Despite pressure from the business world, the new Government The CPS is not willing to review taxation in Catalonia. The president of the Generalitat, Savior Illadefended this Wednesday “fair taxation” for the community and opposed models like that of Madrid characterized by fewer taxes.
Illa assured that three euros out of ten that the government receives from the government Community of Madrid They are used to finance tax cuts. Reductions which, according to him, cause the “impoverishment” of the surrounding regions.
According to the socialist leader, we must seek a tax system “which does not discourage the generation of prosperity, but which makes it possible to finance worthy and adequate public policies”. He also emphasized that the tax burden in Spain is currently two points of GDP below the European Union average.
The PP emerges as an alternative
In this way, the president tried to refute the words of the leader of the PP ParliamentAlejandro Fernández, who defended the taxes must be lowered to alleviate budgetary pressure businesses and households. According to him, the budgetary policy of Government It’s “confiscatory”.
The popular leader established himself as the “real opposition” and criticized the concept of “shared prosperity” put forward by Illa. Fernández warned that his policies only lead to academic failure, illegal occupation and shared insecurity of citizens.
In addition, he assured that Illa would not be able to realize the proposal to build 50,000 social housing units before 2030 “even in the most psychedelic of his dreams.”
On the other hand, he attacked the Commons and the ERC for forming a “secret tripartite” with the PSC, while Togetherin his words, he has been with his business for a long time.
