- CAV budgets appear to be in the process of being approved after Elkarrekin Podemos announced on Tuesday that it has reached a principle of agreement with the Basque Government. The negotiations for the formation of the new Spanish Government have been affected by the new position of the resident coalition in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa.
Elkarrekin We can confirm this Tuesday that it has reached a beginning in agreement with the Basque Government in order to be able to approve the last budgets of the legislature. This is a movement of precedents, as the left-wing coalition did not achieve this consensus with the PNV and the PSE in the years in which it was present in the Basque Parliament.
After almost two hours of meeting between the delegations headed by the Economic Advisers, Lander Martínez and Pedro Azpiazu, Elkarrekin Podemos has confirmed that it will not register amendments to the whole, which will allow the Urkullu Government to overcome the first vote on the 16th day. Therefore, Elkarrekin's abstention would suffice Podemos in the final debate of the project on the 27th, although pp and EH Bildu have opposed the project to move forward.
After this meeting, the agreement seems to have been put on track, but the chapter on social protection and income security remains in the air. According to Deia, Elkarrekin We can table several amendments this Wednesday. According to Lander Martinez, the agreement announced on Tuesday allows "to continue negotiating in the field of social services", among other things, in areas such as public education, employment or health. Thursday ends the deadline for registering the amendments, but Elkarrekin We can intend to influence budgets beyond that, extending the dialogue to the 16th day. The non-submission of the amendment opens the door for "negotiations to remain within a framework of trust", according to Martínez.
Since the Basque Government, composed of PNV and PSE, presented the draft budget, it has made several gestures to bring the purple coalition closer: EUR 1,236 million for gender mainstreaming in the initial project and EUR 540 million for the fight against climate change.
In addition, the Madrid factor has also been of great importance: The collaboration of the PNV with the future government of Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias has also had to do with the change of position of Elkarrekin Podemos, which hindered a tougher opposition to Lander Martínez in the CAV.