Andalusia offers itself to businessmen in the face of the central government's offensive

Andalusia shows its most business-friendly side precisely in the week in which the coalition that supports the central Government, PSOE and Sumar, has presented an investiture pact that includes measures that have been considered by the employers' association as a direct attack against the interests of businessmen.

The president of the Board, Juanma Moreno, conveyed that message to the King on Thursday at the congress of the Spanish Confederation of Directors and Executives (CEDE) that was held in Granada, and in which he boasted of political security in Andalusia (with four years of absolute majority) and legal certainty, in the face of current uncertainty at the national level.

And this Friday, the head of the regional government once again demonstrated this closeness with the employers' association by presiding over the events of Business Day at the headquarters of the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Andalusia (CEA), a day that the Andalusian Government itself promoted and The regional Parliament unanimously approved last year.

On this occasion, Moreno stressed that in the face of the “strange situation” that the world is experiencing at the moment and the “instability and uncertainty” of national politics, “Andalusia wants to provide stability and certainty” and has “reasons for hope.” and the trust”.

The Andalusian president boasted of good personal and institutional harmony with the president of the CEA, Javier González de Lara, and of social peace in Andalusia, in an act in which the employers' association had a very special gesture with the unions, by granting them this year their distinctions that were collected by the general secretaries of CC.OO.-A and UGT-A, Nuria López and Oskar Martín, respectively.

Based on the idea that “without companies there is no future,” Business Day brought together more than 300 guests at the CEA headquarters, which highlighted the “essential contribution of the thousands of men and women who do business in Andalusia.” , where around 545,000 companies operate, representing 16% of the country's total. “The majority, around 95%, are SMEs and self-employed workers.”. Together with large driving companies, which champion the “Andalusia brand” in international markets, – more than 25,000 Andalusian companies export -, they generate employment and fix the population to the territory..

The current national political situation impregnated this act with a certain shared demand of the Board and the businessmen, in some cases hidden and in others, expressed openly.. This is the case of the claim for the change in the regional financing model, which represents a clear detriment to underfinanced communities such as Andalusia, Valencia, Murcia and Castilla La Mancha..

Likewise, González de Lara did not expressly cite the Círculo de Empresarios de Catalunya, which this week was in favor of the amnesty demanded by the independentists, but he addressed the president of the Board directly to tell him that “be aware of our support and commitment to equality between all Spaniards and all companies, and our firmness to defend that equality where necessary”.

Juanma Moreno also referred to this issue and regretted that “communities with a specific weight in the country want to take advantage of a political situation to assert that weight in the form of privileges, as has happened in the last 50 years.”. Faced with this, he recalled that he will not allow these privileges between territories.

The Andalusian president announced that, for the second consecutive year, the regional Government will allocate more than 6,000 million euros in the Budgets for 2024 to support the productive fabric, which represents almost 3% of GDP, with the aim of consolidating and help those who maintain and create jobs. “Without a productive fabric there is no employment and without employment there is no personal, family or society future,”

Thus, it influenced the Andalusian Executive's commitment to companies and the self-employed, a commitment that is included in the Budget project for next year, which exceeds 46.7 billion, with 5.5% more non-financial spending compared to to the previous year. Furthermore, he stated that “we have the challenge ahead of us to make Andalusia one of the autonomous communities and one of the territories in Europe that have a greater entrepreneurial mentality”, since, as he said, “a society with entrepreneurial capacity has more companies and advances and prospers much more than the others”.

Finally, the president of the CEA, which brings together 180,000 companies and 800 business organizations in Andalusia, insisted on his demand for greater administrative simplification to allow the creation of wealth and jobs, to which Moreno responded by reminding that the Board will soon approve a fourth decree that will cut even more procedures for setting up companies and attracting investments. The celebration has grown this year thanks to its extension to classrooms throughout Andalusia, in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Educational Development and Vocational Training to the ESO, Baccalaureate and FP educational centers in the region.. An advance in the commitment to Entrepreneurial Culture from the Administration and the field of Education, in which CEA has provided teaching material; Support resources for teachers and students of 3rd ESO.