The president of the Generalitat Valenciana Carlos Mazon will attend the retreat that the members of its executive are organizing in GandiaIn Valenceduring the weekend with the agreement of all PP barons to request the creation of a temporary leveling fund to put an end to underfunding suffered, essentially, by four communities: Valencia, Andalusia, Murcia and Castile-la-Mancha. But to a greater or lesser extent, it affects everyone.
He temporary leveling fund This is the solution provided by the committee of experts of the Valencian Cortes. It is therefore the solution recommended by what is called Valencian road against underfunding. It constitutes the bulk of a 22-page independent report. And it is also the main demand of the government of Carlos Mazón since he assumed the presidency of the Generalitat Valenciana.
In short, it is a contribution from the State within the framework of the General State Budgets (PGE) a fund for each of the underfunded autonomies which balances them with the average. This fund is calculated over 4 years, but as long as it starts in 2024. Hence the urgency of starting it. It would be in force until the autonomous communities and the government reach an agreement to reform the regional financing system.
The Valencian Minister of the Treasury Ruth Merinowho, along with Mazón, has been the main defender of the transitional equalization fund for more than 12 months, said on Friday that the objective of this fund is “to guarantee equality in the provision of public services to all citizens, regardless of where they come from.” live.
And he added that “especially” for those who live “in the regions that now receive fewer resources than average” That is, the aforementioned Valencian Community, Andalusia, Murcia and Castile-La Mancha.
Ruth Merino appreciated that Mazón has managed to make the priority with which he participated in the summit a reality in which the regional presidents of the PP demonstrated a “solid” commitment to defend interterritorial solidarity and equality “as guiding principles of the financing system and their opposition to any type of privileges that put an end to them.”
It so happens that Ruth Merino, in her capacity as Minister of Finance of the Valencian Government, had already requested the temporary equalisation fund twice from the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council. But, in both cases, The Sánchez government, which has the majority in the council, has not responded to this request..
