with the spokespersons of six of the eight parliamentary groups to address and listen to their proposals in order to alleviate the economic impact of the war in Iran and thus preserve the productive fabric of Catalonia and the purchasing power of its citizens. The Government has not presented any measures while waiting for the European Union to decide the fiscal framework and waiting for the measures promoted by the central Government. The Catalan Executive already activated a plan in the past to counteract Donald Trump’s tariff policy. The far-right groups, Vox and Aliança Catalana, have not attended the meeting.
of the Government is to mobilize the resources “as needed and as long as they are needed” and has avoided linking them to whether or not there will be budgets. Dalmau has cited that the Executive’s concern is focused especially on the sectors that have the greatest energy dependence, such as the primary sector – the agri-food industry – but also the automobile industry or, for example, the petrochemical industry in Tarragona. “Today it was relevant to attend to the groups to later articulate a country response once we know what the European framework is,” he stated.
has put about twenty proposals on the table, among which is an immediate tax reduction in Personal Income Tax for low and medium incomes and its recurring proposal to reduce the inheritance and gift tax to 99% for direct relatives. “We are coming to be proactive as we have been with the impact of tariffs, swine fever or Rodalies. We are surprised that the Government has not presented any proposal,” said the parliamentary spokesperson for Junts, Salvador Vergès.
Along the same lines, the popular spokesperson, Juan Fernández, has regretted that the Government has not provided solutions. “We have come with concrete proposals. We expected the same and the response has been a working group that already existed. It is an elegant way to save time, but families, transporters and SMEs do not have it,” he alleged. The popular has given as an example that filling the gasoline tank has increased between 7 and 14 euros and that the gas bill can increase by about 20 euros. “If the crisis is immediate, we need immediate responses,” he stated, coinciding with the tax cuts demanded by Junts.
who has unleashed the war in Iran bears, he said, “the name of Trump and the surname of PP and Junts” for both voting against the social shield in Congress. “We ask you to rectify and be in favor of the decree to avoid abuses in emergency situations,” he claimed, flatly rejecting the tax reduction and advocating for a plan with, among other things, selective aid to companies affected by the war and to transporters, to the self-employed and to livestock farms always linked to maintaining jobs.
