One of the opposition’s criticisms of the government-approved aid package for the aftermath of the Ukraine war points to its “short” duration, three months, until the end of June. However, the executive is open to pursuing them beyond that date, as Vice President Teresa Ribera and Social Security Minister Jose Luis Eskriva confirmed on Friday. The aid “may be maintained or improved or changed” depending on how circumstances develop, Ribera noted.
In an interview with SER and asked if it would be necessary to extend fuel assistance after June 30, the Third Vice President and Minister of Environmental Transition explained that the measures taken by the executive could be extended according to the circumstances and context. Every second.
“Can support for fuel be needed after these three months? აძIt is possible. We need to think about whether this is the most suitable system, if we need to specify more about the type of assistance? “It will depend on how prices develop, how it affects families and how successful it is,” said Teresa Ribera, according to Europa Press.
“You have to be open” for extensions
In the same vein, the Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, José Luis Eskriva, spoke from Alicante, assuring us that “we must be open” to extending agreed assistance after June 30. The executive has approved a 15% increase in the Minimum Living Income (IMV) over the next three months. NGOs and trade unions welcomed the measure, but considered it “insufficient” over time and demanded more help for other “vulnerable” people with very low incomes who do not receive the state minimum income.
Other far-reaching measures will continue until June 30, such as the rent increase limit set by the government at 2%.
Like Ribera, Eskriva stressed the need to adapt the government’s response to the context of each moment: “We need to control the impact of the measures. As we did during the pandemic, when every three to four months we assessed the situation and adjusted the ERTE and the benefits for the self-employed.
“This government has made it clear that it intends to use measures very quickly to ensure that those affected by the earlier pandemic and the impact of the war on prices and the economy are truly protected,” he said. Eskriva stressed in an interview with Valencia Public Television À punt.
“12000 million” discount on electricity tax
This Thursday, Finance Minister Maria Jesუსs Montero avoided leaving the door open until further measures against inflation were extended due to questions from reporters at the end of the year. However, he went on to say that the government has made a calculation of what it will cost to maintain a reduction in electricity bills this year that will affect, including VAT and special bills.
The Treasury estimates that after they were implemented last summer until next June, when the decree approved on Tuesday expires, it will cost about $ 7,000 million in lost state revenue. If extended to the end of the year, this figure will increase to 12,000 million. These figures, the minister recalled, depend on the price of electricity, so, for the time being, it is likely.
This information did Laura Olias, Diego Larrow And Antonio M. Veles.
Source: El Diario
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