PP Bizkaia: "The World Cup closure is given to the self-employed, merchants, and hoteliers"

The popular spokesperson criticizes the "nationalist stubbornness" regarding the event and reviews fiscal policy, housing, and the PNV's relationship with Sánchez.

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Raquel González, spokesperson for the People's Party in the Bizkaia General Assemblies, has strongly criticized the Basque institutions' decisions regarding the 2030 World Cup, arguing it stems from "nationalist stubbornness".

According to the popular spokesperson, this attitude represents a "closure" for the economic sectors that would benefit from the event. "The closure is being given to the self-employed, merchants, taxi drivers, hoteliers, hotels," she stated, lamenting that this is creating "unease" and will leave a "very serious wound" in the local economy.
Regarding fiscal matters, González addressed the modification of the regional regulations affecting deductions for divorced families. The PP demands "absolute changes" and the retroactive reinstatement of the previous tax system, believing it is "playing with the finances of many families." She described the current situation as "more of a backdoor tax hike than anything else," resulting from an "express reform" agreed upon by the PNV and Podemos, which has been a "disaster." González asserts that the PNV is becoming increasingly "comfortable" with a "very left-wing fiscal policy," to the detriment of Biscay residents.
On state-level politics, the PP spokesperson deemed it "irresponsible" for the PNV to criticize Pedro Sánchez's Government while simultaneously keeping it in power. "I believe it will bark a lot, but it won't bite its master, Sánchez, because it needs him," she affirmed. González maintains that the PNV "says a lot, but when it comes to action, it is incapable of doing anything" because its main interest is "maintaining its power" in the Basque Country.
Finally, concerning the housing debate, the PP rejects focusing on a census of large property holders. Instead, it proposes fiscal measures such as eliminating the donation tax from parents to children for first-time home purchases and updating deductions considered obsolete. Another key point for the PP is to offer legal certainty to small property owners to encourage them to put their homes on the rental market. This involves, according to González, guaranteeing "express eviction" and ensuring that the owner does not have to bear the costs of 'squatters,' measures she defines as "common sense."