Congress approves extension of six months butt
Congress approves extension of six months but the support of 426 euros from August.
The full parliament on Tuesday approved extending the aid of 426 euros they charge the unemployed who have exhausted their unemployment benefit for six more months, from August. Conto with 343 votes for, 2 against and one abstention
The draft resolution, an initiative of the parliamentary group ERC-IU-ICV and amended by the PSOE, was supported by the majority of, ffxiv gil, the House and had 343 votes to 2 against (the socialist Daniel Mendez Guillen and Deputy Prime Government, Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega) and one abstention (the popular Eugenio Nasarre Goicoechea).
The temporary program of unemployment protection and insertion will be targeted at groups of unemployed over 45 years, under 30 and unemployed for long, aika gold, term and involves the prolongation of aid approved by the Executive, whose term expired on 15 August.
Follow the crisis
During his intervention in the debate motions following the debate on the state of the nation, ERC spokesman, Joan Tarda, I justify the initiative in "keeping the circumstances" that led to its approval, since the economic crisis continues negative impact on unemployment.
Remain the circumstances "that led to its approval
Since ICV his spokesman in Congress, Joan Herrera, is pleased that this measure "succeed" despite "the Government was not so clear."
For his part, Rep. Eduardo Madina PSE dnded the proposal as a dnse for maintaining, sto credits, the welfare system and to maintain social protection, "distinguishing mark" of the socialist group.
Also, the PSOE spokesman Jose Antonio Alonso, said before the debate that this is a "good agreement" and stressed that the amendment agreed with ERC-IU-ICV rrs to the "guidance" which ought to have that support.
Second extension
The amount of the benefit is 80% of Indicator Public Multiple Effect Income (IPREM), which in 2009 was 420 euros and in 2010 amounted to 426 euros. The number of beneficiaries of this assistance amounts to about 243 100 people
This grant has already been extended by the Government last year in February by more and then the Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, said the aid would not affect current beneficiaries, as the maximum period during which they can an allowance is six months "is not renewable."
To date, the number of beneficiaries of this assistance amounts to about 243 100 people and the estimated cost so far is 517.8 million euros.
Regarding the statute, the division between the political forces prevented the full ruling on the matter. The resolution socialist failure and got only the support of 168 deputies present, missing a socialist, "as well as by Mrs Soledad Becerril PP, the IU and ICV abstention, and the Members of the popular group Dolors Nadal, and Jose Antonio Bermudez Castro, and a vote against the rest of parliamentarians of the House.
Nor prospered resolutions CiU, ERC and ICV, who wanted to move the declaration of minimum Congress approved last week in the Catalan parliament, nor the PP and UPyD.
Expenditure ceiling
Moreover, the government pushed through Congress in the ceiling of expenditure of the State Budget for2011 with the support of the PSOE and the PP a deputy made a mistake in the voting. So, as approved by 170 votes (169 of the PSOE and PP deputy, Antonio Vazquez, who vote if by mistake), 166 against (PP, PNV, ERC-IU-ICV, BNG, Na-Bai and UPyD ) and 13 abstentions (CiU, CC and UPN).