456 million of the 644 received by the Spanish State to neutralize the budgetary impact of the pandemic would go to the central Basque administration.
The Minister of Finance and Economy of the Basque Government, Pedro Azpiazu, has reported in the press conference after the Governing Council, that the executive has decided to distribute the resources activated by the Spanish State to neutralize the budgetary impact of the pandemic.
The Basque administration received on August 3 644.5 million euros of said funds; They are unconditional and can be used, in addition to strengthening basic public services such as health, education and social services, for the exercise of other powers.
The Governing Council today made the decision to distribute 188 million euros, 29.19% of what was received, among the historical territories. The Basque Government has considered it appropriate to establish financial collaboration measures, proposing the necessary inter-institutional coordination and collaboration as an axis.
For this, this same afternoon at 6:00 p.m., an extraordinary Basque Public Finance Council will be held electronically to agree on the distribution of resources, which in line with the coefficients established in the Contribution Law, would be as follows : The Basque Government would stay with 456 million euros (70.81%) and would distribute the remaining 188 million among the historic territories. 30.4 million for Álava, 94.79 million for Bizkaia and 62.9 million for Gipuzkoa.
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