The Government delegate in Galicia, Pedro Blanco, today took stock of the action of the Government of Pedro Sánchez throughout this year 2025 in the community, confirming that “the Government complies, Galicia progresses and the country advances in the economic and social agenda”.

“We are not talking about intentions, we are talking about results,” he added, while stressing that “the policies of this government are improving the lives of Galicians and Galicians with more jobs, more investments and more opportunities.”

Pedro Blanco highlighted various measures that are having a direct impact on the daily life of citizens such as raising the minimum wage, revaluing pensions, scholarships for young people, discounts on public transport, support for dependency or strengthening the social shield. “They are actions,” he said, “that are already reaching Galician homes and that strengthen the welfare state and protect the social majority and we will continue to do so,” he said.

The delegate also stressed that in this year about to end, Galicia had more resources than ever, exceeding 14 billion euros, a record figure that means “14 billion opportunities to grow, strengthen the productive fabric and ensure that economic progress always goes hand in hand with social justice.”

Pedro Blanco recalled that in seven years of Pedro Sánchez’s government, Galicia received 40% more resources to finance public services than in Rajoy’s seven years, with a difference of 18,284 million euros more. “That is the true comparison between cutting and protecting, between leaving Galicia or betting on it with facts,” he said.

Likewise, the delegate said that only in account deliveries and liquidations, Galicia will receive in 2026, 11,633 million euros, 7.4% more than in the previous year, which consolidates a stage of stability and financial capacity for public services. In addition, he recalled that the cancellation of the State debt reaches 4,010 million, which will mean reducing the debt of Galicia by 33%.

The delegate also highlighted the impact of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, with more than 4.3 billion mobilized in Galicia. However, he warned that “we are at a key moment in which Xunta still has more than 700 million euros unexecuted”, with a deadline ending in 2026. “Asking for more funds without executing those available is irresponsible because we cannot afford to lose a single euro,” he said.

Pedro Blanco acknowledged that there are challenges ahead, but defended that “a long time ago, there is a project, there is a direction and there is a government determined to continue moving forward”. “We have two more years to consolidate an inclusive country model, without exclusions or setbacks, that looks to the future with ambition and hope,” he said.

Dynamisation and economic support

Pedro Blanco stressed that the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan is strongly boosting the Galician economy with unprecedented support for the productive fabric. In total, Galicia already received more than 4.3 billion euros, of which 2,513 million were executed directly by the General Administration of the State. Around 80% of the beneficiaries are SMEs and self-employed, confirming that European funds are reaching the real economy and employment.

One of the pillars of this transformation are the industrial PERTEs, which mobilise hundreds of millions of euros in strategic sectors. For example, in the case of the PERTE of the Electric and Connected Vehicle (VEC), Galicia received 143 million euros, of which 56.4 million correspond to the Stellantis and 42.2 million to the MUEVES III Plan, with 10,977 beneficiaries. Added to this are the PERTEs of the circular, agri-food, naval or aerospace economy, which reinforce key value chains for the country’s industrial future.

The delegate reported that since 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Tourism invested 2,290 million euros in Galicia, 318% more than in the seven years of the PP Government, consolidating a stage of reindustrialization, innovation and business modernization. In addition, tools such as the Digital Kit allowed to allocate 203 million euros to the digitalization of SMEs and self-employed, with 49,728 concessions and 177,988 beneficiaries, improving the competitiveness and productivity of the Galician productive fabric.

He emphasized boosting the defense and security industry, with historic investments that generate stable and quality employment, such as the more than 8.7 billion in Navantia. To this support are also added Galician companies in the defense sector such as UROVESA, which in recent years signed contracts for more than 170 million.

Infrastructure, green and digital transition

Pedro Blanco insisted that Galicia is advancing in the modernization of its infrastructures with unprecedented investments. Thus, he indicated that the Ministry of Transport allocated more than 3.5 billion to the community in recent years, far exceeding the levels of investment of previous governments.

The annual 279 million in railway stands out, 15% more than with the PP government. In this time, the Avril trains were put into service, which since connecting Vigo and A Coruña with the Plateau add more than 2 million users. Progress was made in the route between Lugo-Monforte-Ourense, with 550 million to renew the railway line; in the intermodals of the large cities (more than 250 million in investment) and the one of Santiago de Compostela was completed this year, without forgetting the railway accesses to the external ports of Ferrol and A Coruña, which add another 200 million.

Also noteworthy are the 52 million annual in maritime transport and the 33 million annual in air transport, more than quadruple than the previous years.

On the roads, the Government is currently executing in Galicia 50 km of new roads that represent an investment of 387 million euros, including the remodeling of Alfonso Molina in A Coruña or humanizations such as those of O Milladoiro (Ames) or the one completed in As Pías (Ferrol).

To these investments is added the Master Plan of the Atlantic Corridor in Galicia, which mobilizes 4,561 million euros until 2030, with key actions in the railway, road, ports and airports network, as well as more than 375 million to bonus the tolls of the AP-9 and AP-53, which alleviate the cost of the daily mobility of thousands of Galicians and Galicians.

In the field of green transition, Galicia has hundreds of millions of euros for renewable energies, green hydrogen and energy efficiency. Only in residential rehabilitation and energy efficiency, 233 million are allocated through different programs. In parallel, digitalisation is progressing with a 643% increase in investment in digital transformation and public function, which reaches 784.8 million euros, boosting connectivity throughout the community with mechanisms such as the Single Plan and favouring digital administration and the modernisation of public services.

Protection of the Welfare State

Pedro Blanco especially highlighted the impact of the policies of the Government of Pedro Sánchez on the strengthening of the Welfare State, with a clear commitment to housing as a right. In total, Galicia has almost 550 million euros in housing policies, coming from the State Plans such as the more than 400 million coming from the Recovery Plan, the more than 45 million directed to the Youth Rental Bonus or the bet for the State Housing Entity Casa 47 with more than 7 million in Galicia.

These funds allow 1,555 homes under construction and the rehabilitation of 16,028 homes, improving energy efficiency and reducing costs for families.

In the field of social protection, the slim advanced that beyond the increase in pensions and the interprofessional minimum wage, as part of the measures that are already having a direct impact on the daily life of thousands of Galicians and Galicians, Galicia has 95,688 recipients of the Minimum Vital Income and 98,098 beneficiaries of the electric social bond, consolidating a shield of protection against inequality.

Added to this is the strengthening of employment policies, with a reduction in the unemployment rate from 12.2% to 8%, more than 90,000 additional members of Social Security since 2018 and an historic increase in indefinite contracts after the labor reform.

In education, Galicia received 1,584 million euros from the Ministry since 2019, with a budgetary increase of 156%, allowing to reinforce the study grants with 56,161 beneficiaries and the FP, with more than 66,500 students.

In health, more than 24 million euros were invested, of which 12 million were for Primary Care. And in equality policies, 12.5 million were allocated to the State Pact against Gender Violence and 6.9 million to the Joint Responsibility Plan.

The delegate also cited the commitment to democratic memory in Galicia, with an investment of more than 660,000 euros destined to exhumations and recovery of the dignity of the victims, advancing in rights, truth and reparation as an essential part of a full democracy.