For the first time, Basque budgets have exceeded 14 billion euros. They aim to maintain public services, stimulate economic activity and create employment.
Euskaraz irakurri: Jaurlaritzak 14,250 milioi euroko aurrekontuak aurkeztu ditu egoera ekonomiko “nahasiari” aurre egiteko
The Board of Directors has approved the design budgets for the Basque Autonomous Community (CAV) for 2023Which amounts? €14,250.7 millionwhich represents an increase of 8.7% compared to 2022, with a increase of 1142 million euros. This is the largest budget project in the history of the Basque government, exceeding 14,000 million euros for the first time.
The accounts are presented as a guarantee to maintain the level of public services and to stimulate Euskadi’s economy in a difficult world economic situation.
At a press conference after the Board of Directors held on Tuesday, the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Basque Government, Pedro Azpiazu, explained that “the wickerwork of this budget is very solid” and added that “are solvency guarantees that Euskadi can maintain the level of its public services, stimulate economic activity Y generate jobto cope with the turbulent economic and social situation in which we live”.
The counsel therefore refers to the complicated international economic scenario and has called for “some calm”, in a context where the IMF has emphasized that more than a third of the global economy will contract this year and next, and that the three largest economies (the United States, the European Union and China) will stagnate.
The councilor has recalled that the Basque government is maintaining its growth forecast at 2.1% in 2023, although he has emphasized that “we are still wind vanes of a pointless warwhose economic consequences burden us all“.
As the minister explained, the budget project allocates 76% of the total (10,254.6 million euros) to social politicsbeing Health and education departments with the largest budget increase.
In addition, the Basque government maintains its commitment to public investment, which amounts to more than 1,800 million euros (14.8% more than in 2022) and to the R+D+iwith an increase of 12% to 658.4 million euros (70.6 more than in 2022).
Another novelty is that in this budget, income from European MRR fundswhich amount to EUR 260 million and correspond to the actions that are currently being implemented by the various departments in order to fulfill the commitments made with Europe.
The budget for 2023 also includes the commitment to the gender equality which covers 17%, half a point more than in the 2022 budgets, and aims for its presence in all government policies.
The following Friday, October 28 the budget project is registered in the Basque parliament and the councilors appear from 2 to 4 November. After these performances, the opportunity will be opened to compare possible alliances with EH Bildu, Elkarrekin Podemos and PP-Cs. The expected date of approval is December 23.
Azpiazu hopes that “we are all prioritizing the common good in these frenetic moments that require responsibility, realism and sensible public management without fuss.” In that sense, he has confirmed that there is time to negotiate quietly.
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Source: EITB
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