PP, Más Madrid and PSOE have supported this Thursday in the Assembly of Madrid two non-legislative proposals promoted by the left that urge the Community to demand that the central Government defend the public pension system, reject a mixed model and maintain the revaluation in accordance with the CPI.
The two non-legislative proposals, registered by Más Madrid and PSOE, have only had the vote against of Vox. The PP deputies, who had proposed several amendments finally overturned, have ended up backing both initiatives without changes.
In presenting her proposal, Más Madrid deputy Jimena González has described the initiative as “extremely simple” and has asked for the support of all the groups, pointing in particular to PP and Vox, to whom she has attributed social concern about the sustainability of the public pension system.
González has stressed that the leader of the “popular” party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has publicly defended the current pension model, while other voices from the party feed the “fear” about its viability. She has also recalled the freezes and cuts applied by previous PP governments and the “handsful” draining of the pension reserve fund.
In similar terms, PSOE deputy Agustín Vinagre has claimed during the defense of his non-legislative proposal the need to lock down the public system against the PP, recalling statements by the regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, in which she pointed to the fact that pensions would be a way of buying the vote.
Both Vinagre and the Más Madrid parliamentarian have attacked Vox for the words of national deputy José María Figaredo, who has shown himself in favor of a mixed pension model. “This debate is necessary so that the Spanish people know what to expect on November 20,” the socialist has emphasized.
From the PP, the model of intergenerational solidarity and distribution has been asserted, and it has been stressed that the updating of pensions with the CPI already appears in the Constitution and in the Social Security regulations.
Deputy Álvaro Ballarín has cast doubt on whether it is necessary to urge Moncloa again to that commitment, although he has defended the appropriateness of approving its amendments —which did not prosper—, in which reference was made to the single fund and the regulation of retirement.
Ballarín has said that the Community of Madrid brings together almost 18% of Spain’s contributors and around 12% of pensions, and has accused Pedro Sánchez’s Executive of putting the current system at risk with its decisions.
Vox is left alone against the agreement
For its part, Vox, the deputy Ana Cuartero, has reproached the left for a "partisan" use of the debate on pensions and has maintained that it is the central Government itself that places them "in danger" with economic policies which, in her view, harm productivity despite employment figures.
Beyond the criticism received for her party’s stance, Cuartero has guaranteed that pensions "are going to be paid, whatever it costs," although she has defended the need to apply measures aimed at improving productivity and moving toward the "remigration" of foreigners in an irregular situation.