Elena Salgado

07.12.2011 - 09.30 pm The Catalan Government is studying legal options to oblige the Spanish Government to pay the money it owes them The Spanish Government refuses to transfer some of the funds that it is legally obliged to pay Catalonia in 2011. Without this money, the Catalan...	19.08.2011 - 08.00 pm New fiscal measures to boost the Spanish economy and reduce the deficit The Spanish Government temporary reduces the VAT on new flat’s purchase, asks the largest and profitable companies to advance money from their...	09.06.2011 - 02.41 pm The European Commission recognises Catalonia’s “budget cuts of unprecedented proportions” to reduce the deficit The European Commission also recognised "a different effort" to the rest of Spain’s Autonomous Communities. Brussels said so when on...	31.05.2011 - 09.03 pm Opposition criticises the Catalan Government’s budget and the Spanish Government warns of not meeting the deficit objective After the presentation of the Catalan Government’s budget proposal at the Catalan Parliament, opposition parties criticised its content and the lack...
28.04.2011 - 04.06 pm The Spanish Government concludes that there will be no money from the Competitiveness Fund in 2011 Elena Salgado, the Spanish Vice President for Finance, wanted to end the debate and discarded transferring the 1.45 billion euros from the fund in...	01.03.2011 - 10.59 pm In the end, the Catalan Government’s deficit for 2010 is 3.86% Spain saw 2010 end with 9.24% of public deficit; 4.97% corresponds to the Spanish Government, 3.39% to the autonomous communities and 0.64% to the...	11.02.2011 - 10.02 pm The Catalan President rejects raising taxes and states that a 10% budget cut is enough Artur Mas, the President of the Catalan Government answered the Spanish Vice President for Economy, who yesterday suggested that he should raise...	11.01.2011 - 09.43 pm Spanish Government rejects proposals to protect mortgage holders who cannot pay their debt The Spanish Vice President for Economy Elena Salgado refused the idea proposed by three Catalan parties to allow mortgage holders end their debt by...
20.10.2010 - 03.21 pm Spanish Minister for Finance committed to republishing autonomous communities’ “fiscal balances” The difference between what an autonomous community produces in terms of revenues and what it finally receives, once the Spanish State has...	27.09.2010 - 07.37 pm Salgado calls for an end to the autonomies complaints about budget cuts The Spanish Ministry of Economy believes that the budget cuts for autonomous communities have nothing to do with the 7.9% cut in the Spanish general...