The PP asks the lehendakari for a tax cut and a conflict plan with the remnants

The PP has requested a cut in taxes on families and businesses and the development of a shock plan with the remaining treasury that the Basque government has to deal with the consequences of the invasion of Ukraine.

the lehendakari, Inigo Urkulluis open this monday with Carlos Iturgaizpresident of the Basque PP and parliamentarian of PP+Cs, the round of contacts with the Euskadi parties to analyze the situation caused by the war and see the possibility that their contributions could be included in the measures planned by the institutions to face these.

After the meeting, Iturgaiz appeared before the media to announce the document he had delivered to the Lehendakari containing a series of proposals that his group will also take to the plenary session of the Basque Parliament in the monographic debate next Friday.

Among the proposals, the PP+Cs propose that the Basque government the provincial councils deflate the personal income tax to correct the “strong rise in inflation”.

It has also asked the government of Urkullu for a tax returnrates and public prices in which it has the regulatory capacity to propose a reduction as well.

Another proposal from the PP+Cs is to create a 1 billion fund euro, which would be conducted in three exercises, to fund “viable” business projects that generate employment.

In addition, they want another extraordinary fund of 200 million euro, channeled through the Basque universities and other centers of the Basque network of science, technology and innovation, intended for R&D projects.

This money would come from the treasury remains at the disposal of the Basque government, which the Minister of Economy and Finance, Pedro Azpiazu, estimated a few days ago at 1,877 million euros.

Iturgaiz has criticized the Basque government’s having this money, he said, not because it has done good management, but because “it has raised more than was needed” while the family economy “shudders”.

This afternoon we presented to the Lehendakari a series of proposals to face the crisis

lower taxes
opening of markets
Modernization of the administration
Return of budget surpluses
More control over government spending

to do@carlositurgaiz pic.twitter.com/RarOhNQ4SF

— Basque PP + Cs (@PPmasCs) Apr 4, 2022

The contact round will continue next Tuesday with separate meetings with Elkarrekin Podemos-IU and EH Bildu.

EH Picture

EH Bildu will present to the Lehendakari the need to address the tax reform debate and adjust salaries in line with the rise in CPI.

The head of the Coalition’s Institutional Policy, Ainhoa ​​Beolareported this Monday at a press conference in Donostia-San Sebastián about the proposals that the representatives of EH Bildu will transfer to Urkullu.

EH Bildu has put forward some of the specific measures they will propose, such as addressing the tax reform debate to “make a fair distribution of the wealth this country generates” and thus gain more revenue.

He also believes that “continuing the same salaries with runaway prices presupposes a new impoverishment of the Basque families”, which he has judged to be an “urgent need” to increase salaries to the level of the CPI , in addition to extending the conditions of access to social assistance.

Beola has argued that, in addition to immediate “palliative” measures, the Basque Country must undertake a “structural transformation of the energy, economic and social model” in order to “achieve decent living conditions in the medium and long term”.

He has criticized the fact that the Basque government has a surplus of 1,800 million euros, “unjustifiable in the midst of a health and economic crisis”, while demanding that Urkullu not limit itself to listening to those who are not think like him and promote a “table or forum in which the parties participate”.

Let’s take advantage of the moment to move towards a fair distribution of wealth.

Continuing with the same salaries while prices spiral out of control implies a new impoverishment for Basque families. There is an urgent need to adjust salaries to the increase in CPI. pic.twitter.com/NFHxsJ1vaN

— EH Bildu (@ehbildu) Apr 4, 2022

Elkarrekin Podemos-IU

The coordinator of Podemos Ahal Dugu and deputy of United We Can, Pilar Garridohas asked the Lehendakari for a fiscal and income pact so that large companies become “jointly responsible” for getting out of the current economic crisis and “protecting workers, families, the self-employed and SMEs”.

In addition, it has called on the Basque government to use the remaining 1.9 billion euros to take urgent social measures and prevent the “impoverishment” of the Euskadi citizens.

Garrido offered a press conference in Bilbao this Monday. Garrido has demanded that “urgent action” be taken “as soon as possible” with this remainder. In line with this, he has asked to promote “a universal child-raising allowance” for all Basque families of 100 euros per month per child under 18 years of age. “It’s time to make progress in protecting our boys and girls,” he stressed.

Pilar Garrido has said a “redistributive” tax reform is also needed “once and for all” so that “those who have the most, especially the big corporations or the energy oligopoly, pay what they are entitled to”. “Businessmen from large companies must share responsibility to get out of this crisis,” he emphasized.

¿ The Basque government has a balance of 1,900 million, we demand that it use it to take measures such as the universal childcare allowance of 100 euros per month for a minor son or daughter.
@PilarGarrido_ : “The Basque government does not have to save families, but provide security”. pic.twitter.com/MMexSPIeB5

– We Can / Ahal Dugu (@PodemosEuskadi_) Apr 4, 2022