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Spain's PP in disagreement on deficit

Source: El Pais - Mon 27th May 2013
Spain's PP in disagreement on deficit

PM Mariano Rajoy and the regional barons of the ruling PP failed on Monday to reach an agreement on a more flexible means of sharing out the burden of the deficit-reduction target of the regions.

Rajoy tried to broker an accord in a meeting held in the PP's headquarters in Madrid. According to the premier of Extremadura, José Antonio Monago, who has been critical of what he perceives as being the preferential treatment that Catalonia could receive in terms of the deficit, said that the meeting at least had served for those involved in the debate to put their views across "looking each other in the eye".

The meeting was held ahead of an expected official announcement on Wednesday by the European Commission of a relaxing of Spain's deficit target for this year to 4.5% of GDP from 6.3%. What did emerge from Monday's encounter was an agreement for the central government to meet with PP-controlled regions individually ahead of a meeting of the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council at the end of June or the start of July.

The PP said the regions had made a "firm commitment" to reducing the deficit. The regions were initially set a deficit target of 0.7% of GDP for this year but want a share in some of the slack being afforded by Brussels.

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