The Basque Government acknowledges that the reception has been “far from expectations” by using only 115 of the 270 million planned.
The Basque Government has recognized that the acceptance of the program of direct aid to companies and freelancers affected by the covid, promoted by the Spanish Executive and complemented by the regional administration, has been “far from the initial expectations”, given that It is expected that only 115 of the 270 million euros foreseen in this call will finally be used.
The direct aid program for the self-employed and companies affected by the covid has received 5,850 applications in the Basque Country, of which 3,760 (64%) have already been resolved.
The amount that is already paid is 41.2 million euros, to which must be added another 58.6 million euros, already committed, as reported by the Basque Government spokesman, Bingen Zupiria, in the subsequent press conference to the Governing Council.
Zupiria explained that it is calculated that the maximum amount to be used of the 270 million euros allocated to this program will be 115 million euros.
The spokesperson for the Executive has affirmed that the Basque Government will use the resources that are not allocated – coming from the amount that the Basque Executive authorized for these aid – “in the most appropriate way possible” so that they are redirected to public policies focused on recovery. economic and employment generation. In any case, the funds contributed by the Spanish Government that have not been used must be returned.
Zupiria has acknowledged that the degree of execution of this program “has fallen far short of the expectations” with which it was launched, given that the global amount allocated to the call was “considerably higher” than the one that will finally be distribute.
In this sense, it has affirmed that the fact that at the beginning, at the beginning of the program, “more limited and restrictive” requirements were established, which were only made more flexible later, has been able to influence the reduction of the number of requests. presented.
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