Generalitat chairman Ximo Puig will not attend the control session of Cortes’ plenary session scheduled for this Thursday, as it coincided with the presentation of the Volkswagen battery gigafactory project in Sagunto. Absence of the head of Consell, the debate over the abolition of the summary of the Azud case concentrated in the Community, the trustees of the socialist group in the Cortes, Manolo MataHe decided to resign. His situation was particularly vulnerable when the commissions that Mata’s principal defendant and co-defendant Jaime Febrer also paid on PSPV-related charges in 2007 and 2011 emerged.
Multinational Volkswagen submitted to Generalitat last Friday the presentation of its plan for the creation of a battery factory for electric vehicles, whose location and time has not yet been closed. With the participation of the heads of Volkswagen and its Spanish subsidiary Seat.
In a letter to Cortes, Minister of Engagement Rosa Pérez informed that, as Consel’s representative on the board of trustees, Puig was unable to attend the control session scheduled for May 5 due to the presentation of the plan. High level representatives of Volkswagen Europe and members of the Spanish Government will attend the 4th and 5th editions.
At 13:00 today, spokesmen for the Cortes parliamentary groups were summoned to discuss this matter. Puig-led PSPV-PSOE has yet to announce who will replace Mata as Valencia Chamber spokesperson. Among the pools is the current Minister of Health, Ana Barceló.
The Volkswagen gigafactory is the largest projected industrial investment in the Valencian Community and will mean “a decisive step towards positioning the Valencian economy as a strategic pole in southern Europe for electric vehicles and sustainable mobility,” according to the regional manager.
The Volkswagen project, which will take place in Parc Sagunt 2, is eligible to finance strategic projects (PERTE) that the Government has called upon to promote electric car production in Spain.
Source: Informacion
