Rajoy ends mayors salary of 138,000 and 109,000 euros

Some mayors as the socialist Juan Alberto Belloch convergent Zaragoza or Barcelona Xavier Trias can see today as their salaries of 138,000 and 109,000 euros respectively, vanish. Today is the day that the Executive Committee of Economic Affairs, chaired by Mariano Rajoy, could make way for local reform, which could limit the salaries of mayors of large cities to 100,000 euros. This is the proposal that will pass the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), after failing the possibility of reaching an agreement with the PSOE. If Rajoy's move may be desirable to Cabinet tomorrow.

The local reform the government wants to streamline approval and austere management councils, eliminating duplication and improper powers, pass your last exam today before tomorrow may be approved by the Council of Ministers. An approval will only be possible if the filter through the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, who has the final say.

What we discussed today the Executive Committee of Economic Affairs is the Bill for the Rationalisation and Sustainability of Local Government, setting out responsibilities and management. Parallel to this legislation, the government is working on the reform of other laws, such as the Electoral Law and the Local Finance, to realize a comprehensive reform that also contemplates reducing salaries of municipal councilors and removal.

The reform therefore contemplates amendments to various laws and, in many cases, some do not take effect until the next municipal elections. What tomorrow could pass Congress is a comprehensive report on the content of the reform and the adoption of the Basic Law on Local Government, to be forwarded to Congress for parliamentary procedure.

After unsuccessful negotiations with the PSOE party level, to reach an agreement, the government has tried to reach an agreement with the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), in which the Socialists are present. However, last night had not been able to reach consensus.

The proposal we have submitted to the Executive sets a maximum of one hundred thousand euros for the mayors of large populations and emphasizes that charged only 17 percent of the councilors. Similarly, in the case of reduced councilors raised a total number of about fourteen thousand, two less for each of the 8,173 municipalities in Spain, except the one hundred inhabitants.