Sagunto Council Demands More Regional Funding: City Gets Just €7m of €33.3bn Budget
On 2 July, the city council passed a motion urging the Valencian Government to raise its investment allocation to Sagunto, which is approaching 75,000 residents.
Sagunto's left-wing council majority — PSOE, Compromís and EU-Unides Podem — backed a motion on 2 July pressing the Valencian Government (Generalitat Valenciana) to increase its spending on the city in the 2026 regional budget. The PP (People's Party) voted against; Vox abstained.
The gap is striking: out of a draft budget totalling €33,305 million, just €7 million reaches Sagunto. Backers of the motion argue the figure is wholly out of step with the demographic surge driven by PowerCo, Mercadona, Tempe and Inditex, which have lifted the municipal register to nearly 75,000 residents.
The wish-list runs to seven specific investments: two new primary schools, a secondary school, relocation of the El Raval health clinic, a Palace of Justice, a shuttle bus between Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) and the Renfe rail station, and an extension of metro Line 3. The motion also presses the PP to drop an amendment that would eliminate €102,240 earmarked for the CEA Puerto de Sagunto. President Pérez Llorca's cabinet — in office since December 2025 — depends on Vox's votes to hold the 50-seat majority in the Corts Valencianes (regional parliament). According to Sagunto City Council's official statement.