The leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, has been convinced that “the labor reform is working” after learning this morning the new unemployment data that places Spain at the lowest figure since 2008. In an interview in La Hora de la 1, the candidate for the presidency has criticized that the PP intends to “reform” the labor reform promoted by the coalition government and has accused the popular ones of “rejoicing that their country is doing badly”.
Díaz has criticized that the Popular Party wants to “make adjustments” to the labor reform, and has asked the popular president, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, to “withdraw the appeal” against the reform in the Constitutional Court. “They are missing the truth,” added the leader of Sumar. In this sense, the Minister of Labor has warned that Feijóo “does not have a word” and has warned that “if the PP reaches the Government it will modify the labor reform.”
The vice president added that the leader of the Popular Party “says one thing in the morning and another in the afternoon”, referring to the fact that despite assessing the labor reform, the PP maintains the appeal against the reform in the TC. “The PP is glad that Spain is doing badly,” she added.
The new data shows that unemployment fell below 2.7 million unemployed in June for the first time since 2008. The Vice President of the Government has assessed these figures as “very positive” and has highlighted the data on youth and women unemployment .
The Minister of Labor and Social Economy has added some nuances to her party’s proposal to create a universal inheritance of 20,000 euros for young people who turn 18. Díaz has clarified that the collection would come “with a tax on large fortunes” and that this measure “addresses inequality.” However, the minister has described the figure of 20,000 euros as “modest”.
In addition, the vice president has confirmed that the proposal “must be universal”, without taking income into account, since it is “the success of the measure”. “We want young people to have a modest amount of 20,000 euros to start a training model or that they can undertake,” added Díaz.
Referring to the recent pacts between the Popular Party and Vox in some autonomous communities, the Sumar candidate has predicted that “Mr. Feijóo is going to govern with Santiago Abascal as vice president.” In this sense, Díaz has explained that “these elections are between two blocks, the progressive and the right.”
When asked about the faces of Podemos that will appear in Sumar’s campaign, Yolanda Díaz has stated that “I don’t know my campaign very well” and has avoided answering whether or not Irene Montero will appear in some of her pre-election acts. “I am going to campaign with all the candidates and all the candidates of Sumar”, added the Vice President of the Government.
