The Minister of Finance, Nöel d’Anjou, will today present a proposal to the opposition groups, which will include some of the measures proposed to him by EH Bildu, PP and Sumar, as reported by the Basque government.
The advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Noel d’Anjouwill today present to the opposition groups a new proposal to try to reach agreement on the draft budget of the Basque Autonomous Community for 2025, which will include some of the measures proposed by EH Bildu, PP and Sumar, as reported on Monday by the Basque Autonomous Community spokesperson of the Basque government, Maria Ubarretxena.
Ubarretxena stated that the aim is to reach a “broader” agreement on the bills, which have already been guaranteed approval in the Basque Parliament thanks to the absolute majority of the PNV and PSE-EE.
Ubarretxena explained that D’Anjou will present a new proposal to the groups in the second round of budget meetings that will start today. This proposal – he added – will “take into consideration” the measures proposed by the opposition, as some of these proposals have already been “collected” in the document that the counsel will present.
“We know that we have an absolute majorityBut the government is honestly trying to reach more agreements and we are exercising political will,” he said.
Ubarretxena called on the opposition to also act with “political responsibility” and based on the “general interest of Euskadi”. ‘The country needs it’he added.
On her part, the co-spokesman said EH Bildu in the Basque parliament yesterday, Nerea Kortajaarna warned about the budget negotiations “It’s not squaring an Excel table” and stated that, if the Basque government wants to reach “a political agreement” with its formation, “it must be worked on”. In an interview with RNE, Kortajaarna indicated that he would attend the meeting next Wednesday “without red lines” or “prejudices”.
Kortajaarna finds it “difficult to understand” that the executive branch does not understand that the policies that led to the current crisis need to be adjusted. “housing crisis”.
“Given the scale of the problem we have with housing and what this means in terms of youth empowerment issues, we cannot continue to do things the same way,” he stressed.
Kortajaarna also believes that the tax proposal agreed upon by the PNV and the PSE-EE “is not a tax reform” but rather contains “a series of adjustments.” Kortajaarna himself, Pello Otxandiano and Oihana Etxebarrieta will meet d’Anjou about the 11:30 am.
Finally, Add has submitted a proposal to the Basque government to negotiate its support for the budgets measures worth 755.5 millionsuch as the creation of 2,000 new social apartments (107 million), ‘saving’ Osakidetza (250 million) and setting up a pilot plan for a universal basic income (80 million).
The Sumar parliamentarian Jon Hernández and Alba García, leader of this formation in Euskadi, will meet on 09:00 am with the advisor. After them it is the turn of the representatives of the PPLaura Garrido and Álvaro Gotxi, op 10:00 am. At the end of the round of meetings, the Minister of Finance will hold a review appearance on the 1:30 p.m.
Source: EITB
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