Corruption in Spain regarding the allocation of EU funds on the basis of a guarantee of stable employment
28.4.2025
Question for oral answer 聽O-000013/2025
to the Commission
Rule 142
Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal
on behalf of the PfE Group
On 23 December 2024, the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro S谩nchez, convened an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers to modify the conditions for the second allocation of NextGenerationEU funds (Reform 6, component 23). The meeting approved the modification of paragraph 10 of the 44th additional provision of the recast General Social Security Law on urgent measures for labour reform, the guarantee of stability in employment and the transformation of the labour market. The aforementioned allocation of funds had been conditional on companies being granted an exemption from paying social security contributions if they provided employees who had previously been affected by temporary collective dismissals with a minimum guarantee of six months鈥� employment. The new version of paragraph 10 eliminates this guarantee, which had been agreed upon with the Commission, and instead makes exemptions from social security contributions conditional upon companies鈥� compliance with a longer period, that is, a period of between six months and two years after a temporary collective dismissal.
In the light of the above:
- 1.Can the Commission confirm whether it was aware of the new version of paragraph 10 of the 44th additional provision of the recast General Social Security Law?
- 2.Can the Commission evaluate this modification in the light of the principle of legal security?
- 3.Can the Commission assess whether this modification might entail a deviation of EU funds?
- 4.Can the Commission assess whether this modification might entail a deterioration of Spanish companies, of the situation of Spanish workers and, ultimately, of Spain鈥檚 productive sectors?
- 5.Finally, if the Commission is not in a position to answers questions two to four, what measures has it taken (if it answered 鈥榶es鈥� to question one) or does it intend to take (if it answered 鈥榥o鈥� to question one) to investigate and address any possible irregularity, in order to ensure maximum transparency and soundness in the allocation of EU funds?
Submitted: 28.4.2025
Lapses: 29.7.2025