The State has raised its public expenditure figure to a new record – for the second consecutive year – which in 2023 will touch 200,000 million euros. This will allow the Catalan government, as well as the other communities, to also have more room to borrow, moving from a deficit target of 0.1% to 0.3%, which will mean for the Generalitat around 500 million more for budgets. This is the only way to explain measures such as those made public recently by Pedro Sánchez, who has announced more scholarships for students and a 30% discount on Rodalies tickets from September to December, a bet that the Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM ) has risen to 50% for the most common metro, bus and train cards and tickets. The ATM is made up of the Generalitat, the Barcelona City Council and the AMB, administrations that will therefore also increase spending. This shared course of Keynesian policies, which are also taking place in other countries, starting with Germany (the first to lower transport), aims to cushion the increase in the cost of living: with inflation skyrocketing due to the increase of the price of energy, governments look for impacts in the pockets of citizens, especially the most disadvantaged. Public transport certainly fulfills this function.
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