De Guindos: Spain presents projects to achieve 60,000 … – RTVE

De Guindos: Spain presents projects to achieve 60,000 … – RTVE

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The Minister Economy and Competitiveness, Luis de Guindos, said that Spain presents projects for 60,000 million of euros of investment plans to mobilize the plan Juncker , whose total to 315,000 million. The priority for the Government, stressed the minister, are energy interconnections, transport and R & D.

De Guindos has indicated that the plan Juncker is a “key initiative” of the new Commission, but has claimed it going “with the appropriate times , quickly and effectively.”

“It’s a good idea, good idea that it is important to implement it properly, “he stated upon arrival at the Ecofin meeting in which the vice president of the EC for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, the Finn Jyrki Katainen, explained the investment plan.

Try to plan the Juncker have real effects

Of the projects presented, the Government considers “vital” to the country “interconnections in the field of electricity and in the field of gas ” because, well, help complete the internal market. Other priorities in the Spanish list, pointed Guindos, are “transport infrastructure” and R & D.

In any case, Economy Minister stressed that the list of projects ” It is a first approach “ and that” you can make changes in the near future. ” “Many of the projects that have been presented in this first proposal maybe not just completed, but will be other projects,” he noted.

Guindos has insisted that ” must try (that Juncker plan) have real effects “. “That is fundamental to the structure of the plan, both in terms of funding and from the point of view of decision of projects is well defined,” he said.