María Jesús Montero confirms that the Government will approve on Tuesday transfer 2,084 million to defense expenses

«They are very similar modifications to those we did in previous years,» said the Minister of Finance, ensuring that this operation «It has no special characteristic.»

In collation, he has defended that the government, at least as regards the PSOE, «has transferred that its concept of defense is a concept of security.» «We are talking fundamentally hybrid technology, Double use technology, which is what the Government is emphasizing and that is what is also asking Brussels to emphasize, «he said in relation to the European Union authorities; insisting that it is a transfer» as in previous years. «

Asked about the position regarding adding, partner of the PSOE in the central government, Montero has assured that the left -wing coalition, which a few days ago manifested by the mouth of its spokesman and Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasunthat would decide on these operations based on its content, «knows perfectly what these budget items are and there has been no problem in being able to process them,» as has already happened, as he has remarked, «in previous years.»

«This is not a new issue, what is new is that We really have to make Europefor our security, which goes through many differentiating elements with other countries, through our geostrategic position, including cybersecurity and cyber -cyberterrorism, «said María Jesús Montero.

Move without budgets

Not having new budgets this year, the government can decide based on the needs it deems appropriate, to make credit modifications, that is, Make movements within the budget.

It is something that the Executive makes regularly, and for example, on March 4 he authorized another credit transfer to the Ministry of Defense for almost 344 million euros in order to meet existing operating needs.

The sources mentioned remember that it is something that was also executed last year, but that when the extended budget being You have to do it again.

Although the Government emphasizes that the transfer that the Council of Ministers will approve after the mandatory authorization by the Ministry of Finance is not linked to the path that manages to meet the objective of 2 % of GDP in defense spending, the decision comes in the midst of the voices that ask that they ask that that percentage that NATO allies They allocate to that task, be greater.