No more “excuses, justifications or justifications”“. It’s time To put an end to the neglect suffered by the Valencian Community and province Alicante An action plan by the State is needed on issues such as financing, investment or water management, and Valencian businessmen and politicians Defending the interests of autonomy in Madrid and other decision centers such as Brussels.
At least that’s what the CEV president believes. Salvador Navarrowho stars in this Wednesday’s new edition Alicante ForumUnder the title “The Lady and Post 52” he reviews the main troubles of autonomy and the reasons that, in his opinion, lead to this situation, and also points out possible ways to fix it.
An event organized by INFORMACIÓN Club, CEV, University of Alicante, Baleària, Eiffaj And Carmencita At the El Maestral restaurant, which also witnessed the intervention of CEV president Alicante, Joaquin PerezWhile serving as the director of the Informatics Club, he was responsible for introducing the speaker. Tony Cabotserved as moderator.
Many representatives from the business world from all over the region, especially the President of the Chamber Council, attended the event. José Vicente Morataand several members of the Alicante Chamber; The new president of the Port of Valencia, Mar Chao; representatives of major sectoral employers’ associations, e.g. Marian Cano (shoe), José Antonio Pastor (Toy), Fede Fuster (Hosbec) or José Vicente Andreu (Asaja), in addition to the Ineca presidents, Ignacio Amirolaor Family Business Association, Maite Anton. Consell’s second vice president also attended. Susana Camareroand the Minister of National Education, José Antonio RoviraIn addition to the mayor of Elche, Pablo RuzIn addition to many public officials, universities and civil society representatives are also present.
The title of the conference was not unimportant, for according to Navarro it represented two examples of the treatment of autonomy. On the one hand, The central government’s refusal to facilitate the Lady’s transfer As far as Elche remembered, it meant one. 46 million impact Euro for the local economy, according to a study by GNA and Cedelco. An influence that will “go somewhere else,” as Generalitat president Carlos Mazón emphasized, paraphrasing, before asking the question: “If we brought the Warriors from Xi’an with nothing for them, why not do it with the Lady? “These all seem like excuses to us.”
With the call for “52nd place”, the CEV president referred to the place occupied by Alicante for the second year in a row. Regionalized investments of General State Budgetsallocating barely 160 million euros to the province, some 85 euros per person. “More or less How much would it cost us to go to Madrid and back?“He stopped in Chamartín and visited the National Archaeological Museum, where the Lady of Elche is located,” he said ironically. Of course, he also expressed concern about the fact that the expansion of these Budgets meant maintaining this low level of investment.
As for the reasons, they are very clear, according to the head of businessmen. “They don’t take us into account, we’re not where we should be“We are not defending ourselves as we should or when we should.” In other words, “We have nothing to do with Madrid, nor do we have any plans.”
Salvador Navarro thinks it is time to turn this situation around and has encouraged businessmen in the Valencian Community to take action. To assert their influence in the state institutions in which they are present. “We must break down the barriers we often put up for ourselves and Gain visibility, relevance and influence in Madrid, Brussels and wherever decisions are made Saying “important”, Navarro also made clear that these positions should be defended against the unity of the three provinces that constitute the autonomy, rather than “waging war each on its own”. Consell’s attempt to create a startup Autonomous Water Table to jointly defend the interests of all autonomy in this matter.
Commitments
Similarly, Salvador Navarro touched on the following topic: political representatives He admitted that he did not have much hope, although he urged the community to cast their votes “in the Valencian key”. And he specifically addressed Compromís. “They can claim their seats For Pedro Sánchez to commit in Sumar. In This Community No need for forgiveness to support him, “It is enough to apply justice criteria on issues such as regional financing and investment,” he said.
Internally, he emphasized the need for the Community to continue attracting investments, and for this he demanded that the tax burden on companies be reduced and, in particular, that new taxes on greenhouse gases not come into force. the previous Consell approved, in addition to the reduction in bureaucracy. He also assured that if there is a PSOE Government, it could be an “opportunity” for Mazón.