The Government of Pedro Sánchez, with the Andalusian Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, at the forefront, has launched a accounting illusionism operation with which he intends to sell as a great concession to the autonomous communities what is nothing more than a maneuver to please separatist partners.
The so-called "reduction of regional debt", presented as a fair measure to alleviate the economy of the communities, is nothing more than a disguise with which the PSOE seeks to cover up its favoritism towards Catalonia at the expense of the rest of the country, especially Andalusia.
Montero's poisoned "gift" that does not solve the real problem
María Jesús Montero, Sevillian and Andalusian, has tried to present the cancellation of 83.252 million euros of regional debt as a solidary and equitable decision. However, the background of this operation makes it clear that It's not about financial justice, but of a political concession to the Catalan separatists.
The strategy consists of mutualize the debt of the autonomous communities, transferring it to the State accounting system, without offering a real solution to the problem of underfunding affecting regions such as Andalusia.
Despite government propaganda, the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) has warned that this forgiveness It is not linked to any tax conditionality to ensure that the Autonomous regions will not go into debt again above what is permitted.
This represents a "invitation to fiscal indiscipline» and a risk that the most irresponsible communities will continue their waste without consequences.
Unequal treatment that harms Andalusia
The distribution of the debt relief is designed in such a way that, Far from correcting inequalities between communities, it worsens them.
In fact, according to data from AIReF and the Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea), The debt forgiveness disproportionately favors Catalonia. The Generalitat will receive preferential treatment that will allow it to alleviate its financial burden to a greater extent than other communities, Despite not being one of the worst-funded regions.
Meanwhile Andalusia, that has managed its resources more responsibly, is in a position of clear disadvantageThe region will receive a reduction of 18.791 billion euros, but will have no real room to improve the financing of essential public services such as health or education. The savings in interest that this measure would entail cannot be used to strengthen benefits for citizens, as the spending rule prevents these funds from being used to increase investment in key sectors.
A trickster's game with Andalusians' money
Minister Montero, who During her time as Finance Minister of the Andalusian Government, she demanded a change in the financing model autonomous, She has gone from denouncing discrimination against her land to being the architect of a system that perpetuates the grievance. Their "debt relief" is, in reality, a political marketing operation that does not address the real problem: the underfunding that Andalusia has been suffering for years.
The president of the PP of Andalusia and the Andalusian government, Juanma Moreno, has denounced the Government's deception and has described the measure as "illusionism«. «They are selling us smoke, a removal that It does not mean cash euros to improve the lives of Andalusians"He said. His position reflects the feelings of a community that, despite having been historically loyal to the autonomous financing system, now finds itself punished by a distribution that rewards fiscal irresponsibility in other regions.
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Andalusia, a counterweight to the privileged treatment of Catalonia
The reality is that this "removal" is only one part of a larger operation with which Montero aims to pave the way for privileged financing for Catalonia, so and as demanded by ERC.
Through accounting adjustments and custom-made criteria, the Treasury has managed to get the Catalan community receives an extra 484 million euros, justifying it with the rise in personal income tax in the region. A maneuver that experts in regional financing consider unjustifiable and that highlights the Government bias.
Andalusia is the only community with enough weight to act as a counterweight to the tax privileges that the PSOE is negotiating with the separatists.
The whole of Andalusian society, led by the Government of Juanma Moreno, is going to lead a firm opposition to this injustice, dragging along other autonomous regions that are also harmed by this arbitrary distribution.
A deception that Andalusians cannot accept
The citizens of Andalusia cannot accept this accounting farce by the Andalusian Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, which, instead of solving the problems of underfunding, perpetuates them and disguises them as "solidarity." The region does not need handouts or fiscal sleight of hand, but rather a fair and equitable financing model that guarantees the resources that correspond to its population and its real needs.
El Government of Sánchez and Montero has once again demonstrated its Lack of commitment to Andalusia. Faced with this deception, the region must stand up and demand what is rightfully its responsibility: fair financing that guarantees the well-being of its citizens without tricks or political traps.
