The Basque institutions had to decide whether to pay the remaining 20%, so that the total discount on public transport in the Basque Country is 50%, relative to the last package of anti-crisis measures proposed by the Spanish Government.
The Minister of Territorial Planning, Housing and Transport, Inaki Arriolapointed out that the Basque government has committed itselfapply the 50% discount on all public transport and that there is political will, regarding the new anti-crisis decree of the executive of Pedro Sánchez to mitigate the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine.
This is how Arriola explained at a press conference after the Euskadi Transport Authority meeting, held this Thursday in Lakua, Vitoria-Gasteiz. The Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Pedro Marco, and representatives of the Provincial Councils of the three Basque capitals and Eudel also took part in the plenary meeting to decide how to apply the decree recently approved by the government of Sanchez in the Basque Country . measures, the discount applied to public transport
“We are for the Basque society to benefit from these subsidies,” the lawyer said, adding that the Basque government has decided to reach the maximum bonus for Euskotren in the three historic areas. “The rest of the operators have also shown their intention to reach the top and are working for it,” he said.
From September to December 2022, the government of Spain will apply a 50% discount on public transport that depends on the Spanish government, as is the case with Renfe. “The administrations have shown our willingness to ask for help and have agreed to initiate regulatory processes to formulate this,”
However, the Basque institutions had to decide whether they will pay the remaining 20% so that the total discount in Euskadi is 50%, and it has been, although Arriola has admitted that this additional 20% discount “would cost a total of 14,000 euros extra”. Although it was not planned, Arriola believes it is “a social measure that will benefit Basque citizens”.
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Source: EITB
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