The Bizkaia Provincial Council’s accounts for the next financial year have gone ahead with the only negative vote of five representatives, the representatives of Elkarrekin Podemos and the PP, following the budget agreement reached by PNV and PSE-EE with EH Bildu.
The full one General Meetings of Bizkaia approved this Friday Biscay budgets for 2025 with the votes in favor of the two groups that make up the regional government, PNV and PSE-EE, and the abstention of EH Bildu, after the budget agreement was reached last week. PP and Elkarrekin Podemos voted against.
In this way, the second budgets of the executive branch that he leads conclude their processing in the Parliament of Bizkaia Elixabete Etxanobewhich amount to 10,660 million euros3.4% more than in 2024. It was adopted with some changes to the original text by including 29 measures worth 33 million euros.
During the plenary debate on partial amendments and final approval of the accounts, PNV and PSE-EE emphasized that “only five” of the 51 representatives of the General Assemblies voted against, following the agreement of the two partners. of the government with the main opposition party. In the words of the PNV member Mikel Baganhas “fulfilled what the Biscayan society expects from these general assemblies, with “a budget that leaves no one out.”
For his part, the PSE-EE spokesperson said: Goyo Zurrohas trusted that “today’s support will not be punctual because of temporary pragmatism, but because, out of responsibility and from a long-term perspective, they want to lay a solid foundation for progress and a real commitment to Bizkaia.”
Similarly, EH Bildu spokesperson said: Iker Casanovahas defended the “good” budget agreement, in which “all parties win” and also the citizens of Bizkaia, with the “strong” measures contained in the agreement, although he has emphasized that his party does not consider the bills “good”. ” “. Likewise, he emphasized that “it would not be coherent to continually call for agreements, even small ones, and turn our backs on those agreements.”
On the other hand, from the PP, its spokesperson in the Chamber of Biscay, Diego Pagadigorriahas insisted that the budgets are “continuous and revenue generating” and do not provide solutions for “small businesses, the self-employed and citizens”.
The spokesperson of Elkarrekin Podemos, Eneritz de Madariagahas criticized EH Bildu for a pact with the regional government that it “does not understand or share” and through which the sovereigntist coalition “condones” the policies it “criticizes”.
Source: EITB
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