Overview
- Valencia’s PP–Vox executive approved a €1,250.9 million municipal budget in the local cabinet, sending it to committee and two plenary votes after weeks of coalition bargaining.
- City hall keeps broad tax cuts for a third year and projects debt falling to €74.19 million, while boosting social services to €134.8 million and raising cleaning and utilities to about €164 million.
- The plan earmarks €2.9 million for a new local police station and announces calls to hire 50 police officers and 144 firefighters, alongside modest increases across social programs.
- Critics highlight politics and conditionality: Compromís attributes €40 million of Valencia’s increase to state ‘dana’ aid and the PSOE warns ZBE noncompliance could jeopardize up to €115 million in grants.
- The trend extends beyond Valencia as Pontevedra’s PP majority approved a €238.6 million provincial budget over BNG–PSOE objections, Irun presented a €105.5 million plan tied to higher Basque financing, and Bezana passed a €14.15 million budget opposed by local rivals.