26.2% of the Chamber of Deputies has personal loans, understood as “all those intended for the acquisition of anything other than real estate,” as explained by Rubén Gimeno, technical secretary of the General Council of Economists of Spain.
In each parliamentary group, at least one of the deputies has a personal loan, according to the analysis carried out by Newtral.es on the asset and income declarations of Congress. The Republican Group is where most members have it, 43% of the seven deputies maintain a personal loan with an entity.
The Popular Party is the second group with the highest proportion of deputies who enjoy this loan within the party, 33% of its members have at least one. Members like Sandra Pascual, Maria del Mar Gonzalez o José Enrique Núñez They are above the popular average and accumulate two.
Among Vox deputies, 30% of them have at least one of these loans. In fact, the parliamentarian for Valladolid Pablo Saez He is the deputy who accumulates the most credits of this type in Congress, with a total of three. All requested in 2022, which together add up to more than 27,000 euros.
The personal loan is not the most popular option for members of the PSOE, but still around 20% use it. When describing these financings, the majority choose not to specify the reason, while other deputies detail concepts such as buying a Volvo or afford a Master in Business Administration (MBA).
- In formations such as EAJ-PNV, JxCat, EH Bildu or the Mixed Group, only one of the components had personal loans.
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Declaration of assets and income of the Congress of Deputies
Rubén Gimeno, technical secretary of the General Council of Economists of Spain
