The new self-employed in Cuenca, Soria and Teruel will have a reduced fee of 80 euros per month

The Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, José Luis Escrivá. the contributions that the Government wants to implement for companies located in municipalities with less than 1,000 inhabitants The Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, José Luis Escrivá, announced this Tuesday in the Senate that the self-employed who start their activity in the provinces of Cuenca, Soria and Teruel will have a reduced quota for three years for which their contribution to Social Security will be 80 euros per month. It is a comprehensive package of measures, which are added to the 5% reduction in the contribution for common contingencies of companies in all indefinite contracts at the provincial level, 15% in new indefinite contracts and 20% in new indefinite contracts in companies if tuated in municipalities with up to 1,000 inhabitants. These measures are adopted within the framework of the new Regional Aid Map approved by the European Commission, which establishes the intensities of aid for provinces with a population below the threshold of 12.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. 40,000 active self-employed among the three According to Social Security affiliation data, the number of self-employed in Soria is 7,849; which represents 23% of all affiliates in the province. The same percentage of those registered as of September in Cuenca, where the number of self-employed workers is 18,615. In the case of Teruel the percentage is two points lower; 21%, which translates into 12,845 self-employed workers. The measures announced by the head of Social Security had been widely demanded by these territories for a long time. From the bench of the Popular Party the announcement has been received with little enthusiasm. Senator Hernando García has described the proposal as “crumbs” while assuring that these provinces “need aid for sheer survival.” The minister has defended the proposal by making a comparison with Europe, with the bonus system in countries such as Scotland, Norway or Sweden, which has led him to ensure that “none has gone beyond what was planned by Spain.