In Spain, a war is waged between the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport and the Treasury and Public Administrations. Cuts to the cultural budget, negative to reduce the VAT on entertainment and the opposition to create a Law of Patronage appropriate to the times, are some of the reasons that have been tensioned the relationship between the two instances.
according To a note published by The Country, the Treasury blocked the money to deliver the national awards such as the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious award of the letters in Spanish on a global level and equipped with 125 thousand euros.
"The money is, but we can’t get him to have the account blocked", said sources from the Ministry of Culture to the Spanish newspaper. "For us it is an absolute priority and is working on creating an exception that should be discussed within the Council of Ministers".
the members of The jury for failure of the Cervantes and the national awards meet between July and October to announce the failure to the end of the year, but on this occasion they received a letter which tells them that the appointments are suspended until further notice.
Although the letter sent to the jurors explained that the postponement is due to causes beyond the control of the Ministry, is alleged as responsible to Cristóbal Montoro, minister of Finance, who has had several clashes over the past four years with José María Lassalle, secretary of State for Culture.
A spokesman for the Treasury explained that soon will be a budget item so that you can fail the awards, and that the exceptions occur in the function of the priority and the interest of defense.
Despite the fact that since February was the announcement of the prizes, until the moment the Treasury has not provided the budget for the same. In the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, directed by Íñigo Méndez de Vigo said that it will not be given back the award.
The national awards of Culture are not only the highest official recognition to the world of creation in Spain, are also relevant in Latin america, the case of Cervantes.
Six mexicans have earned this recognition: Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes, Sergio Pitol, José Emilio Pacheco, Elena Poniatowska, and Fernando of the Step, the latter awarded in the edition 2015.
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