Curbelo emphasizes that the 60% personal income tax bonus for La Gomera and El Hierro is essential to advance territorial cohesion
The president of the Cabildo defends a common position of the Canary Islands and clear objectives to negotiate with the State
The president of the Cabildo of La Gomera, Casimiro Curbelo, has stressed the need for the Canary Islands to move forward in a united manner, based on institutional consensus and with clear objectives, after the meeting held between the Government of the Canary Islands, the island councils and the city councils to address the Canary Islands – State negotiation.
Curbelo positively valued this meeting as a necessary space to align positions between the different administrations of the Archipelago, insisting that the content of the decree must be built from responsibility, dialogue and political usefulness, prioritizing the general interest of the Canary Islands.
"The challenge now is to reach solid agreements in the Canary Islands to defend them with a single voice in Madrid. Only in this way can we obtain effective responses from the State to the structural problems that affect our islands," he stated.
In this context, the island president was forceful in pointing out that the 60% personal income tax bonus for the citizens of La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma is an inalienable issue. “It is a vital instrument to advance real cohesion of the Archipelago and to strengthen the generation of employment, economic activity and the establishment of population in territories that suffer greater structural difficulties,” he said.
Curbelo recalled that this measure is already applied in La Palma and defended its extension to the so-called Green Islands as a criterion of territorial equity and effective compensation for the disadvantages derived from double insularity, fragmentation and limited market capacity.
Likewise, he insisted that the decree must include clear and defensible objectives, especially in matters such as employment, financing of essential public services, attention to demographic challenges and improving connectivity.
"The Canary Islands cannot allow improvisations. We need a consensual, solid and realistic document that can be validated in the Congress of Deputies and that offers certainty to citizens," he said.
Finally, he reiterated his call for institutional loyalty and understanding between all the Canary Islands administrations, stressing that only through unity can negotiations with the State be faced with guarantees and move towards a Canary Islands that is “more cohesive, fair and with greater opportunities for islands like La Gomera.”
