“This time too The negotiations with the government have paid off and the decree that the Council of Ministers will approve in the coming days will include the ban on cuts in basic services, as well as the extension of the regulated tariff for community boilers, which expires at the end of the month,” the formation said in a statement . Officially Friday.
In this way, the extension is added to another measure that the government has also agreed with Bildu: that of ban evictions of vulnerable families that they had none housing alternative viable, which will be in force until 2025. It should be noted that the latter is another measure distinct from the suspension of the mortgage loans until 2028 which was agreed with the support of Podemos.
Bildu talks about the measures
Since the training, they have also made known their intentions with the citizens by extending this measure.” Our will is to improve the basic conditions for the lives of Basque citizens, but also of state workers and their population. We keep working for ithe assured Mertxe Aizpuruaspokesperson for EH Bildu in the Congress of Deputies.
The Basque party also wanted to mention this package of measures It had been agreed beforee between them and the government of Pedro Sánchez in December 2023. However, the Basque independents have also spoken out about the “inadequacy” of this expansion, since, as they indicate, there is still a long way to go before we can achieve this. to deal with the real crises that citizens are experiencing in a dignified manner. The party has emphasized this “These actions in themselves are not enough”but that more measures should be adopted throughout the legislature to guarantee labor rights, access to food and housing and what if “Fundamental for developing a decent life”.
What would have happened if the measure was not extended?
In this way, the crisis in which more than one and a half million vulnerable households are found throughout the country, which if the extension is not given, they would have seen support for social bonuses suspended as well as the ban on disconnecting basic services in their homes. Two measures started with the energy crisis and were extended for six months over time. The last extension was signed by Congress well into 2024 retroactively from January 1 and also included, with a view to application during the first semester, a number of important measures, such as the VAT reduction on basic foodstuffs until June and the discounts on public transport throughout 2024. This also maintained the tax on extraordinary profits of banks and, under certain exemptions, of energy companies. Similarly, VAT on electricity was increased from 5% to 10%.
On the other hand, the extensive discounts on the electric social bonusThat Currently they vary between 65% and 80%, depending on the category and degree of vulnerability. Without the agreement between the government and Bildu, they would have returned to the usual level of government 25% and 40% respectively. This would also have included the increase in VAT on electricity bills, which could have meant a more than significant increase in all the bills that households in this country have to deal with month after month.
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