The speech that Xavier Spot will speak this morning at General Council is thelast political orientation debate which he will have to defend after eight years at the head of the Government It is time to take stock and value the work done during two legislatures. But, above all, it is the moment to explain at what point the country’s major issues are, how he leaves them, so that whoever succeeds him can continue to develop them until they are completed. And so, aside from passing the baton to the dolphin of yesforces the opposition to move and position themselves bluntly in front of each of the challenges on the table. The first thing to remember is that the first four years (2019-2023) they were conditioned by two decisive facts: the first is that he had to lead an executive in coalition with the liberals, and the second is that the pandemic of Covid-14 that paralyzed the world for months. Once overcome, the government’s action was articulated – and still is articulated – in the around four major axesas was made explicit in the speech a year ago. The association agreement with the European Unionthe housing crisis linked to the growth model, the reform of the pension system and the decriminalization of abortion shared the spotlight almost equally. Twelve months later the epicenter of the discourse has moved to the housing market. The EU and CASS they have lost relevance for various reasons, while the dossier on the termination of pregnancy eats separately.
There are 226 affordable rental apartments and will reach 500 in a year
Xavier Spot
the subject europe It’s been a while since he posted any news. Andorra he has done his homework and is waiting for the Commission in determining the legal nature that triggers the process. A quagmire that has been announced for months that will be resolved shortly but remains the same. So little has been said and little more is expected to be said spot today, beyond reconfirming the commitment to the referendum and remember that the co-prince Macron made it clear publicly that it is time to partner and that there is no possibility of modify the text as advocated by Concordia. The opposite happens with the parapublic. Nothing has been done for another year, another legislature, and nothing will be done a few months after the elections. Well, he has done one thing Governmentand is to avoid the commitment to reform the pension system and pass the hot potato to the advice.
buy time
The story of where we come from and where we are going with the theme ofhousing is called to be the guiding thread of the discourse. It is practically the only one of the big questions where no one will be able to throw it in his face head of government that it has not acted decisively by putting in place policies to minimize the impact of the exponential increase in the price of rents on family economies. It must also be said – difficult for him to recognize because spot and self-criticism in the same sentence is an oxymoron-, sometimes they have not given the results expected by the uproar and state of alarm they have raised. As for example with the tourist apartments. Where we come from and the criticism of whether he has acted late or not, he has it relatively easy to get away with. We come from biennium 20-21 mortgaged due to the pandemic of Covid-19 and it was little less than impossible – gurus aside – to anticipate the strong economic expansion that followed in the following years. Well, overturning this narrative, if possible, will be the job of the opposition tomorrow in the reply rounds. What will be practically impossible to refute is that in the matter of thehousing there are no miracle solutions that will solve one’s problem overnight great social impact. Here and anywhere in the first world. And what have they done these years? buy time The time required to go beyond a makeup maneuver i promote a public housing stock. Assessing whether the executive has done too little too late is once again the job of the opposition.
Government must decide whether to wait for a gesture from the Vatican or force the machine
The most impactful measure of the legislature is, without a doubt, the freezing of rentswhich has been maintained for seven years with theaim to cushion the tension of the tenants and have room for maneuver to put affordable apartments on the market. Keeping the freeze forever has proven ineffective everywhere. Today the number of protected flats will reach the 226 awards and the goal is to have some 500 at the end of the term with those who are reforming at the moment. In parallel it has been granted 28 grants for the purchase of the first home to take care of the interest while the owner only repays capital, and has been provided with a portion of 21.6 millionexpandable to 35to invest in buildings and incorporate 150 more homes. Operations that have been carried out without increasing indebtedness thanks to having some accounts cleared by 88 million surplus.
Impact?
The other big issue of the legislature, more for political commitment than because of a real demand from the population – see the last survey of theAR+I-is the decriminalization of abortion. A matter with which Government has always acted with great prudence to avoid straining the institutional seams. Wow, waiting for the nihil obstat of the vatican. And so more than three years. The death of Pope Francis upset the plans when decriminalization was almost done. As he let it be understood Cardinal Parolin in his visit to Andorra. The arrival of Leo XIV in the pontificate he altered the calendar and content. The maximum that can be aspired to now without, they say, compromising the co-principality is to remove the woman from the Penal Code. And for these purposes they were sent to Rome two reports, relatively simple to study, that have not yet had an answer that has transpired, a fact that places the Government in an uncomfortable disjunction: keep waiting for a miracle or force the machine and enter procedure one bill of minimums promoting decriminalization. It would be a matter of sticking to the script that Parolin blessed. The minister Ladislaus Baron he said that “the Holy See does not have the decision on this issue. The decision is made by General CouncilIf there is a time to make it explicit, it is this morning.
