He admits that “the most dangerous possibility is to call elections.” Jorge Azcon. The President of Aragon faces a political crossroads that forces him to choose between continuing to “make an effort” for… Agree on budgets with Vox Or dissolve the Cortes and restore its majority due to the blockage of negotiations.
Vox cut off talks for a month. This is the spark, after the controversy surrounding a parliamentary advisor whom Azkun accused of being “racist.” Then the baron of the popular party in the region realized that he had to Prepare for the worst.
The order arriving from Genoa is the longitude: “You can’t govern without budgets.”. It is a doctrine Alberto Nunez Viejohas already been applied in Extremadura with Maria Guardiola. Whoever fails in two years of budget must dissolve his parliament.
But Azkun has not given up yet. “Once we got the data from the Fiscal and Fiscal Policy Council last Monday, and with it Much of our work has been done Previously, it would be enough to set some numbers and In a few days we will present the budgets“Announces.
The timeline is tight but doable. The Ministry of Finance has already announced the spending ceiling, stabilization path and payments on account. With this data, the Aragon executive can close the document soon and Send it to the courts. Then the race against time begins.
If Azcón chooses to take those Santiago Abascalthe first date that appears on your calendar is February 1.
To do this, the Cortes would be dissolved December 8. It’s the first viable option that allows you to speed up deadlines without having it coincide with Christmas or holidays hindering the campaign.
Why February? because Alfonso Fernandez ManicoThe president of Castilla and Leon plans to call elections March 15.
If Azcon moved quickly, Aragon would advance first. This is important: “Each region must have its own space,” they pointed out from the Genoese administration. Not only for symbolic reasons, but because it puts the region on a wave Election calls organized by the People’s Party To weaken the Sanchez government.
Voices of Extremadura December 21. Castile and Leon in March. Andalusia in May or June. It is the calendar that is starting to take shape The Summit of Presidents of the Popular Party was held in Murcia Just two months ago. A pool An election where Aragon can play a leadership role.
“Sanchez fired”
But there are more reasons. “We are at a historic moment for Aragon,” Azcon insists Job creationto attract Billions Euro for investment.
Azkun stressed that for this reason, he will make “an effort to ensure there are budgets.” But Vox and PSOE don’t seem to share the same goal. First, because it closes the doors to any negotiations. The second is because Do not offer alternatives To edit the mode.
Azcon admits that he is not only focusing on Cortes of Aragon, but on “Another priority“To contribute to the expulsion of Sanchez from Moncloa,” he explains to his inner circle. Hence, he listens to Jenova’s signals and incorporates them into his approach.
If you don’t achieve the “impossible” Present your budgets in “days”Their teams are already prepared to activate the electoral mechanism. In this scenario, Azcun is considering voting in Aragon in February, even before the Castilla-León elections.
The majority that gave him stability in May 2023 can be renewed then, without the need to go to Fox.
“That was it Political majority for change “The government that gave a government and a budget to this land can approve new budgets now,” Azkun recalls. But now he has the choice of seducing Aragon.
With this statement on the table, the next two weeks will be crucial. Azcon plays his latest budget trick. If this does not work, Aragon will plunge into an electoral campaign, rather than continuing to navigate “institutional uncertainty.”
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