The Official State Gazette (BOE) has published this Friday a royal decree regulating the direct granting of subsidies, with a maximum amount of 350,000 euros, intended to cover operating expenses of foundations and associations linked to political parties with parliamentary representation in the Cortes Generales.
The text, signed by the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, establishes that the beneficiary entities must have among their statutory general interest purposes “the development of cultural activities, including the study and development of political and social thought”.
Proportional distribution according to the general elections of July 23, 2023
The amount of each aid will be determined proportionally to the representation obtained in the general elections of July 23, 2023 by the political formations to which the foundations and associations are linked.
In this way, entities related to the Popular Party (PP) will receive 119,605 euros, the largest amount of the distribution, followed by those linked to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), with 96,735.38 euros, to which are added those associated with the Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC), with 17,899 euros.
For their part, the foundations and associations linked to Vox will be able to receive 44,803 euros, while those linked to Sumar will receive 44,627 euros.
The amounts for ERC, Junts, EH Bildu, PNV, BNG, CC and UPN
The distribution also includes entities linked to Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), with 6,830 euros; Junts, with 5,795 euros; EH Bildu, with 4,911 euros; and the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), with 4,063 euros.
Likewise, the Bloque Nacionalista Galego (BNG) will receive 2,256 euros; Coalición Canaria (CC), 1,705 euros; and Navarrese People's Union (UPN), 764 euros, within a line of aid whose total maximum amount is set at 350,000 euros.