A total of 2,111 euros per citizen. It is the amount that the Valencian Community received from the State in 2019 to meet the powers transferred to the autonomies (Health, Education, etc.). The figure, obtained from the sum of the deliveries on account and settlements transferred by the Government of Spain to the region corresponding to what it collected from the Valencians in 2017 – the Executive takes two years to distribute the contributions – once again places the autonomy that governs Ximo Puig and Mónica Oltra to the tail of all the territories of the common regime (without taking into account the privileged Basque Country and Navarra).
The calculation is carried out by the Generalitat Valenciana itself, dividing the transfers and settlements among the inhabitants of each territory, and the result serves to influence its main protest: that the Community is the worst treated among all Spanish autonomies, which is why which requires that the Pedro Sánchez Executive reform the financing system, expired since 2014.
According to his accounts, as he picked up last week eldiariocv, the Community receives per capita 343 euros less than the Spanish average, located at 2,454 euros, and stands at almost one thousand euros per citizen of the two regions that enter the most: Cantabria, with 3,098; and La Rioja, with 3,081. The ranking continues with Extremadura (2,873), Galicia (2,773), Castilla y León (2,725), Aragón (2,718), Asturias (2,701), Catalonia (2,631) and Castilla-La Mancha (2,462).
Below the average of the Spanish autonomies of the common regime are the Canary Islands (2,401), Andalusia (2,342), Balearic Islands (2,323), Madrid (2,267) and Murcia (2,220), but all ahead of the Community. The origin of this grievance derives, among other aspects, from the non-updating of the financing system to the population criteria.
In comparison, “the amount per inhabitant of the Valencian Community represents” 86% of what each inhabitant of the rest of Spain receives on average, 68% of what they receive per inhabitant Cantabria, or 76% of what they receive per inhabitant Galicia “, compares the Ministry of Finance.
“There are no more excuses”
Valencian President Ximo Puig took advantage of his presence in Madrid just a week ago to underline this claim of the Community, which he pronounced with forcefulness. “You all know that the cornerstone of the Valencian Agenda is the need for a new autonomous financing system. The Valencian Community is the worst funded in Spain, as all experts have ruled. Our situation is critical, not because we spend a lot, but because we perceive very little, “he explained.
The leader also compared in absolute figures the situation of the Valencian region with that of territories of the same rank. “The Community receives 2,000 million less per year than Galicia and 4,000 less than Cantabria, which have a per capita income similar to ours. Or 6,000 million less than the regional communities, with a per capita income more than 40% higher than the Valencian. It is totally unacceptable, “he said.
“The Valencians and the Valencians do not want privileges, but neither do discriminations. Our claim is not identitarian. It is only a matter of justice, equality, respect. The financing of the Autonomous Communities must guarantee a powerful Welfare State and make viable this shared project called Spain, because now it is more urgent than ever and it cannot be delayed any more. There are no more excuses to establish a new financing system that puts equality between people at the center, “the Valencian president added on the same line.