In this last five years ofprocess‘ a subgenre has been born, which is that of the State’s general budgets Y CKD. And this year, as happened last year, there has been a new pulse between the Government and the Republicans about whether or not Esquerra presented a complete amendment to the project of the Executive of Pedro Sanchez. And as happened in 2021, ERC, in extremis, has not registered it in Congress, as EL PERIÓDICO has learned. EH Bildu and the PNV have acted in the same way, and they will not hinder the circuit until approval, although this does not mean that the PSOE and United We Can already have their votes tied.
This time the difference has been that the term, for practical purposes, did not expire at 2:00 p.m., time of closing of the registry, but a little earlier, the reason was none other than Pere Aragonès’ return flight from Brussels was taking off at 1:30 p.m. Also like last year, the negotiation between the socialists and the republicans Next week the Congress will decide on the amendments of the PP, Vox and Citizens. Also those of together and the cup. The ERC’s aligned vote with the Government to reject them and allow their processing to continue is taken for granted.
Esquerra already had on the table the drafted amendment, according to party sources, but, as usual, the positions have been forced until the last minute. The state of mind in the republican ranks has been fluctuating throughout the negotiation in the face of the PSOE’s “immobility” on the “anti-repressive” issue. And in this field, the ERC requirement is the reform of the crime of sedition, an initiative that has the support of United We Can, because the Spanish criminal type is outdated when compared to the existing regime in the other leading countries of the European Union. On the other hand, they ask end underfunding and investment defaults.
The reform of the crime of sedition is one of the practical ways that both parties have to express the Republican desire, which is to achieve a basket of legislative measures “that have the same effect as an amnesty”, as Aragonès himself always points out.
The distance between PSOE and ERC also affected other subjects. For example, social policies, a field in which ERC considers that the Executive has not been fully used.
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One of the keys to the agreement that has allowed the placet of ERC has been that of establish control mechanisms for the execution of State budget investments. 36% of 2021 and 16% of this 2022, until June, angered the Republicans because they are aware that they become throwable material for Junts in their battle to discredit any dialogue with the State.
EH Bildu and the PNV
Like ERC, EH Bildu and the PNV will not amend the Budgets in their entirety. The latter have reached agreement to renew the quota, as reported by the Jeltzale Formation. For its part, EH Bildu has warned that this resignation to veto the accounts “does not determine the final position in the voting” of the amendments of other groups that will take place on Thursday of next week. He underlines that he will maintain a “firm” position in the negotiations in the coming days and reminds the Government that the votes of “the leftist sovereignist forces” are “essential” to carry out the Budgets.