The President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, will hand over to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, this Friday, during the meeting that they will both hold in La Moncloa, a document with “56 reasons why the Valencian Community can no longer wait”.
In the ninety pages of this “Proposal for the framework of dialogue” between the two executives, consulted by ABC, appear measures in the areas of social services, health, industry, justice, infrastructure or even agriculture.
The main demand of the Valencian executive to Sánchez, in the middle of the series of meetings with regional presidents, is the “urgent” reform of the financing system expired since 2014 to make it “more just, equitable and egalitarian”.
The Valencian Community is “the region most affected by this underfinancing accumulated for more than two decades” and has been forced to “resort to debt” to cover this deficit and be able to “assume basic services”, indicates the document.
The reform, he indicates, must be negotiated multilaterally at the Conference of Presidents and the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council. In the meantime, the Consell demands the “immediate” application of a transitional leveling fund: an additional 1.782 million euros in the next four years to reach the average of the rest of the communities. In addition, he emphasizes that he will demand the same treatment as the other autonomy – in reference to Catalonia – if their debt is canceled.
During the control session held this Wednesday in the Valencian Parliament, Carlos Mazón again criticized the “betrayal” of the PSPV for refusing to support the request for this leveling fund, an issue that led to the meeting of the Per platform Fair Funding. Last Friday ended without an agreement.
He also refused to allow the document to be sent to the CCOO and UGT unions as well as to the CEV employers’ association so that make “your contributions”– be a “little piece of paper”, as Compromís criticizes. After this plenary session, Mazón met with the mediators of the two parties and Vox to inform them of the issues that he will bring to Moncloa.
To the usual requests for reduction of the Tajo-Segura transfer or the water contributions of the Albufera of Valencia, the Generalitat adds the need to receive more resources from the central government to take care of minors in care.
Concretely, he is demanding an additional six million euros for the “real” cost of his coffers. reception of unaccompanied minor migrants who arrive in the region as if they were quota adults from the Canary Islands. According to their figures, in 2024, 85 people were classified as adults, when in reality they were adolescents.
The PP executive also demands more funding to alleviate the workload of the courts and the implementation of the RED mechanism for the automotive sector. Moreover, this once again touches on a historical conflict: the return of the Lady of Elche to the city of Elche. The Valencian Executive requests that the technical reports that reject the loan be made public in order to correct the drawbacks and guarantee its conservation.
Mazón’s 56 requests to Sánchez
1. Transfer of minimum subsistence income
2. Payment of dependency benefits
3. Financial assistance for the care of minors in custody
4. Exception to VAT in actions with European social services funds
5. Youth rental bonus
6. National housing plan 2022-2025
7. Reform of the regional financing system
8. Temporary leveling fund
9. Debt compensation mechanism
10. Reduction in VAT and suspension of the electricity tax
11. Complaints regarding European funds
12. Creation of judicial units due to work overload
13. Support for demands to put an end to inequalities between territories
14. Funding of crime victim assistance offices
15. Lack of national police stations assigned to the Valencian Community
16. Promote Valencian civil law
17. Compensation for expenses for health care provided to people displaced from other countries and autonomous communities
18. Need for specialist doctors
19. Increased regional funding for education from 0 to 3 years old
20. Adaptation of the law on public sector contracts
21. Accreditations of professional family caregiver qualifications
22. Single EBAU
23. Modification of article 74 of Law 2/2006 to establish the age of permanence in specialized education centers
24. Authorize territorial cooperation programs for students in specialized education centers
25. Claim and recognition of Valencian identity
26. Modification of Royal Decree 1834/2008 to exempt technology teachers in areas with difficult coverage from the teacher training master’s degree
27. Financing to comply with LOSU
28. Change of name of Alicante station
29. Increase in funds allocated to the promotion lines of the audiovisual industry
30. Return of the Lady of Elche
31. Return of the “Book of the Party” to Orihuela
32. VAT reduction on expenses related to Valencian Community festivities
33. New system of funds for the implementation of active employment policies
34. Implementation of the RED mechanism for the automotive sector of the Valencian Community
35. Help and appeal from the drought table
36. Strengthening inspections in Ports
37. Pending water works
38. Tajo-Segura Transfer
39. Renew the infrastructure deal
40. 100% execution of CV travel plan
41. Execution of the Mediterranean Corridor
42. Extension of Valencia and Alicante airports
43. Burial of the Alfafar Ways
44. Coastal train run
45. Execution of the Valencia central station and the passage tunnel
46. Regeneration of the Valencian coast
47. Actions in progress in Albufera
48. Convene the Bilateral Commission LOSS Chip
49. Modify the Crea y Crece law for the tiling sector
50. Agreement with the European Commission on aid to the ceramics sector
51. Promote tariff measures for the textile sector
52. Boost the competitiveness of the toy sector
53. Develop electric transportation infrastructure
54. Implement tax incentives for the audiovisual industry
55. A helping hand for the PowerCo gigafactory
56. Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor
