If we deduct from this amount 874 million euros from the contribution to the State and 331 million euros from the Local Treasury Fund, the rest will be distributed among the departments of the Government of Navarre (4.77 billion, 1.8% more than in 2024).
He Expenditure ceiling for Navarra for 2025 it has been set at 5974.8 million euros139 million more (2.4%) than this year, Economy and Finance Minister Jose Luis Arasti reported on Friday.
If we deduct from this amount 874 million euros from the contribution to the State and 331 million euros from the Local Treasury Fund, the rest will be distributed among the departments of the Government of Navarre (4.77 billion, 1.8% more than in 2024).
The councilor noted at a press conference that this expenditure ceiling “gives continuity to the growth of the Navarra budget that has been repeated in recent years despite the economic ups and downs in the international context” and pointed out that the executive power is in the process of finalizing the distribution of departmental expenditure. expenditure ceiling.
Procedure for determining the expenditure ceiling
The fixing of the ceiling is a process that requires taking several factors into account. factors, like the income forecast non-financial (5.744 million euros) of the different departments of the Government of Navarra and in particular the Foral Treasury with regard to tax revenues and the impact of fiscal measures; the arrival of European funds MRR (1.9 million euros); He deficit targetnegotiated with the State and which amounts to 0.3% of the GDP of the Foral Community, which in absolute terms represents almost 82 million euros; and the national accounting adjustmentswhich in this case amounts to 148.6 million euros.
Arasti stressed that the objectives for the next budget “do not vary from the priorities set by this Government of Navarra and that they respond to strengthening social spending and improving public resources in order to give the community more strength in terms of its economic development”.
This, in the words of the counsel, “must be combined with another unavoidable objective of this government, which is to maintain rigor and responsibility in the management of public resources that have allowed Navarra to be positioned as one of the most solvent communities in the world.” country”.
Next steps
Once the maximum expenditure ceiling has been approved, the internal process for preparing the draft general budget of Navarra for 2025 will begin. This process will conclude in the first half of October with the approval of the draft by the Government of Navarra.
Once the preliminary draft becomes reality, the text will be sent for opinion to the Economic and Social Council of Navarra, the Environmental Council and the Foral Commission of Local Regime, a step prior to the approval of the text as a draft of Foral. Law in government session and subsequent referral to the Parliament of Navarra for debate.
Source: EITB
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