He King Felipe VI received this morning in audience a delegation of the main Spanish employers’ associations and the areas hardest hit by DANAin addition to associations of independents and the financial sector, essential to face the recovery and reconstruction of these areas. Businessmen emphasized the need for political unity in the face of disaster and they put for example, joint work between entrepreneurs and their collaborators, which are vital at the moment in Valencia.
“The business world has also come to side with institutions and demand unity,” he said. Antonio Garamendi, president of the Spanish Confederation of Professional Organizations (CEOE)who demanded “that politics be left aside”. According to the business leader, “society demands that we all work together”, and “not just today, but tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and next year, because it will take time”.
The president of Business Confederation of the Valencian Community (CEV), Salvador Navarro, put precisely as example of unity the work of businessmen and workers these days, hand in hand, to try to face the disaster on the ground. “The businessmen and their human teams cleared the mud on Sunday, yesterday and today. We work together, both as workers and as business people.. This union is what we ask of public administrations” said Navarro, who represents the employers’ association of the area most devastated by the floods.
The meeting with the king took place during which he wanted to know the situation of businessmen and self-employed workers affected by the emergency in Valencia and Castile-La Mancha. shortly after Podemos publicly criticized big businesswho believe they should be fined for their actions towards workers. On the side of Valencian employers, they insisted on the necessary message of unity. “We have no time to argue. We focus on helping and finding solutions,” they emphasize, emphasizing the priorities: “We are concerned about the future of businesses and workers.
After the meeting, Garamendi also insisted that he would not be “criticizing”, but rather “evaluate” all the measures, even if he believes that “more will be needed” facing a tragedy that has completely devastated thousands of businesses and businesses in the province of Valencia.
Support for the King’s visit
The CEOE president assured that he did not speak with the King on Sunday’s violent incidents during his visit to Paiportabut showed him his support and thanked him for his “example”, representing all Spaniards without distinction. “He’s the first Spaniard who rolled up his sleeves and said I’m here,” said Garamendi, who said “it’s a pleasure to see people representing us in this way.” Finally, the president of Spanish businessmen concluded that the head of state is “a moderate and prudent person” and that “he is in his place.”
In addition to the two business leaders, Gerardo Cuerva, president of the Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CEPYME) and Lorenzo Amor, president of the Association of Independent Workers (ATA), participated in the meeting. Also present, as representatives of the employers’ associations of the most affected areas, were Ángel Nicolás García, president of the Regional Confederation of Businessmen of Castile-La Mancha (CECAM) and Eva Blasco, of CEV Valencia.
Also present at the meeting were María Aranzazu del Valle, president of Unespa insurers; Alejandra Kindelan, president of the Spanish Banking Association and the AEB Foundation, and Fátima Báñez, president of the CEOE Foundation.
In addition, the monarch will receive this afternoon the general secretaries of the two majority unions, the Workers’ Commissions and the UGTto share their efforts.
