The Director General of Budgets, Gregorio Moreno, appeared this Wednesday before the Budget and Finance Committee of the Madrid Assembly, where he explained that no ministry has yet requested changes to the accounts. This stance is maintained despite uncertainty about potential future pressure on key areas such as healthcare, education, social services, and housing.
The issue was raised by a VOX deputy, who warned that regularization would increase the population accessing public services. The parliamentarian suggested that if the autonomous executive does not adapt its accounts, the result could be a greater overload of the system or a displacement of Madrid residents in accessing certain benefits.
Moreno responded that the royal decree from the central government was approved unexpectedly and was not part of the initial scenario with which the Community of Madrid prepared and approved its accounts for 2026. He emphasized that the process has just begun and there is not yet enough data to accurately measure its scope or its budgetary consequences.
“"At this moment, I can tell you, as far as I am concerned, that we have no request for budgetary modification. Neither healthcare, nor education, nor social services, nor housing, which does not mean that there will not be any in the future."
The head of regional public accounts thus ruled out an immediate budget adjustment, although he left open the possibility of future changes. Moreno recalled that, as in previous years, the Community of Madrid activates budgetary modifications when specific needs arise that require reinforcing items or addressing initially unforeseen expenses.
He argued that the regional budgetary system already includes mechanisms to adapt real spending to evolving needs. As an example, he cited the case of healthcare, assuring that it ultimately receives all necessary funds, regardless of the figure allocated in the initial budget.
