Catalonia holds with its economy to Spain

Oriol Junqueras: the Spanish deficit is based "largely" in the Catalan growth

The Minister of Economy of the Generalitat, Oriol Junqueras, said Wednesday that the Spanish deficit growth is based "largely on economic growth there in Catalonia".

In response to a question from JxSí in the control session the Government, he said that the Catalan economy grew 3.4% in 2015, while the deficit was 1.9%: "It is clear that the economy grew much more that debt, while the Spanish state debt grows much more than the economy. " Thus, it has been argued that the State's indebtedness represents 100% of GDP and that its increase depends on the Catalan economy continues to grow, so has asked the central government to note that "the growth of the Catalan economy is good for all the world".

Source: Europa Press