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Belarra asks to extend the anti-crisis decree throughout the year, a monthly subscription to transport at €10 and improve pensions

It proposes to immediately update non-contributory pensions and expand the beneficiaries of the electric social bonus.

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Belarra asks to extend the anti-crisis decree throughout the year, a monthly subscription to transport at €10 and improve pensions

It proposes to immediately update non-contributory pensions and expand the beneficiaries of the electric social bonus

MADRID, 31 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ministry of Social Rights, led by Ione Belarra, claims to extend the measures of the anti-crisis decree throughout the year in the face of the effects of the war in Ukraine, whose validity now extends until June, and proposes to improve its content with more actions , such as a "drastic" reduction in public transport with monthly subscriptions of 10 euros.

It also demands, as sources from this department have explained to Europa Press, to extend that "social shield" with the immediate update of non-contributory pensions to the IPC and extend the electricity social bonus to another two million Spaniards.

Social Rights highlights that the royal decree in response to the socioeconomic effects of the war was approved last March and contains a series of "ambitious measures" of an economic and social nature to guarantee the protection of the vulnerable population, among which the increase in the Minimum Vital Income, the limitation of the rent increase to 2% or the limitation of dismissals for companies that receive public aid or take advantage of extraordinary employment protection measures.

In this sense and given the evolution of inflation, still at high levels, he defends that this package of actions should be extended, at least, until December 31 of this year.

However, the Ministry headed by Belarra sees it necessary to complement this set of measures with three other additional proposals and incorporate them into the current royal decree to increase the coverage of the population that is most vulnerable to the effects of rising energy prices.

Of these proposals, a considerable reduction in the prices of public transport throughout the country stands out, combined with the discount on fuel prices. In this sense, it demands the creation of a fund to help municipalities and communities to facilitate access to collective public transport at a reduced cost, which in turn would save energy.

A fund that, analogous to the measure promoted by Germany, would allow the monthly payment to be reduced to 10 euros in all cities and regions.

On the other hand, it claims to extend the updating of contributory pensions to the CPI "immediately", advancing that revaluation in the July payroll.

In this way, they reason from Social Rights, it will be possible for the "lowest" pensions to face the increase in prices without waiting for the end of the year and prevent their beneficiaries from suffering a "decrease in their purchasing power" during those months.

On the other hand, it proposes a modification of the electricity social bond, which it has been demanding for a long time, to expand the volume of beneficiaries, speed up access to this aid and regulate its application from the "precautionary principle" so that, in a situation of non-payment, the supplying company "must necessarily report the client's situation of vulnerability before taking any action".

In March, the Executive quantified the anti-crisis plan at 16,000 million euros, with 6,000 million in aid and tax rebates and 10,000 million in a new line of credits guaranteed by the Official Credit Institute (ICO). In addition, this decree extends the expiration period of those already approved and the grace period for the most affected sectors.

It also contains a discount of 20 cents per liter of refueled fuel, extended to all consumers, and 450 million in direct aid. Other sectors that benefit from aid are agriculture, fishing and industry, a reduction in tolls on the energy bill and the extension of compensation for the costs of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

In turn, it deploys a temporary limitation of rent increases of up to 2% and the limitation to dismiss for objective reasons due to increased energy costs for companies that receive public aid or take advantage of extraordinary employment protection measures.

The amounts were also increased by 15% of the minimum vital income, the assumptions for accessing discounts from the electricity social bond were extended, the tax reductions applied to electricity were extended for another three months, and measures were adopted to accelerate the deployment of renewable facilities and facilitate self-consumption, among other measures.