Montero urges the PP to support the anti-crisis decree: "if they are the parents of the decree, why don't they vote for it"

He contrasts the government's solutions with the "massive" tax cuts requested by the PP and again calls Feijóo "insolvent"

MADRID, 3 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Minister of Finance and Public Function and Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE, María Jesús Montero, has urged the PP to vote in favor of the new decree on anti-crisis measures if they consider that it includes measures previously proposed by them.

"If they are the parents of the decree, why don't they vote for it", he ironically pointed out in statements to the media from the headquarters of the Government Delegation in Seville in reference to the norm that is already in force, but must be validated in Congress of Deputies this month.

In addition, Montero has opposed the measures that the Government has included in the new anti-crisis plan, which include lowering VAT on some foods, compared to what in his opinion the PP has been proposing throughout the legislature, generalized and massive tax cuts .

The deputy secretary of Economy of the PP, Juan Bravo, affirmed this Monday that they will not vote against the decree, although he hopes that the Government will not mix the measures that for the PP are a "copy" of their proposals, with others that are "impossible" to vote for your party.

The opposition maintains that the Government must modify some points, as in the case of the family check, which in its opinion should be made via personal income tax for medium and low incomes. They also advocate extending the VAT reduction to meat, fish and preserves, as well as renewing the fuel bonus for the self-employed who use their vehicle to work and people with medium and low incomes.

Montero, however, has defended that the Executive first controlled the prices of energy and fuels that were generating price rises and "contaminating" the rest of the sectors, as he has stated. And now the Executive has focused on reducing food prices. "Everything in its time", he has pointed out himself.

Therefore, he considers that both the Executive's policies and the times he is managing are being "correct" and that Spain will probably grow above 5% -in the same line as what Sánchez stated last week in his balance of the year- -. In addition, the deficit and public debt are in line with the fiscal consolidation set by Europe, while celebrating the employment data released this morning.

Thus, he has pointed out that when a measure that has to do with taxation is implemented, the PP proposes widespread and massive tax cuts despite the fact that they are discouraged by the European Union and international institutions such as the IMF and the European Central Bank, as he has stated.

Montero has also charged against the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo and has once again pointed out that he is "insolvent" in economic matters, along the same lines as the accusations launched by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in his first face-to-face against the leader of the opposition in the Senate last September.

"Feijóo arrived with an aura of moderation, of a person who could attract expectations but has manifested himself as an insolvent person in economic matters" when it comes to "providing proposals and solutions" to improve the lives of citizens, he launched.

The 'number two' of the PSOE has reiterated that since the beginning of the legislature the only economic policy proposed by the PP has been "the massive reduction of taxes simultaneously on all figures, elements and materials".

In his opinion, this policy "was diluted like a sugar cube" when the United Kingdom put a similar idea on the table and the reaction of the markets forced the resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss. "Since then there was no other proposal", she has reproached her.