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PP criticizes Dénia government for diverting investment funds to other uses

The Popular Party of Dénia indicates that the approved Financial Economic Plan demonstrates the lack of realism in the municipal budgets.

Facade of a town hall with a balcony and iron railings, illuminated by the afternoon sun.
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Facade of a town hall with a balcony and iron railings, illuminated by the afternoon sun.

The Popular Party of Dénia has criticized the municipal government for diverting funds intended for investments and works towards other needs, a practice that, according to them, has caused accounting imbalances.

The lifting of the spending rule by the Central Government has forced many city councils to present a financial economic plan for not complying with the reinstated norm. This is the case of Dénia, which in the last fiscal year exceeded the authorized limits, despite having closed the year with minimal debt and a treasury surplus of 22 million euros.
In 2025, Dénia failed to comply with the spending rule, with an expenditure of 3.1 million euros above the limit. For this reason, it had to present the Financial Economic Plan (PEF), which was approved today by the municipal plenary. The Councilor for Finance had already announced that this plan would not include any measures, as there is money in the coffers. However, in 2026 the city council will have to control the use of the treasury surplus.
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"A budgetary adjustment plan is the document that includes the measures that must be implemented so that you do not spend more money than you have, as has happened this last year. If your only measure is to say that spending must be controlled, two things happen: either you are making fun of people or you don't know how to do it."

a Popular Party councilor
The Popular Party points out that the obligation to create the financial economic plan stems from an increase in expenses in the previous year of more than 5 million euros. Furthermore, they consider that the most serious aspect of the plan is that it does not take measures to correct this error.
According to the PP, the surplus consists of unexecuted actions with reserved money. If this money is spent on other things, when the planned investments or works are to be carried out, the funds are not available, which forces an increase in spending. This practice, according to the popular party, means that the municipal government cannot carry out new investments.
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"We hope that this adjustment plan does not mean that, in the short term, the residents of Dénia suffer another tax increase to cover the poor economic management of this Government team, which, in addition to leaving Dénia without necessary infrastructures such as a new sports pavilion, a residence for the elderly, or an auditorium theater, we have to pay more."

a Popular Party spokesperson
In summary, the Popular Party reproaches the municipal government for a low degree of execution of investments and for part of the money allocated to them ending up being spent on other needs.

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