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The Minister of Economy, Finance, and Employment of the Community of Madrid, Rocío Albert, stated on Telemadrid’s Telenoticias 2 that the forgiveness of «the 83,000 will cost Madrid residents an additional 500 euros in debt» because, she claims, «debts are not forgiven, debts are paid.»
The Fiscal and Financial Policy Council approved on Wednesday the proposal to forgive 83.252 million euros of debt to the autonomous communities with the vote of the central government and the socialist regions (Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha, and Asturias). The 12 governed by the PP – Andalusia, Cantabria, Galicia, Valencia, Murcia, La Rioja, Balearic Islands, Aragon, Castilla y León, Madrid, Extremadura, and the Canary Islands (in coalition with CC) – along with the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, walked out of the meeting in protest, considering it a fraud.
Fiscal Policy Council approves debt forgiveness despite the walkout of PP-governed communities
Rocío Albert criticized the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, for creating a «ad hoc methodology» to reach the 17,000 million euros agreed bilaterally with the Catalan separatists for the investiture, and she stated that in contrast, «the Community of Madrid is the least beneficiary, receiving 8,684 million euros if accepted, which I already say will not happen.»
Government’s debt relief proposal favors Catalonia and penalizes Madrid
«They have created absurd variables,» Albert denounces, claiming that between what they receive and what they will owe, «Madrid residents will end up paying for the misdeeds of the Catalan separatists.»
«Madrid will not negotiate anything that involves paying debts to the Catalan separatists»
