The Spanish internal geopolitical board is experiencing the first movements in the face of the reform of the autonomous financing system, which expired in 2014 and that neither the Government of Rajoy (PP) nor that of Pedro Sánchez (PSOE and UP) have addressed. Galicia leads a front of emptied Spain which will act as a counterweight to the most populated communities, such as Andalusia, or with vital political weight for the continuity of the Executive, such as Catalonia.
Galicia, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Extremadura, La Rioja, Cantabria and Asturias reissued today in Santiago the front created in 2018 in Aragon with a firm message that transcended the political acronyms, since popular, socialist and regionalist governments were mixed summoned by the head of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. They demand that the real cost of public services be taken into account to distribute resources among the territories and not only the volume of population, a criterion that penalizes them.
Aging and population dispersion are two examples. The first increases the cost of healthcare, which treats a higher percentage of the population with chronic ailments. The second triggers, for example, the price of school transport.
“The objective that must unite us is to get the the definition of the real costs involved in the services we provide& rdquor ;, claim the eight communities. “This is the only possible way to guarantee equality for Spaniards with homogeneous levels of public services in all communities and avoid territorial imbalances & rdquor ;, he adds.
Their joint statement claims to shield the principle of “solidarity”. “It must be preserved in government decisions to guarantee the same rights to all citizens at all times, regardless of their condition and where they live& rdquor ;, reads the document.
The block of eight communities that represents 62% of the territory and 24% of the population considers the “demographic emergency & rdquor; the main challenge to be addressed, which is why “active and loyal & rdquor; of all administrations to reform regional financing.
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They consider the pandemic “a window of opportunity & rdquor; to revitalize the rural environment, provided that the financing of public services is shielded.
The reissue of the summit is almost a deja vu compared to 2018 in Zaragoza, since then it also took place after messages reiterating that It is not a front against the Government or against other autonomies and the Ministry of Finance claimed to have a proposal almost ready. The script is almost traced to the current one, since Minister María Jesús Montero had promised that in November they would reveal a model to renew the system that allows paying for public services in the autonomous regions.
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