They believe that with the right reforms, Spain could create two million jobs in four years and reduce the unemployment rate to 14%
MADRID, 23 (EUROPA PRESS)
The presidents of the major Spanish corporations integrated into the Business Competitiveness Council (CEC) were held Tuesday lunch with the Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism, José Manuel Soria, in which he presented an ambitious plan to boost employment, to Europa Press on sources familiar with the meeting.
This meeting of the CEC, which they have not attended the new president of Santander, Ana Botin, by a prior commitment to a member of the British Government, neither the president of La Caixa, Isidro Faine, for reasons of performance, has served premiere Dimas Gimeno as president of the English Court following the death of Isidoro Álvarez.
The commission studies CEC has Soria filed a report advocating continue with structural reforms and further stimulate job creation. Estimates from the think tank, with the implementation of appropriate measures Spain could create two million jobs in four years, during which the unemployment rate could fall from 26% today to below 14%.
The report draws attention to the high levels of youth unemployment and emphasizes improving training, given that 550,000 of the 800,000 unemployed 14 to 26 years in Spain have only primary education.
The most influential Spanish companies fear that the slowdown in growth in the euro zone could weigh down the recovery of the Spanish economy, which, nevertheless, continue with, progress in recent months thanks to the incipient improvement consumption. In any case, forecast a GDP growth of 1.5% in 2014 and close to 2% in 2015.
The Minister of Industry has strongly thanked the work of the CEC and its work to help economic recovery and improved market perception on the Spanish economy. Soria said that energy and digital sector are solid points of support for recovery, while highlighting the importance of promoting the industrialization plan promoted by the department heads.
In addition to the economic issues at the meeting were informally addressed some topical issues, including the government’s decision to withdraw the draft law on abortion, but the resignation of Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón as Minister of Justice, having been subsequently produced the business meeting.
ROLE OF CEC.
The CEC is a think tank composed of the seventeen major Spanish companies and the Institute for Family Business which aims to provide proposals to improve competitiveness, help economic recovery and strengthen international confidence in Spain.
As part of this commitment, the CEC has been publishing various documents that diagnoses and proposes some solutions. The last one, released in June, shows the confidence of these great companies in the economic recovery gains momentum in 2014 and 2015.
Currently the CEC is chaired by the lead manager of Telefónica, César Alierta, and directed by the director of the Institute for Family Business, Fernando Casado.
PARTICIPANTS.
In this forum also participate Isak Andic (Mango), Antoni Brufau (Repsol ), José Manuel Entrecanales (Acciona), Francisco González (BBVA), Antonio Huertas (Mapfre), Pablo Isla (Inditex), Jose Manuel Lara (Metro Group) and Florentino Perez (ACS).
are also group of the Rafael del Pino (Ferrovial), Juan Roig (Mercadona) and Ignacio Sánchez Galán (Iberdrola) and three representatives of the Institute for Family Business, which are currently Simón Pedro Barceló (Barceló Group), Javier Moll ( Editorial Prensa Ibérica) and Leopoldo Rodes (Havas Media Group).
After his appointment as president of Santander, Ana Botín will become the first woman to take part in meetings of the group of large Spanish companies.
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