Unpopular as they may be, and still are, but central government appears quite happy with the austerity measures it introduced to combat the recession.
Palma.—Deputy Prime Minister, Soroya Seanz de Santamaria, announced in Palma yesterday that the government’s administrational reforms have saved 14 billion euros of public funding.
She explained that the Commission for the Reformation of Public Administration (CORA), which was established to reduce government spending to combat the recession has introduced 222 measures, over half of the total drawn up, while a further 68 are in the process of being introduced as the government continues its drive to slim down central and regional government expenditure and focus funding on the essentials.
Under control
“What this has shown is that with certain measures, the public sector and local administrations can be kept under control, duplicity can be avoided and deficits reduced and all that leads to public funds being saved and invested where really necessary,” she said.
She explained that central and regional governments have had to balance their books like any normal family or business would. “Central government has managed to get rid of 2,000 different bodies over the past few years, bodies that were not, at the end of the day, vital with regards to the running of the country and regional governments have followed suit.
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