Rajoy aims to save 16,500 million euros

The Conservative leader Mariano Rajoy announced yesterday "thorough reform" of the public sector in Spain to "remove duplication" and "lowering costs", as well as tax to boost the growth economic.

In his inauguration speech in the Chamber of Deputies as next President, Rajoy noted that "urgent", its Executive will resize the public sector and the staff at your service, delete entities and reduce the costs of the administration.

Conservative leader, who yesterday was 16,500 million reducing the public deficit of Spain for next year to meet the goal set in 4.4% of GDP, emphasized that administrative reform should not be limited to the central, so his Government will negotiate with the rest "a Pact for austerity and efficiency". "If public administrations are not effective, our economy" u000a"may not be competitive", he said. Spain has seventeen autonomous communities and two autonomous cities in North Africa, as well as 8,000 municipalities.

The regions have transferred important responsibilities, including education and health.

Measures announced
the measures put forward yesterday contained reinforcement by Act of the previous checks and the responsibilities of public managers to ensure that never will assume commitments of expenditure without backing budget.

Rajoy described also as "priority" revise the current model of public television and announced that, "with immediate effect", his Government presented in Parliament the legal reform necessary to enable new models of management.

In the area of taxation, announced a series of "urgent" action to "fuel the economic recovery and social cohesion". In that regard, he explained that his Government will create a u000afiscal framework to support the entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized enterprises and self-employed.

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