The business meeting held yesterday in the Albufera by the Council of Chambers of the Valencian Community had a relaxed tone, but the economic situation is sufficiently delicate for business demands not to be heard. For this reason, the president of the Council and of the Valencia Chamber, José Vicente Morata, pointed out that the current situation requires “state agreements, income agreements, and also infrastructure agreements, so that this society continues and so that the price of energy is contained in many sectors to be able to continue producing, exporting and selling”.
Morata also asked the Valencian Government to help create a favorable environment for business initiative, reducing administrative obstacles, streamlining procedures and being very efficient in spending, “as we do as companies in a situation like the current one”.
In his opinion, the employment and export figures “are not telling us that there is a recession, but this will be the case if the necessary measures are taken so that energy does not mean that companies have to close because they are unable to bear those costs” Morata pointed out.
An important representation of the Council participated in the meeting, with President Ximo Puig at the head, as well as the Minister of Sustainable Economy, Rafael Climent; the councilor of Hacienda, Arcadi España; and the Minister for Territorial Policy, Rebeca Torró.
Puig, who claimed to share the analysis of the situation, recognized that “energy costs are the great difficulty facing the Valencian economy, and the danger is that this unaffordable situation continues over time.”
For sectors such as tile, as has been seen this week with the announcement by the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on cogeneration, the rise in prices is an increasingly pressing problem. “European industry will fall if prices are not met. And we have to help families and our budget has to be to help growth,” reflected the president in his attention to the media.
In this sense, Puig assured that his government plans reforms that “will not be regressive like those of the PP, but will help the middle and working classes.” He added that these measures would be discussed at the seminar that the Botànic is holding this weekend in Alcoi so that they can be finalized before the General Policy Debate is held.
In addition to the political representation, at the lunch held yesterday at noon were the presidents of the Chambers of Alicante, Carlos Baño; Castellón, María Dolores Guillamón; Alcoi, Pablo de Gracia and Orihuela, Mario Martínez.
Also participating were the president of the CEV, Salvador Navarro; the president of the Port of Valencia, Aurelio Martínez; the president of ASEMAD, Alejandro Bermejo; the president of ATEVAL, José Serna; the president of AVA, Cristóbal Aguado; the president of FVET, Carlos Padres; the president of CONCOVAL, Emili Villaescusa and the president of the Conexus Foundation, Manuel Broseta, in addition to the members of the executive committee of Cámara Valencia.
Likewise, the meeting was attended by representatives of different companies such as Air Nostrum, Anecoop, Carmencita, Consum, Ford Spain or Stadler, among others.
