February 5, 2024.- The Government delegate in Castilla y León, Nicanor Sen, presented on Monday a socioeconomic balance sheet of the management of the Government of Spain in the Community in the year 2023, as well as the investment status of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), which since its launch in 2021 and until last December has involved an injection of 3.9 billion euros of Next Generation-EU funds in the Community.
According to the report, of this significant amount, 415 million have been distributed through the Recovery Aid Fund for Cohesion and the Territories of Europe (OBJECTIVE-EU), while the bulk of 3,574 million has been articulated either through actions of direct execution of the General State Administration, or through agreements reached with the autonomous governments in Sectoral Conferences.
Socioeconomic data
“The numbers show the important commitment of the Government of Pedro Sánchez with Castilla y León, but more important than the numbers are the people behind them, all those who thanks to the policies of the Central Executive have found a job, have received a scholarship to study, have seen their pension increased, have benefited from the transport subscriptions or have welcomed broadband in their town,” said the delegate.
Sen has pointed out that, “today, the 623,000 pensioners in this Community earn an average of 321 euros more than in 2018, the last year of the PP Government, and at the end of last year there were 45,822 more people employed than in December 2018 and that indefinite hiring grew 193% compared to 2019, which means that labor reform has shown that it is possible to combine economic growth, job creation and measures to protect citizens and companies.”
Employment, rights and coexistence, he said, are three terms that define the action of the Government of Pedro Sánchez, which has allocated 89.2 million euros to scholarships to 40,115 Castilian and Leonese “guaranteeing and protecting equal opportunities and the merit and talent of the youth of this Community”.
In addition, according to the figures presented, 95,260 people in this Community have benefited from the Minimum Vital Income and 110,258 from the Social Electricity Bond, “measures that have helped many families in our nine provinces to face the difficulties arising from the increase in the purchase basket and electricity supplies.”
Transport Fertilizers
On the other hand, Sen has referred to the transport fertilizers, which have reached 75,309 Castilian and Leonese. “The train has become a means of daily transport for many people, preventing many of them from being forced to leave their home,” said the government delegate.
In short, he concluded, “Castilla y León grows thanks to the Government of Spain and despite the Junta de Castilla y León, and we are going to continue working to get this land out of the tail van of this country, betting on its nine provinces; this Community has talent, has resources and this Government has the will.”