The employers’ association Foment has announced this morning that it will promote – through the parliamentary groups – an appeal of unconstitutionality against the new tax on large fortunes that is pending final approval in the Senate. In the opinion of Manel J. Silva, director of Foment, the main reasons that justify the unconstitutionality are that it affects the “financial autonomy” of the autonomous communities, causes “legal uncertainty” and is “confiscatory”.
The president of Foment, Josep Sánchez Llibre, has indicated in a press conference that they will transfer their proposal to the employers’ association CEOE to promote together the appeal of unconstitutionality. The idea is to repeat the experience of a year and a half ago when Foment and the CEOE went hand in hand to jointly present the initiative. Sánchez Llibre wanted to highlight the autonomy of the employers. In that case, the party that accepted Foment’s request was the PP.
Asked about Foment’s current relationship with the CEOE after the elections in which Antonio Garamendi prevailed over Virginia Guinda, from Foment, President Sánchez Llibre is confident that the role of the Catalan employers’ association in the new board will be important. Guinda has assured that the fact that she disputed the presidency with Garamendi has not affected “at all” the relations between the two organizations.
On the possibility that if the autonomous governments such as Andalusia or Madrid present the same appeal, Foment could maintain its own if all the considerations of the Catalan businessmen are not collected.
According to Silva, the way in which the tax is being processed prevents there from having been a broader debate and analysis with the participation of organizations such as the CNMC or the Council of State.
