The Minister of Finance and Finance of the Basque government has stated that “they explored all possible avenues for the agreement until the last day” with EH Bildu, but that the sovereigntist coalition ultimately rejected the last proposal.
The Minister of Finance and Finance, Noël d’Anjouassured on Thursday that the Basque government has “finished the budget negotiations” with EH Bildu, although the sovereigntist coalition has not considered the negotiations broken. In this sense, he stated that “until the last day they explored all possible possibilities for an agreement” with EH Bildu, but the sovereigntist coalition ultimately rejected the last proposal.
Appearing at a press conference in Vitoria-Gasteiz on Thursday to assess the budget negotiation process, D’Anjou indicated that they have made an “important effort to reach an agreement with the opposition”, but that “In the end it was not possible to expand budget support”. “We tried until the last moment,” he added.
That said, the advisor emphasized that Euskadi will have “a very good budget”. next year “aimed at solving problems and improving people’s lives”, as the PNV and the PSE-EE have an absolute majority in the Basque parliament.
According to D’Anjou, they have “worked in a modest and sincere manner, with the determination to reach a greater agreement for next year’s accounts.” “We will have many more opportunities to facilitate future agreements. I am confident that we will be able to do so,” he noted.
PP and add They were the first to withdraw from the budget negotiations and ultimately presented amendments to the whole, unlike EH Bildu.
D’Anjou believes that the lack of agreement with EH Bildu is due to the fact that the sovereigntist coalition “has only emphasized two issues”, the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI) and housing, while the Basque government understood that ” the agreement had to be broader.”
About him SMIpointed out that “they were close”, but EH Bildu does not recognize that the social dialogue table is in favor of an inter-professional agreement on this issue.
In relation to shelterindicated that they were willing to compromise on the two proposed amendments with a commitment of 16 million euros by 2025 and 100 million during the legislature. In addition, they offered a commitment to “remove this issue from this specific budget debate” to discuss and compare models, and proposed activating the Forum for Urban Planning and Housing within the framework of the Social Pact for Housing. “Despite all this, they did not believe that the proposal was sufficient. The agreement was not possible,” he noted.
Source: EITB
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