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The regional budget comes to 5.171 billion

The head of the regional Finance department, Pilar Blanco-Morales, presents the projected regional budget for 2017, which comes to 5.171 billion euros. This figure is a 0.3% increase on the previous year. Blanco-Morales has said that the budget will strengthen basic services in Extremadura

Engracia Cáceres
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The social and economic policies of the Regional Government (Junta) of Extremadura account for 90% of the regional budget for next year. Blanco-Morales states that more than six out of every ten euros in the regional coffers will be allocated to education, health, home care and employment programmes.