The Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, claims that they will do this with a more progressive measure than the generalization of 20 cents per liter filled
The Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, put forward on Wednesday that the government is “studying and negotiating” to introduce more progressiveness in the fuel discount, so that this measure is more effective and reaches those who “really” need it and not the whole the population.
“If they are subsidies for the entire population, they are regressive measures. A large fortune making 200,000 euros a year does not need the same amount of subsidy as a small fortune, to put it ironically, that does not even come to 10,000,” he defended.
Garzón stressed in statements to RNE that the government is not only open to extending the anti-crisis decree containing this fuel subsidy beyond June 30, but also to its amendment. “You have to be open to both possibilities,” he said.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is pushing up energy prices and pushing inflation to record levels. The serious consequences that the conflict still has on Spanish families and businesses has led President Pedro Sánchez to open the door to a possible extension of the royal decree on urgent measures to respond to the consequences of this crisis. “Obviously we are open to an extension beyond June 30,” the Spanish president said at the end of the European summit held in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday.
In the case of the 20 cent fuel discount, Garzón indicated that it was most effective at the time to implement this measure immediately so that the population as a whole could benefit from it.
“What we need to talk about now is whether it is possible to specify it much better, forward it to the incomes who really need it or who are much more vulnerable because they are more vulnerable,” the minister emphasized.
Garzón explained that the government “has been debating for some time” how to better specify this measure “so that it is much more effective and progressive” and pointed out that if not included in the extension of the anti-crisis decision due to time constraints or technical reasons “must come in via a different formula”.
“Here, politics must take precedence over the legal. And if for technical reasons it does not happen in this decree, the legal formula that fits best will have to be found,” he emphasized.
Garzón has stated that “experience” suggests that aid should be structured by income. “What needs to be done is to help the most vulnerable, that is tens of thousands of Spanish families, who use the car to work,” said the minister, also pointing out that “the main goal of a progressive government is to protect working families and the most vulnerable”.
As for inflation, Garzón has indicated that its recovery is mainly due to energy prices, but has indicated that underlying inflation is also on the rise, meaning that “companies are passing on production costs, especially energy, in the end products. ”, such as food.
To this should be added, he said, concerns about the problem of “scarcity” of basic necessities such as wheat or some minerals needed for fertilizer production due to the war in Ukraine, as well as “the effects of climate change in India: “This problem is starting to get very tense and we need to be very well prepared to face it,” he stressed.
Source: La Verdad
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