For the third consecutive year, the budget item for the Civil Guard It has stagnated at 3,670.9 million euros. A figure that barely supposes 0.76% of total budgets State General (PGE) and supposes a 0.80% decrease compared to 2021.
From the Association of the Jucil Civil Guard, its general secretary Ernesto Vilariño, denounces that “the freezing of the departure for the Benemérita, as a consequence of The extension of budgets General in the absence of agreement with Junts, it evidences a loss of real capacity of the Civil Guard, which is what we have been denouncing for a long time. This not only affects the security of the country, where crime rates continue to rise, but also perpetuates an unfair system that discriminates against other police bodies. “
A stagnation that causes, in his opinion, a “negligence” by the Ministry of Interior, directed by Fernando Grande-Marlaska. In addition, it emphasizes that this lock prevents progress in real comparison with other regional and local police, as Marlaska himself promised to do. For not having of the 5% recovery in payS extra or improvements in working conditions.
On the other hand, the fact of freezing the departure for agents fully affects, as explained from this professional association, the Diets by displacementsince the amounts are clearly insufficient, they do not conform to the real cost of life and generate additional difficulties for those who serve outside their usual residences.
Agents lose money
“The answer they give us from the Ministry of Interior is that the freezing of the budgets makes it impossible to advance in this regard, letting the agents lose money when they have to leave. We demand political will to the negligence of investment in our institution,” adds Vilariño.
To this is joined another chronic problem such as the lack of personnel. The Civil Guard is responsible for security in 80% of the national territory and the entire coast of Spain, which represents a constant effort to cover large areas with resources that do not increase to the rhythm required by operational reality. From the association they underline that to stop the loss of agents, job offers are required that They exceed 5,400 placesalmost twice the squares published by the Ministry of Interior for this year, which reach 3,118.
Along these lines, Vilariño says they will continue to claim more effective, better organization and adequate means to continue exercising their competences. “You cannot continue to ignore the reality facing the Civil Guard daily. It is essential that The appropriate resources for 2026 are assigned To guarantee both the safety of citizens and that of our own agents, “he clarifies. In this sense, he warns of the possibility of being extended again, which would mean another blow to the Civil Guard accounts.