The Budgets of the Generalitat Valenciana have become the symbol of greater stability of a Government that has not stopped disagreeing on key issues throughout the legislature. Despite the more or less resolved internal differences (tax reform, renewable energy…) the future approval of the eighth accounts of the Valencian left in due time and form represent a valuable political argument in the face of the opposition’s attacks of decomposition and fracture.
If it is not easy for a monocolor government to approve the distribution of money in the Administration, it is even less so for an executive with up to six parties and, if there are no surprises, before the end of the year the 2023 Budgets will be approved. Eight projects in eight years.
A milestone that the Botànic parties tried to value yesterday at the beginning of the budget debate in the Valencian Parliament after weeks (and, why not say it, months of discrepancies). “They strengthen government action and are a sign of the Council’s political stability in times of uncertainty,” said the Socialist deputy, José Muñoz. The deputy spokesperson for Compromís, Carles Esteve, directly wanted to emphasize that these budgets will be the first of the third Botànic while for Ferran Martínez (Unides Podem) they are accounts of “recapitulation and perspective” after eight years of the government of the left.
Although this year the internal tensions may not have surfaced as much as in previous years, the profile of Mónica Oltra is not the same as that of Aitana Mas. Esteve acknowledged that it has not been an easy process. And it is that to the usual struggles for the distribution of money between the different departments, we must add the external debates on issues such as renewable energy or the tax issue that have shaken Valencian political life.
However, it does not seem that the turbulence is going to end. Yesterday, in his statements to the media, the PSPV Organization Secretary, Jose Muñoz, highlighted that there are differences between the different parties that make up the Government and, when asked about the decision to subsidize the Inheritance Tax for large companies relatives, pointed out that the Socialists are not going to resign and that “we are going to propose the measures they deem appropriate, despite the fact that they may bother our partners”.
Thus, it has been seen in the proposal of the tribute to the family business supported only by the opposition, but also in other symbolic issues such as the Animal Welfare law where the PSPV winked at the hunters and distanced itself from its colleagues in the Executive.
In this context, it seems increasingly evident that the Valencian socialists, in order to reach that political/electoral objective of being the party of the “social majority”, will not hesitate to seek support from both sides of the political spectrum to carry out their proposals. . Of course, without these discrepancies jeopardizing the stability and continuity of an Executive that has already become accustomed to surfing discrepancies.
