David Vigario Merida

Merida

Updated Friday, February 2, 2024-17:49

The agreement that generated the most noise last summer after the elections last May has become, over the months, the one that enjoys the best health of all the agreements between PP and Vox. Everything is in harmony today in Extremadura, with the tense relationship that led to the inauguration of

María Guardiola

as regional president being seriously jeopardized. Both formations have ended up understanding each other perfectly, with their nuances, as demonstrated by the fact that they approved the accounts this Friday without any discrepancy and in an atmosphere of absolute cordiality. In fact, all the parliamentarians (33) from both parties took a joint photo - amid congratulations from each other - at the end of the plenary session.

The fact that, at the proposal of the PP, the majority of subsidies to employers and unions are maintained in this first year (officially they are reduced by 10% but increased for other reasons), has not generated in this case any type of discrepancy or conflict, an issue that has raised blisters in other territories where Vox has a key impact. In fact, the spokesperson for the Parliamentary Group of this party in the Assembly,

Óscar Fernández Calle

, has highlighted that the approval of the general accounts endorses the "strength of the coalition" between his party and the PP in Extremadura: "We are a loyal partner , but above all we are loyal to the people of Extremadura," he stressed. Both parties have agreed on all the votes in the two days that this debate has been held.

Both parties have not accepted any of the 901 amendments presented by the opposition (PSOE and Unidas Podemos), among which was also, at the proposal of the socialists, increasing the amount for the union centers. "Neither PSOE nor Unidas por Extremadura had any interest in improving the project, they only wanted to impose their model of continuity that Extremadurans have rejected," declared the Minister of the Treasury,

Elena Manzano

.

Tax reduction

At the same time, the budgets contemplate a significant tax reduction that will come into force after having already approved last September the Decree-Law on tax measures that affected the first two sections of personal income tax, the registration tax, the deduction was expanded per home. From now on, 100% of the Inheritance and Donation tax will also be reduced for groups I and II of kinship and for inheritances of up to 500,000 euros.

Regarding the Vox proposals included, three specific ones have come forward: those of dedicating 500,000 euros in aid to birth rates in rural areas and another item of 100,000 euros in projects for the unity of Spain. In addition, an additional provision is added to improve the remuneration of research staff hired by the University of Extremadura.

As things stand, the accounts amount to 8,127 million euros, 4.4 percent more than last year. As a curiosity, it should be noted that this bill has passed in the second vote, after in the first there was a tie between the votes for and against (32 to 32) due to the technical problems that a PP deputy had. ,

José Manuel García Ballestero

, to reflect his support for the budgets in the voting system, which forced the consultation to be repeated.

For the Minister of the Treasury, they are "the assumptions of equality, which defend and materialize this principle with concrete measures", and which "move away from empty slogans", in addition to emphasizing that "they pursue compliance with this fundamental right." what equality is, in such a way that Extremadura will "finally" have "an equality plan and an anti-harassment protocol with 24-hour victim care centers that give the Institute of the Woman of Extremadura".