The Government once again prioritizes investment in Catalonia, almost twice as much as in Madrid, and falls in Murcia and CyL

The Basque Country and Navarra, which are outside the common regime Autonomous Communities, have increased their investment by 0.3% and 0.2% compared to the previous year

The Government of Pedro Sánchez has foreseen in the general budgets of the State (PGE) for 2023 an investment in Catalonia almost double that arranged for the Community of Madrid. Specifically, Catalonia will receive 2,508.92 million euros, while the State in Madrid will invest 1,305.35 million. Murcia and Castilla y León are also punished --both governed by the PP--, which are the only two regions where the Executive plans to invest less than last year.

In this way, the Executive once again prioritizes investment in Catalonia in this new public accounts project to the detriment of a community that exceeds it in terms of GDP and with a somewhat smaller population, such as Madrid.

In these 2,508.92 million euros that the Government plans to invest in Catalonia by 2022, the 200 million that the Executive has to pay to the Catalan Generalitat in compliance with a Supreme Court ruling are included.

According to this document from the public accounts, presented this Thursday in Congress by the Minister of Finance and Public Administration, María Jesús Montero, after Catalonia comes Andalusia, with a territorialized investment of 2,318.85 million euros.

Already in third place is the Community of Madrid with 1,305.35 million euros, followed by the Valencian Community, where the State plans to invest 1,269.46 million euros next year.

After these regions, Castilla y León (955.82 million) are placed; Castilla-La Mancha (600.65 million); Basque Country (558.80 million); Aragon (547.86 million); Murcia (481.51 million); Extremadura (473.95 million); Asturias (420.88 million); Canary Islands (391.87 million); Cantabria (296.56 million); Balearic Islands (186.29 million); Navarra (103.84 million) and La Rioja (71.31 million).

Finally, the cities of Ceuta and Melilla will receive 28.91 (0.2 percent) and 45.25 (0.3 percent) million euros, respectively.

In the Balearic Islands, it is also planned that, in addition to this investment, a transfer from the Ministry of Transport amounting to 20 million euros will be made to finance the Bahía de Palma tramway. In addition, new actions of the Ministry of Territorial Policy for Ceuta and Melilla for 20.52 million euros are contemplated.

GREATER INVESTMENT THAN LAST YEAR

In any case, most of the autonomous communities have improved their investment position with respect to the budget project that Montero delivered last year in the Congress of Deputies, as can be seen from the section on territorial distribution of the real investment of these public accounts .

Only Murcia and Castilla y León are the only Autonomous Communities in which investment decreases compared to last year's PGE project. In the case of the first, its investment has been reduced to 3.6% of the total compared to the 5.5% forecast for 2022.

Meanwhile, Castilla y León, has gone from 997.43 million last year to 955.82 million by 2023.

INVESTMENT IN THE BASQUE GROWTH BY 0.3%

According to the percentage that appears reflected, the Basque Country has increased its investment by 0.3% compared to last year, while another community, such as Navarra, with a similar tax and collection system, has also increased by 0.2%.

The rest of the communities that grew did so by 0.1% (Catalonia, Asturias, the Valencian Community, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands; 0.4% (Cantabria, Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha) and 0.9% (the Community of Madrid).