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Lack of General State Budgets Affects Municipal Treasuries

The absence of state accounts compromises the financing of municipalities, especially the smallest ones, by preventing the updating of tax revenues.

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Generic image of money and documents, symbolizing municipal treasury.

The non-approval of the General State Budgets is causing treasury problems in the municipalities of the province of Malaga, affecting their essential funding and their ability to provide services.

The president of the Council of Mayors of the PP of Malaga has denounced that the absence of updated General State Budgets directly harms local councils. This situation prevents the revision of the amounts municipalities receive from their participation in state taxes, a crucial source of funding for their daily operations.
According to a statement issued by the political group, this problem means that local councils receive fewer resources than they are due during the first months of the year, a scenario that has been repeated in previous years. Although these differences are usually regularized later, the initial imbalance creates an "immediate problem" in the municipal treasury.
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"It is not true that nothing happens by not having budgets. Of course, it does. What happens is that municipalities receive less money than they are due at a key time of the year and their treasury is compromised."

a party spokesperson
This lack of updates strains municipal accounts, especially in the case of smaller municipalities, which have a more limited margin for maneuver to absorb these economic discrepancies. The situation demonstrates that the absence of state accounts has "real consequences" for the administration closest to citizens.
The political group has criticized the stance of the former minister of Finance, who, according to them, has repeatedly maintained that the lack of General State Budgets since 2023 has no effects. It has been lamented that this public figure left "a fundamental issue unresolved" for local financing.
It has been insisted that this situation highlights the Government's "lack of sensitivity" towards municipalism, as it does not consider the daily reality of local entities, which are responsible for sustaining the services closest to citizens. Local financing cannot depend on improvisation or late regularizations, but requires foresight, stability, and certainty to plan economic activity and ensure the normal provision of public services.
Therefore, the Ministry of Finance has been urged to show "responsibility and institutional respect" towards local entities, emphasizing that participation in state taxes is a basic tool to sustain services, meet current obligations, and ensure the financial stability of municipalities.

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