The president of the Popular Party, Pablo Casado, undertakes an attempt 'in extremis' to remove the Government of Pedro Sánchez from the management of European funds.

He himself has announced on his twitter account a bill to which EL MUNDO has had access, in which he promotes the creation of the so-called Independent Authority for Economic Recovery with a president with a six-year mandate, those of the validity of the Community aid package approved by the European Council.

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"You may not request or accept instructions from any public or private entity," including Moncloa.

The Table of the Congress of Deputies will have to decide on its processing next Tuesday and, although the Government went through enormous difficulties to validate the decree that ensures total control of the funds - it could only carry it out with the abstention of Vox - it is very difficult that the initiative of the PP prospers.

It also occurs against the clock because the window of the European Commission to start the processing of the plan for the funds is activated this spring.

According to the text, which consists of 15 articles, the new president of this newly created body must be appointed by the Council of Ministers at the proposal of the third vice president, Nadia Calviño, but could only take office

if ratified by a qualified two-thirds majority in Parliament

, which forces a consensus among the main parties.

As requirements, the bill presented by the parliamentary spokesperson, Cuca Gamarra, requires that the president be "

person of recognized prestige with at least ten years of professional experience in budgeting, economic and financial matters of the public sector

especially valuing his independence and objectivity of criteria. "Casado has given as an example in the past that he is a former governor of the Bank of Spain or a former European commissioner, but he does not reproduce this in the bill. Yes

defends maximum powers to the new Authority to the point that it would be the one that would elaborate the Recovery and Resilience Plan with the reforms

that must be offered to Brussels, as labor or pension, for approval in the Council of Ministers.

But again, it would require a qualified majority in Parliament for entry into force and referral to Brussels.

To ensure greater neutrality, the PP proposes a governing council of the Authority in which the autonomous communities and local corporations participate and even

"Officials of the European Commission in the figure of observer".

This body would be the interlocutor before the European Commission and the one in charge of coordinating the Ministries, instead of the first vice president, Carmen Calvo.

The European funds area of ​​the Ministry of Finance "

it will be incorporated en bloc, with all its personnel and material means, to the structure of the Independent Authority for Economic Recovery "

.

The bill also regulates the creation of groups and consortia with the private sector for the execution of the funds, always under the control of this new independent body.

Government sources have so far ruled out Casado's proposal on the grounds that it would take too long to create a new body to execute the planned 140 billion from the EU.

The leader of the PP has asked that his bill be approved "soon" and believes that it would ensure "effective management of funds" and preserving "the general interest."

He also believes that it would favor small and medium-sized companies, which will have a priori more difficult access to community manna than large ones.

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