The Balearic Government will dedicate next year a total of 8 million euros to the cleaning of torrents in the archipelago. This figure, informed during the presentation of the project of autonomic budgets, represents double that of 2024. As pointed out by Antoni Costa, Minister of Economy, Finance and Innovation, the catastrophe of the DANA in the Valencian Community should lead to “think” about the effects of climate change and the need to adopt measures and protocols to minimize the impact of a natural phenomenon of these characteristics. In the same line, the Executive also plans to carry out next year hydraulic investments in the autonomous community for 160.2 million euros. “You never think that something like this can happen to you,” Costa added.
Other budget increases
Although more details of the budget will be known tomorrow, when the bill enters the Parliament, Costa has given some details. The total budget is 7,469.1 million euros, 148.4 million euros more (2%) than last year. In a press conference after the meeting of the Consell de Govern, the spokesman highlighted the increases in Health (up 86.7 million to 2,455), Education (up 63.8 million to 1,416) and Social Services (up 37.1 to 389.6 million euros) to the highest social spending in history. Specifically, spending for Education, Health, Social Services and Housing, will be the highest in history (4,447.8 million euros), exceeding by 225.4 million that of 2024 (+5.3%). Costa also highlighted the increase in personnel spending to 2,351 million euros (240 million more), which he attributed to the recovery of labor rights of public employees such as the recovery of the health professional career or the reversal of salary freezes for civil servants in 2020 and 2021.
