Catalonia, now yes, has new budgets for this 2023. The Parliament has witnessed this Friday a vote that formalizes the end of blocks The approval of the accounts thanks to the sealed alliance between ERC, PSC and Comuns, which have added 73 votes to the 58 against, allows the Government of Pere Aragones continue transiting the legislature in a minority, aware that this pact does not guarantee the stability nor a path that is free of turbulence. even less in full electoral cycle with the municipal ones just around the corner and with episodes of difficult management such as the realization of the macroprojects agreed or the election of a new president of Parliament in the event that Laura Borras be damned
The staging has been as expected: the PSC has made it clear that its affirmative vote on the budgets does not mean that it has a vocation for “prop up” the Government and Junts has regretted that Aragonès has chosen the path of “autonomous tripartite” and has closed the door to the pro-independence majority. The leader of the opposition Salvador Illa, has drawn chest from his “useful and responsible policy” and his commitment to comply “to the letter” what was agreed, hoping that it will be reciprocal; and the president of Junts in the Chamber, Albert Batethas crossed out “anomaly” the alliance that has made the accounts prosper. But the ‘president’, aware of the oxygen balloon that having budgets means for him, has focused his brief intervention on thanking the support on the one hand and on “reach out” to continue talking with Junts and with the CUP.
In the same line, that of offering “sincere negotiation” to these groups, the ‘councillor’ of Economy has pronounced, Natalia Morewhich has guaranteed that the execution of the budgets will exceed 90% and which has lamented, once again, the “chronic” fiscal deficit that limits the spending and investment of the Generalitat. And the ERC spokesperson, marta vilaltahas finished off the Republican speech charging against the “false choice” of those who argue that Catalonia “would be better off” without these assumptions. De Junts, he recalled, “80% of the demands” have been incorporated and has made the ex-partners who, hand in hand with the Socialists, have knocked down the pilot plan for universal basic income. “Whoever uses budgets as electoralist tool he will be wrong,” he snapped.
But if something was taken for granted, it is that each of the actors would take advantage of the debate to mark a profile with an eye on the polls that are to come. “These budgets the signature of the president of the Generalitat and the head of the opposition”, has made clear the spokesperson of the PSC, Alicia Romero, that as a warning has specified that they will not “adhere” to what the ‘president’ Aragonès does from now on. In fact, the Socialists do not guarantee support for the decree of restrictions for manage droughtthe new front that adds to the complex agenda of the Executiu and for which Aragonès has announced that he will convene a summit with all the groups.
The “weakness” of the Government
His vocation, Romero pointed out, is for ERC to be aware that it governs with a “weakness” that forces him to agree to everything. “Before promoting a law, think of everyone, they have to find agreements. we will continue to build the alternative making critical and constructive opposition”, said the socialist leader, who highlighted the 760 million to combat the drought, the resources to reduce the waiting lists in health and the dependency law and the 100 million to improve care for the students as three of the 282 measures agreed in these basins.
Aware that from now on it will be time to land the agreements that put the most stress on ERC, the PSC has demanded that Aragonès comply with what was agreed The same request that the Comuns have made, who understand that the budgets allow the three parties that defend them to meet “without losing identity”. Of course, they have warned that they do not include any economic item for the B-40, the growth of the El Prat airport or the Hard Rock. “Our only red line was 0 euros for these macroprojects“, warned the president of En Comú Podem, Jessica Albiach, who, looking at the CUP bench, has blurted out that with these budgets “the people win and Foment loses.” As signed by ERC and the PSC, in 21 days should be signed agreement for the B-40 with the transfer of the corresponding item to the Generalitat.
The clamp against basic income
On the other side, former partners of the Government have harshly criticized the new alliance policy of the Republicans, whom they accuse of leading a “tripartite” that will serve to “make autonomy”. “If the budgets were for independence, the PSC would not vote for them,” Batet stressed, adding to the words of his partner Jordi Munellwho has crossed out the accounts of “inefficient” and “insufficient”. However, the party led by Laura Borras and Jordi Turull will clamp this afternoon with the Socialists in some votes on the law of measures, such as to bring down the pilot plan for the Universal Basic Incomean alliance that breaks the investiture agreement of Pere Aragonès with the CUP.
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Precisely, the anti-capitalist deputy Eulalia Reguant He has regretted that the accounts are not “transformative” and has accused the ERC Government of continuing to bet on a “showcase, tourism and billet” country and of not wanting to “step on the interests of the rich and powerful“. In this sense, he has criticized the commitment to macro-projects and has ruled that Aragonès has ended up turning these budgets into the “question of confidence” which in its day agreed with the CUP in exchange for the investiture.
Finally, the Government has also received criticism from Ciudadanos and PP. The oranges have taken the opportunity to attack the PSC, who consider that they have swallowed many “toads”while the popular ones have accused the account partners of not having negotiated any amendment with them and of having applied a “sanitary cordon”.