CdM | The president of the CEOE employers’ association, Antonio Garamendi, has put the impact of yesterday’s blackout at 0.1% of GDP, some €1.6 billion, and has pointed to the Insurance Compensation Consortium for possible claims.”It is a huge impact”, said Garamendi in statements to the media at the Nueva Economía Forum breakfast, where he gave as an example that the refineries will take weeks to start up or the…
Joan Tapia | It is vital to maintain a peaceful social climate in the coming months and to inspire confidence in the economic agents, a sine qua non condition for the preservation of employment and investment. That is why the much talked about complete overturning of the labour reform has been postponed and only “the most harmful aspects” have been changed. But the deadlines are running out and the most radical sectors are demanding that sectorial agreements take precedence over those with companies (which would reduce the flexibility of the economy.)
The recession has produced one clear victim and it’s called salaries. Starting with those lost by the jobless and by those who have used up all their unemployment benefit. But those workers on lower salaries, have also suffered, seeing their purchasing power diminished.
MADRID| Sean Duffy| Spain has been trying to enhance the business climate for entrepreneurs, but experts say that more needs to be done to spur growth in vital sector of the economy.
By Jacobo de Regoyos, in Brussels | José Sartorius Álvarez de Bohorques devotes most of his time to his role as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee. He was appointed by the Spanish Confederation of Employers’ Organizations CEOE and the Banking Association AEB. Are the Spanish entrepreneurs against the Tobin tax? Well, I have not met with all Spanish entrepreneurs, but the AEB and the CEOE are contrary to the Tobin…
