The budgetary partners agreed on the next debate of the Navarre’s draft general budget for 2025in the face of criticism from the opposition focused on the leading role of EH Bildu in the negotiation.
UPN spokesperson, Javier Esparzashowed his dissatisfaction with the way in which the Executive manages negotiations and the dissemination of information between the groups.
“This gives the impression, based on the information we have through public comments from all sides, that the spending ceiling will be revised upwards“, said Esparza, who criticized the “lack of transparency“.
In this sense, he emphasized that “they say that the document has already been transferred to the groups, but nothing has been transferred to us”, because “PSN and EH Bildu have a prior agreement that excludes UPN“.
For his part, the socialist Ramon Alzorriz He defended that the bill “is a good budget, which grows and continues to bring improvements to social rights, which touches on issues that improve the lives of citizens and introduces issues that concern them”.
According to the PSN spokesperson, the spending ceiling “is being transferred to the groups to break it down by departments and see what the games advisors put on the table look like“.
Likewise, he hoped that it would be a “positive budget that will respond to the questions requested by Navarrese citizens“.
By EH Bildu, Laura Aznal defended that “public policies must put the general interest at the center and for this, transparent governance that includes citizens is necessary”.
Aznal indicated that he was waiting know the government’s priorities “prepare appropriate proposals” and be able to influence each department, although he recognized that “we still have little time and a lot to say”.
As for Geroa Bai, Pablo Azcona He stressed the importance of “respecting the deadlines to open the debate on the amendments” and stressed that “the budget table resumes, a commitment made between the four parliamentary forces that support the budgets.”
Azcona explained that they will try to “reach a consensus before the parliamentary debate to ensure the continuity of revenues” and that they will advocate for a “impact assessment “Let him look at labor income.”
In the same vein as the UPN, Javier Garcia (PP) criticized the fact that President MarĂa Chivite has EH Bildu as a “privileged partner”: “It seems that he is the only one she called to negotiate the budgets. “If they call us, out of responsibility and institutional respect, we will go to meet them.”
Furthermore, he warned that Chivite “will once again bow to interests of nationalism having budgets, we don’t know at what cost.”
From Contigo-Zurekin, Miguel Garrido He said the tax table will bring proposals to “establish an effective minimum corporate tax rate” and “remove some of the existing deductions” to “balance labor and capital income.” He also defended the need to “promote tax freedom”.
Finally, Vox spokesperson Maite Nosti denounced that “the main partner and mentor of the GovernmentEH Bildu, will decide for the sixth time on the 2025 budget and the corresponding distribution, as well as the tribute to be paid for its support.
According to Nosti, the other partners of the Government “cThey will accept the crumbs I leave them and spoil them“, while the other parties will be forced to present amendments which “will be systematically rejected”.
