The Community of Madrid injects 1.7 million into the Fundación del Toro

The Community of Madrid will allocate 1.7 million to the Toro de Lidia Foundation, according to the Regional Budget project presented by the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Community of Madrid, Rocío Albert, during the press conference after the Government Council.

Albert explained to the media that precisely the objective is to continue promoting the culture of bullfighting and bullfighting in the region. «We consider that everything related to the National Festival is culture, it is traditions and, therefore, we want to continue supporting this Foundation so that there continues to be fighting bulls and we can continue celebrating our National Festival, which gives us so much satisfaction every year. during the month of San Isidro and also at the October Fair with the square filled to the brim and full of great successes,” he indicated, according to Ep.

The Toro de Lidia Foundation, which organized this year’s Chenel Cup, wrote a letter to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to request the dismissal of the current Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, after refusing to applaud El Juli, the last National Prize winner. of Bullfighting. The minister has already canceled this award for future editions.

For its part, the amount that the Madrid Government will allocate to Bullfighting Affairs in general, if these annual accounts for the next year are approved in the Regional Chamber, amounts to 4.5 million euros, 300,000 more than the current year. 5.6% more.