After the province’s worst-ever State Budgets for 2023, with this year’s budgets extended and with no sign of meeting predictions that they would be ready before the end of the first quarter, the Government’s new sub-delegate in Alicante Juan Antonio Nieves, assured this Tuesday that Alicante will be careful to request the corresponding investment due to the size of its population and its contribution to GDP. He made this warning in response to journalists’ questions after giving a speech to emphasize the “social shield” built by journalists. Government of Pedro Sánchezbenefits for the province and improvements compared to PP’s status in 2018.
In the most recent State Budgets to date, the Government reduced investment in the sector by 12.3%. province and allocated only one-third of the amount it deserved according to the population. Alicante was once again mistreated and sent to the back door of investments; Nieves hopes this situation won’t happen again this year. “We will be very careful as a province to ensure that Alicante has everything that corresponds to it,” he said. 2023 Budgets The province received 20 million more than the last state accounts prepared by the PP.
social elements
“We must also take into account all social elements,” Nieves said, referring to the socialist Government’s previous intervention in which he praised the “social shield”. His intervention, distinctly political in nature, was somewhat reminiscent of the intervention proposed by the Government delegate. Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé at the opening of the sub-delegation two weeks ago. On this occasion, Barnabas also attacked the different agreements that had been reached. PP and Voxboth at the regional level and in the Alicante City Council.
Nieves points out that improvements in social indicators in recent years, the state of some infrastructures such as the Mediterranean Corridor or New Generation European funds It costs the Valencian Community an estimated €6,000 million, of which approximately 2,000 is directly managed by the Valencian Community. central government. Of course, when the sub-delegate was asked about direct investments or the status of execution of some of these projects, he did not specify the figures further.
Just as socialist representatives such as delegate Bernabé or state secretary Alejandro Soler have done in recent interventions, Nieves defended the Sánchez Administration’s “record investment” in the state. 1.6 billion. His greatest emphasis was on issues such as reducing unemployment “led by the Valencian Community” or the “historical figures” of Community members. Social SecurityAlthough we remember the disruptions caused recently by problems such as the war in Ukraine or inflation.
covid crisis
The sub-delegate highlighted the socialist Government’s response to the Covid crisis compared to the PP’s previous actions. “Within two years, pre-pandemic employment levels have recovered. “But with the neoliberal response to the financial crisis, it took a decade to recover,” he said, adding: “Despite the apocalyptic rhetoric they were trying to sell, some doomsayers on the right “Spain is not going under” Achievements of the last five years include the revaluation of pensions, the increase of the inter-professional minimum wage and the Sánchez Government’s “labour reform, which allows more than half of the contracts signed in the Valencian Community to be indefinite.” “, item for: scholarships There is a non-university or minimum living income available to 96,840 people in the province.
Other topical issues, such as the new conflict, were addressed by Nieves. Alicante City CouncilDue to the police presence in the Playa de San Juan area on this occasion. “I learned from the press that they wanted to request a Local Security Council. These are not ways of working between different public administrations. “We are talking about very sensitive issues that are fundamental for all citizens,” he lamented. Regarding the possibility of restrictions on water use this summer droughtFollowing warnings from Catalonia or Andalusia, Nieves argued that “the government cannot be blamed for not warning about the consequences of climate change or for not implementing a responsible water policy.” He merely stated that he respected the “authorities of other administrations” regarding macro deposit projects in Alicante.