Government Seeks Approval of Spending Ceiling After Agreement with Vox

The objective of the Executive is that the proposal can be voted on in the plenary session that will be held next Tuesday, once it has already secured the support of the far-right party. An idea that was also highlighted by the Government spokesperson, Antoni Costa. “We hope that on Tuesday the spending ceiling will be approved in Parliament and from there we have all the machinery in place from the Ministry to approve the budgets as soon as possible.”

In this sense, the roadmap outlined by the popular parties consists of convening an emergency Parliamentary Board, meeting again the Board of Spokespersons and approving an extraordinary plenary session. Likewise, the Government spokesperson expressed satisfaction after the situation had resolved. «For a Minister of Finance, the budget law is very important since it materializes the investment policy. The fact that we can approve it and we are on time for the budgets to come into force from January 1, 2024 inspires satisfaction.

Regarding the negotiation with Vox regarding the regional accounts, Costa defended that the pact signed between the two rules out the presentation of amendments to the entirety. «We do not contemplate this possibility, the agreement is to materialize point 54 of the pact (free choice of language). Consequently, having developed this point, the pact that was signed with Vox remains in force and they committed not to present amendments to the entirety. The agreement does talk about them being able to present proposals, but not these types of amendments.

Do not extend accounts

The Government needed to close this issue as soon as possible so as not to have to extend the budgets of its predecessor Francina Armengol, and for this reason the PP has moved with Vox to lift its veto. If in the end the ultraconservatives had not accepted Vera’s plan and had maintained the blocking of the accounts, then an uncertain scenario would have opened up.

The Government would have been forced to extend the current budgets of the left and would not be able to count on its own until 2024; a political blow completely undesirable for Consolat. However, the PP has been able to resolve its first government crisis with a proposal that its members like. In relation to the spending ceiling that will be debated in the next plenary session, it is the same one that the Government presented when the extreme right overthrew it in the Balearic Chamber.

In this way, the Executive places the expenditure for 2024 at 6,365.5 million euros, which represents an increase of 6% (418 million) compared to 2023.

CCOO: “This agreement implies segregation and is a threat to coexistence”

The Education Federation of Workers’ Commissions expresses its “strong rejection” of the agreement between PP and Vox because it provides for the development of point 54 of the governance pact that addresses the choice of the first language of schooling, with the intention of extending it to all stages. educational before the end of the legislature: «We want to make it clear that we categorically reject this agreement, since it implies segregation and is a threat to the current linguistic model and to coexistence. Language has to be an instrument of social cohesion,” they emphasize.