There will be no increase in the tourist tax this holiday season.

BarcelonaAt the dawn of the summer season, the tourist tax will be applied unchanged. This law must now be processed in Parliament. That is, at least until after the summer. It is during this process that the Government must agree on the demands of the Republicans and the Commons for the law to be approved. Uniform application. In fact, the postponement that Parliament approved this Wednesday comes after the clash between the executive and the two partners This forced the government to agree on a new decree. Jéssica Albiach's group voted against the postponement agreed between the government and the Republicans, because they opposed the changes that the ERC wanted to introduce. A month ago, the Commons reached an agreement with the executive and agreed to postpone the decree. in exchange for allocating another 60 million in housing policies.

The decree received the support of ERC and Comuns, while the other groups voted against it. The regional minister for Economy, Alícia Romero, defended the decree as a "corrective and guaranteeing measure" that will allow for an "orderly" application of the tax. Republican MP Laia Cañigueral warned that her "yes" vote is "demanding and temporary" to "open the debate" in the coming weeks, but she also criticized the government for creating "uncertainty and legal insecurity." In fact, the Republicans registered their legislative proposal on the tourist tax, which will now be debated jointly with the government's proposal.

For his part, Comuns spokesperson David Cid defended tourists' contributions to this tax and accused Junts of failing to defend citizens' rights: "They are the party of tourists." On the other hand, the deputy from the regional government, Joan Canadell, has accused the PSC, ERC, and Comuns of leaving the people who suffer the most "at the back of the queue" and has stated that, from now on, people with lower salaries will not be able to go on vacation. Canadell also reminded the regional government of the warning issued by the Council of Statutory Guarantees (CGE): "It cannot be regulated in this way out of urgency without the appropriate conditions." Together, he brought forward the decree on the tourist tax and also the postponement of the CGE, and the body ruled in his favor.