increase by one big deal for the industry for reindustrialize with spain european funds as the main instrument. This is the main goal of the new Minister of Industry and Tourism. Jordi Hereu, as he argued in his first intervention in the branch committee for the legislature Congress of Deputies. The goal is not new, Minister Reyes Maroto had already announced such a thing in 2018, even going so far as to prepare a document, and this is not the way to do it, since the minister devoted most of his speech to this issue. Vaguely list upcoming calls for strategic projects (PERTE in executive jargon), while the majority of MPs criticized its listing of available aid and projects.
The Minister made a statement Third call to PERTE for electric and connected vehicles 300 million before April (200 million aid, 100 million loan) and quarter1,250 million (250 million in subsidies and 1,000 million in loans) in the second half of the year. He also assured that the Executive was working on “continuing assistance to encourage the purchase of electric vehicles and simplify and expand charging infrastructure.” Plan Your Moves.
“Data shows that the market share is high” electric vehicle It remains below average in Spain. “We are analyzing proposals that would give buyers more certainty regarding electric cars and charging infrastructure,” Hereu said, without giving any details. he insisted.
The Minister also stated that a regulation will be made. New call for agricultural food Perte “in the coming months” and Perte calling for an additional 200 million euros in subsidies for microchips and semiconductors “throughout 2024”. “This is joined by the decisive call from the naval Perte for 81 million euros for 65 projects and the state-of-the-art healthcare Perte, which manages 18.5 million euros for 19 projects,” he added.
Hereu also announced the first call. Part of carbon removalEquipped with 1,000 million euros (500 million in loans and 500 million in subsidies), the company received “a total of 88 applications by last Friday” and also received a new call for “new production facilities” in the “first half of this year”. decarbonised” and the second call for assistance for projects carried out in the second half of 2024 “beyond 2026”.
electricity bill
The most concrete thing was the announcement of the increase. 25 percent assistance on electricity bill electro-intensive industry CO2 emissions Up to 300 million euros. With this mechanism, some large energy consuming companies are provided with partial reimbursement of the indirect costs of C02 emissions.
As Hereu emphasizes, while the compensation for these emissions was 6 million euros until 2018, it amounted to 244 million euros in 2022 and 2023. However, what the minister did not say was that the price of CO2 emission rights increased from 4 euros per tonne in 2018 to 50 euros in 2021. Last year it was around 80 euros and therefore there were demands from the industry to increase the amount of compensation. like that Like Popular Party PNV They criticized the inadequacy of the increase.
industrial law
On the other hand, Hereu also opened the door to amending the draft industrial code “with some input received” in order to try to approve this norm with “the highest possible consensus”. Draft future industrial law approved at the end of December 2022 minister councilforced to companies public assistance recipients maintain your productive activity in this country for 5 years When it comes to big companies 3 years In case they are SMEs to avoid moving large factories like Alcoa or Vestas.
“We love music, but we are worried about turning it into lyrics because it will only affect 0.03% of companies where there are employees who will be affected,” recalled Alberto Ibáñez Mezquita of the Sumar parliamentary group. Idoia Sagastizabal from PNV is skeptical about another measure of this preliminary project. creation of a strategic reserve of critical raw materials at the national level “when the majority are concentrated in unstable countries.”