The mediator of the compromise in Les Corts, Joan Baldoví, warned that his coalition would not support “no singularity” in terms of regional funding or budgets General of the State (PGE) for 2025 if the government does not approve an equalization fund for the Valencian Community.
“Wake up,” he told the First Vice President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, to carry it out and the President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, to demand it. Baldoví explained, in response to questions from journalists from Les Corts, that this is the position of Compromís regarding to the agreement between PSC and ERC which envisages a single financing for Catalonia, even if He stressed that there have still been no contacts with the Government for the PGE 2025..
“We will vote in favour of single financing for Catalonia if the unique Valencian financing is also addressed. In no case will we vote for a singularity if the singularity of those of us who are the least well funded is not taken into account. It is incomprehensible that a progressive government approves an agreement with a community and that the problem of those who are the least well funded is not solved,” he said, assuring that he “does not care” whether it is called an economic agreement or a quota because that is what he wants, they are “solutions.”
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As stated, Compromís is in favor of “all bilateral agreementsIt is up to the autonomous communities to do it”, but we must not have “our necks turned towards Catalonia” and we must focus on the problems of the Valencians. That is why he reiterated that the government must tackle “once and for all” a leveling fund This is equivalent to the state funding received by the Community at the average of the autonomies. “We will not approve any new system if ours is not addressed,” he warned, adding that this would be a requirement in the negotiations for the PGE.
After stressing that “it is a question of political will”, Baldoví stressed that “the PSOE should wake up” and Montero “stop doing what (Cristóbal) Montoro – former PP Finance Minister – did”. “Besides, time cannot pass and this problem is constantly postponed. Good luck to Mazón but also good luck to the government”, he added, recalling that Compromís had supported the investiture of Pedro Sánchez with the commitment that addresses Valencian financing.
First, the Valencians
Regarding the question of whether Compromis will stand out in the votes on this subject in the Congress of Sumar, a parliamentary group to which they belong, he said. that in his “pact” With those of Yolanda Díaz, the “first” thing is the interest of the Valencians: “We are addressing those who voted for us. And we have always said it clearly.”
Addressing Mazón, also leader of the PPCV, Baldoví urged him to address and support the “right to processing “fair” in the financing that Compromís presented to the Cortes to take it to Congress. A law, he recalled, that envisages a new financing system, the historical debt of the Valencian Community and the leveling fund.
In general, when asked about the future of the PSOE-Sumar government, he said that “against the disastrous forecasts of (Alberto Núñez) Feijóo and the Popular Party, This parliamentary majority enjoys enviable good health, because he continues to govern the state and the PP is still in opposition.”
“We have seen that this government can lose votes, “This majority may vary, but I sincerely believe that it is worth waking up and solving the problem of financing, because it is worth having a progressive majority in the Spanish state,” he insisted.
