At the gates of starting the Budget negotiation round, the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, has reached out to all the political groups that want to debate and dialogue. However, he acknowledges that PP, Vox and Ciudadanos discard themselves from the negotiation.
Regarding the negotiations regarding the General State Budgets, the Spanish Government places as “priority interlocutors” to the PNV and ERC. The Executive reaches out to all political groups that want to debate and dialogue, but from Moncloa they recognize that PP, Vox and Ciudadanos discard themselves from the negotiation.
In these terms, the Minister of Finance has pronounced, Maria Jesus Montero, in an interview with RTVE. The Council of Ministers approved last week the preliminary draft of the General State Budgets for 2022 and this Wednesday it will arrive at the Congress of Deputies for its parliamentary debate. Thus, a “more detailed round of contacts” of budget negotiation will begin.
These conversations traditionally “incorporate many elements not directly related” to the Budgets, Montero has admitted, such as ERC’s claim to transfer the powers of the Rodalies commuter rail services to the Generalitat, but he has assured that it is not the central object of the negotiation.
Regarding the criticism of the PP To the accounts for next year, Montero has defended that “it is not true that the deficit or the debt will increase” and has advanced that they will correct in the coming years with economic growth and fiscal measures.
On the other hand, Montero has indicated that the tax reform will be implemented over the next year or in 2023.
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