EH Bildu considers a “more progressive and fair” Basque tax system urgent

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In a political act that took place this Saturday on the eve of the May 1EH Bildu spokesman in the Basque Parliament, Maddalen Iriarte, has chosen the “distribution and distribution of wealth”and considered it “urgent” to launch the debate on “a more progressive and fairer tax system, close to the most socially advanced European countries”.

has maintained that such taxation is an “indispensable tool” define measures for the ecological transition, the pay gap and to cover the needs of the most vulnerable sectors of society.

Iriarte has emphasized that in order to carry out this social and economic transformation Euskadi must have “sovereignty” and political decision-making capacity.

In view of May 1, the Basque parliamentarian has demanded a “strong, strong and effective” public policy to “protect and care for people”, and that it does not happen, as in the crisis of 2008, that “a few get rich scandalous and the majority is getting poorer”.

The current crisis cannot be paid for by the workers we claim the economy for a decent life, for well-being; general impoverishment is not the only possible horizon,” he said, adding that “there are solutions, such as cutting energy prices and limiting dividends from electricity companies”.

Therefore, Iriarte has claimed: a “Basque Agreement” guaranteeing a minimum interprofessional salary (SMI), in line with “the social and economic realities” of the Basque Country, and a “good” collective bargaining environment that would face “the nationalization that is part of the latest labor reform”.