The PNV accuses the nationalist coalition of supporting the measure, “because it goes against the core of Basque self-government: the Economic Agreement.”
The tax on large energy companies was approved in the Council of Ministers on Monday will become a joint tax in the Basque Autonomous Community and in Navarre, said the agreement achieved in recent days by the Spanish government with EH Bilduthat has therefore called on the PNV to support the validation of the measure in Congress as soon as it is available.
EH Bildu has defended that the agreement with Pedro Sánchez’s executive guarantees this It is the provincial treasuries that collect and manage the revenue derived from this measure, “strengthening Basque fiscal self-government”.
“In this scenario, there is no valid reason for the Basque political forces to oppose this measure. Therefore, EH Bildu urges the PNV to give up excuses and support the validation of the decree,” the nationalist coalition said in a statement.
According to your data, do not validate it It would mean an annual loss of more than 67 million euros for the regional treasury, an income that EH Bildu considers essential to guarantee public services and social policies in the BAC and in Navarra.
“Anyone who rejects this measure must provide a clear explanation to Basque society,” EH Bildu warned the PNV, a party that last week joined those of the PP and Junts per Catalunya to overturn this tax in Congress.
For his part, the PNV regretted the approved measurebecause “it goes against the core of Basque self-government: the Economic Agreement“Bildu once again gives the green light for a tax, which is a depth charge for the future of the Economic Agreement,” he assured.
Regarding the conversion of the tax into an agreed tax, the PNV assures that “The same was already included in decision 8/2023 for the year 2024 and has not been implemented”, and has therefore asked the following questions: ” Which “Is this the novelty they claim to have achieved? Why do you think a tax will be agreed now and not enforced?”
After repeating that it will not accept taxes, the PNV has stated that if it wants to change the taxation of companies because it is understood that it should be higher, it corporate tax review. “Patches aren’t worth it. Things are either done right or not done,” he concluded.
Source: EITB
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