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The councilor of this training, Gloria Martín, has demanded that Senator and Councilman Fulgencio Gil, as a parliamentarian, promote the amendment of the Royal Decree that delimits the area of ​​economic promotion of the Autonomous Community to include The districts of Lorca

Izquierda Unida - Verdes de Lorca has denounced today the exclusion of the high districts of the "economic promotion zone" of the Region of Murcia.

The mayor of this training, Gloria Martín, said that the Royal Decree approving the Regulation of Regional Economic Incentives to promote the development of depressed territories within the Autonomous Community and promote their socio-economic activity - last modified last 30 The municipality of Lorca, with the exception of the municipalities of Avilés, Béjar, Coy, Culebrina, Doña Inés, Fontanares, Humbrías, Jarales, La Paca, La Toba, Nogalte, Ortillo, Torrealvilla, Zarcilla de Ramos, Zarzadilla de Totana and Zarzalico ".

Martín explained that these regional incentives are financial aid granted by the State through the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration and that in the Region of Murcia are managed by the Institute of Development (INFO).

The aim of the program is to alleviate inter-territorial imbalances through aid aimed at boosting manufacturing industries, the introduction of advanced technologies, innovation in products or environmental improvements, as well as tourism establishments and leisure facilities with special concerns For the maintenance and improvement of the environmental environment.

The subsidies, which have been lost, and can cover up to 45% of the investment, are aimed at business initiatives that cost more than 900,000 euros.

Since 2013 in the Region of Murcia 26 projects have been financed through these economic incentives, which total an investment of almost 500 million euros and have allowed to create 835 jobs and maintain another 1,787.

For the mayor of IU-Verdes, the high districts of Lorca, one of the most depressed areas of the municipality, suffering from a strong process of depopulation and high levels of unemployment, are precisely a territory "ideal" for the establishment of Aids that "develop their endogenous potential, diversify their economy through tourism linked to nature and the transformation of products from organic agriculture and livestock.

Therefore, Martín has addressed through a letter to the senator and also Councilor of Economy, Fulgencio Gil, to explain the reasons why the Highlands are subject to "discrimination" in this program and that for IU-Greens " Has no justification. "

In this sense, he has demanded that, as a national parliamentarian, "to promote the amendment of the Royal Decree that delimits the economic promotion zone of the Region of Murcia so as to include the marginalized Lorca districts" and that Is "perfectly possible" by common accord of the autonomous community (Art.3.3).

Finally, Martín has asked Gil to report on how many Lorca companies have benefited from these grants, and how much, since the Regional Economic Incentives program is in force.

Source: IU-verdes Lorca