Fiscal Measures, Administrative and Financial Management and Organization of the Generalitat, known as the Budget Support Law, was also approved at the Executive General Assembly.
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“Pressure Support Project 2024”. These are letters that can be read on the tablet screen shown by the Minister of Finance, Ruth Merino and the president of the Cortes, Llanos Masso. It is the formalization of the legislative project, which includes the breakdown of regional accounts for the next year, which is currently in the regional parliament and is expected to receive definitive support at the end of December.
The delivery was formalized by chief Treasury officials; Chaired by Merinos and accompanied by the regional secretary Eusebio Monzo, General Manager of Budgets, Amparo Haro and the undersecretary of the department, Carlos Gracia. Other representatives of Mesa de las Corts and spokespeople of parliamentary groups were also present at the reception.
In fact, both Compromís and PSPV had previously made statements without knowing their content. “There are no excuses, everything these budgets reflect will be the full and absolute responsibility of the current Consell,” the Socialists’ deputy ombudsman said. Arcadi Spain. “Botànic budgets have led to the best situation in the Valencian Community; anything that deviates from these policies will be monitored and reported,” he added. Isaura Navarra, Comprom’s deputy spokesperson.
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The Generalitat Budget Law of 2024 has already been approved. Early this Monday morning, Consell’s plenary gave the green light to the legislative project outlining regional accounts for the next academic year. At the plenary meeting of the Executive Board, the Draft Law on Fiscal Measures, Administrative and Financial Management and Organization of the Generalitat, known as the Budget Support Law, was also approved.
Approval of the Consell at the general assembly meeting opens up the entire bureaucratic and protocol process surrounding budgets. At 12:00 noon, the Minister of Finance, Ruth Merino He will go to Las Corts to hand over the financial project to the president of the regional parliament, Llanos Masso. In an hour, Merino will announce the key numbers that make them up at a press conference.