The general coordinator of EH Bildu confirms that it is necessary to ‘intervene in the energy sector’. and launching “tax policies to distribute wealth”.
The general coordinator of EH Bildu, Arnaldo Otegi, pointed out on Monday that the shock plan announced by the President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, “palliative measure” and has asked “structural” decisions such as intervention in the energy sector, because “the rest is bread for today and hunger for tomorrow”.
During his performance at a press conference after the meeting of the political table of his formation, he replied in these terms when asked about the plan against the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine, announced by Sánchez for 16,000 million euros, 6,000 million in direct aid and tax credits and 10 billion more in ICO assets.
Otegi has stressed that the “special treatment” accepted by EU heads of state or government to Spain and Portugal to deal with high energy prices is “temporary, for a period of time” and “will not solve the problem”.
The measures applied to transport also fall “in the section” of palliative measures,” emphasized Otegi, who emphasized that “if the energy pole” there is no action and the gas is taken out” the problems will remain.
Sources from EH Bildu, for their part, believe that the measures of the shock plan are of a “cyclical and temporary” nature and claim that its application is extended beyond June 30
They consider it positive that a general tax reduction has not been opted for and point out that this is the case in favor of a number of measures announced as expanding the scope of the minimum vital income (IMV), the discount of 20 cents per liter of fuel, activating the labor regulation mechanisms to avoid layoffs, increasing the beneficiaries of the social bonus for electricity or direct support to small and medium-sized business.
However, they assure that the Spanish government must: “Continue” and apply “more ambitious” measures so that the consequences of this crisis don’t relapse About the most vulnerable sectors
EH Bildu shock proposal
In this way, the coalition has handed over a shock proposal to the central government in which they ask: “end the heaven-sent gains”institute a special tax on energy companies of 12% on declared profits, a tax on banks that have not returned the bank bailout granted and a tax on large fortunes taxing assets over a million euros.
They also demand a ban on layoffs for direct or indirect reasons related to the economic crisis, the pandemic or the war in Ukraine, as well as a moratorium on rent payments and a price freeze.
Faced with palliative measures by some, @ehbildu is clear: we need structural measures.
Intervention of the energy sector.
¿¿ Tax policy to distribute wealth.
Shock measures to organize production in a different way.
Sovereignty.pic.twitter.com/1NEYL7AXkk— Arnaldo Otegi (@ArnaldoOtegi) March 28, 2022
Source: EITB
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