Ineca warns that the Government has implemented only 42% of the budget allocated for Alicante

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Alicante must not only endure those years every year. General budgets of the state remit to the province final places in planned investments. In addition to the scarce quantities shipped, They don’t even do half of it.

This was condemned by the president on Monday. Alicante State Research Institute (İneca), Nacho Amiroladuring the presentation of the Quarterly Status Report prepared by this organization, which he had the opportunity to emphasize once again, discrimination that the region was damaged by the state.

a lack of investment that represents ballast for competitiveness According to the coordinator of the think tank’s working committee, especially when the economic situation is starting to deteriorate like it is now, the state’s Quino Palaci.

In this sense, according to the information compiled by İneca, Between 2008 and 2021 Implementation of State Budgets in Alicante barely reached 42%This means that most of the planned projects delayed on time and especially prolongs their completion or never bears fruit. Therefore, each year public accounts tend to repeat many items that were not done in the previous year.

In this regard, Amirola also condemned impossibility of evaluationr Budget application game by game, Because the Administration did not provide this information despite the requests made by İneca. A news cut, according to the Ineca chairman, It does not comply with the provisions of the Transparency Law.

Along the same lines, Palací said that as a result of this investment deficit of the State, Alicante’s “compete on equal terms It’s particularly worrying in his view, given the economic deterioration expected by all international organizations due to inflation and the war in Ukraine.

A snapshot from the presentation of Ineca’s quarterly case study in Alicante. Information

That’s why Francisco Llopis, Director of Studies at Ineca, drew attention to some of these weaknesses, such as highlights. volume reduction savings With more than 3,000 million accumulating in state branches since the outbreak of the pandemic—more than 3,000 million though they recovered somewhat in the last quarter—that means fewer resources to face difficult situations. Also, a decline that contrasts with the increase in the volume of registered deposits in the country as a whole.

Likewise, he pointed out that although it was good news, its number should increase. freelancers It is currently accumulating 119 months of uninterrupted annual growth, which also shows a multi-part productive fabric, meaning less innovation, digitization or export capacity.

second quarter

Regarding the balance for the second quarter of the year, Ineca emphasizes the good development of practically all indicators. record employmentrecovery Gezi levels very close to pre-pandemic levels and a remarkable dynamism in the world. job creation.

some data showing optimistic point of viewbut as recognized by those responsible for the organization, precaution before uncertainty before some data that is up to date and not very positive. For example, although export they have grown strongly, the fact that when Alicante’s economy more than doubles in Spain’s GDP, they only make up 1.71% of the national total.

Along the same lines, despite a record number of Social Security agencies, Ineca important unemployment bag More than 141 thousand registered in public employment offices. This is a very different figure from the figure recorded in 2007, when 100,000 registered unemployed were not reached. In this context, Francisco Llopis also pointed out that the largest group among these unemployed are those over 45 years old and pointed out that these people need to be retrained and gain skills in digital subjects, among others.

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