The voting direction of the PSD deputies elected by Madeira to the Assembly of the Republic on the draft State budget for 2025 is not yet decided and depends on the negotiations between the two governments.
In statements to journalists, the PSD deputy to the Assembly of the Republic, Pedro Coelho, elected for the Madeira constituency (composed of six seats), stated this Monday that the direction of the vote has not yet been decided, but expressed confidence in the negotiations of the region’s demands.
“We will follow the indication of the regional political commission, the regional president [Miguel Albuquerque] We hope that many of the issues will be resolved in this area, we do not have that guarantee for now, but we believe that common sense and fruitful dialogue between the Regional Government and the Government of the Republic will prevail,” he stated.
Pedro Coelho spoke to journalists, in Funchal, after a meeting of the deputies elected by the Madeira constituency to the Assembly of the Republic (three) with the regional secretary of Finance, Rogério Gouveia, and the PSD parliamentary group in the Assembly Regional Legislative on the State Budget for 2025.
The social democrat highlighted that “The truth is that many of Madeira’s old claims are not safeguarded” In the document, the payment of the debt of the health subsystems stands out, which exceeds 64 million euros, the change to the VAT capture system, as well as the possibility that new companies can set up in the International Business Center (Zone Franca) starting January 1 of next year.
Therefore, the social democrats will present proposals for changes, in a specialized manner, to guarantee these demands.
“This is a State Budget, it is not the budget of the region, but it has implications for the region, we were elected by Madeira and, along those lines, we are going to present some proposals for changes,” highlighted the deputy.
“It will be a first-line negotiation carried out between the governments, the Regional Government and the Government of the Republicand we will wait for the direction of our vote, certainly hoping that many of the aspirations will be addressed in the next budget,” he said.
The Government delivered this Thursday to Parliament the State Budget proposal for 2025 (OE2025), which foresees that the economy will grow by 1.8% in 2024 and 2.1% in 2025 and a surplus of 0.4% of the Product Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this year and 0.3% in 2025. % next year.
The general application of the proposal is not yet guaranteed and the vote is scheduled for the 31st in Parliament.
Whether the PSD/CDS-PP Government’s budget proposal is generally viable with the PS abstaining or, alternatively, with Chega’s favorable votes, it will be examined in detail in Parliament between November 22 and 29. The final global vote on the Budget is scheduled for November 29.
According to the State budget proposal delivered to Parliament on Thursday, the Autonomous Region of Madeira will receive 279.8 million euros in 2025 under the Regional Finance Law, 25.1 million euros less than in 2024.
Of the 279.8 million euros planned for next year, 199,826,396 will be received under article 48 of the Finance Law of the Autonomous Communities (budget transfers) and 79,930,558 euros under article 49 (fund cohesion for the outermost regions).
Source: Observadora
