The Minister of Economy and Finance, Pedro Azpiazu, concluded the talks on Wednesday because he saw no real willingness to reach an agreement among the opposition.
Opposition parties in the Basque parliament have criticized the government’s “lack of will” to negotiate the 2024 budgets and its haste to “go through the process” and use its absolute majority to pass the bills alone approve.
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Pedro Azpiazu, concluded the talks this Wednesday because he saw no real willingness among the opposition to agree, because their proposals were “economically exorbitant”, had “electoral undertones” and “substantial issues” which had nothing to do with the budgetary framework.
The opposition groups on Thursday believe that it is the government that has not shown the willingness to agree, as in their opinion it has been shown that Azpiazu with a budget of 15,025.4 million was only willing to vary the allocation of 25 million.
The Basque government “has not wanted to negotiate” and “is satisfied with having passed the procedure”, despite the fact that the proposals of EH Bildu They were “common sense and achievable,” said EH Bildu parliamentary spokesperson Nerea Kortajaarna. He added that EH Bildu will “certainly” table an amendment to the whole, although this will not be successful due to the government’s absolute majority. Therefore, it will also register partial amendments in an exercise of “seriousness and responsibility”.
Those who have already announced that they will ask for the bills to be returned will be the only parliamentarian to emerge CitizensJosé Manuel Gil, who will also table partial amendments in the hope that “some will be accepted”.
For his part, the parliamentarian of PP Luis Gordillo has trusted that Azpiazu will analyze the negotiating document he gave him on Thursday and then give them a response.
Elkarrekin Podemos-IU He already expressed his opinion on the decision of the counsel to conclude the negotiations by regretting that PNV and PSE “are going to apply the role” and considering that the executive has “looked for excuses” in terms of competence to not to negotiate further with them.
Source: EITB
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