Today the Minister of Economy and Finance explained the Budget project to the Basque Economic and Social Council.
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Pedro Azpiazustated this Monday that the Basque Government’s draft budget for 2023 ensures that it can “weather the storm and guarantee a good arrival at port”.
Azpiazu explained today the Budget project, which amounts to 14,250.7 million euros, which represents an increase of 8.7% compared to 2022 (1,142 million more) before the Basque Economic and Social Council, reported in a note the Department of the Treasury.
The counselor stressed that the growth forecast of the Basque Government, of 2.1% of GDP in 2023, has been “endorsed” by the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF).
“Yes, I would like to point out that the potential growth of the Basque economy before the pandemic was 1.8%, as data to be able to weigh the new figures”, he said before highlighting that “employment continues to be created in the Basque Country, with 12 000 jobs planned for 2023, which will leave the unemployment rate at 8.3%”.
For this reason, Azpiazu has called for “a certain amount of calm, although we continue to be weathervanes of a senseless war, whose economic consequences weigh us all down.”
In his speech, the counselor has detailed the large magnitudes of the budget project, already known, and has hoped to achieve “the support of the opposition groups” even though the PNV and PSE-EE have an absolute majority.
Source: Eitb
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