‘Genoa’ remembers the ‘process’ and maintains that companies “are leaving Sánchez’s Spain as they were leaving Puigdemont’s Catalonia”
MADRID, 1 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, affirmed this Wednesday that Ferrovial’s decision to move to the Netherlands must be “respected” and has charged the vice president Nadia Calviño for “pointing out” this company. In her understanding, the question that should be asked is whether the Government has done something to “push her to have to leave” or is “responsible for the lack of legal certainty that causes many companies to have to opt for other countries” .
The First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño, had a conversation with the executive president of Ferrovial, Rafael del Pino, in which she “clearly expressed her rejection” of this transfer of the company’s registered office to the Netherlands. According to Ministry sources, this is an “erroneous decision” by a company “that owes everything to Spain” and has criticized the “lack of commitment to its country.”
In a press conference at the PP headquarters to announce the request to create an investigation commission for the ‘Meditor case’, Gamarra stated that “we must respect the decisions made” by Spanish companies. “What the vice president should do is ask herself the following question: Have I done something to make them stay? Or have I done something to push them to have to leave?” She asked herself.
What’s more, he said that the First Vice President must ask herself if the Government is “responsible for the lack of legal certainty that makes many companies have to opt for other countries” or for “the lack of incentives to attract investment”.
In addition, Gamarra has stressed that the following question must be asked: “As a government, am I defending our economic and business fabric or am I allowing it to be beaten?” As he added, these are questions that “the Government itself must ask itself before pointing to a company that continues to operate in Spain as well.”
For his part, the PP Deputy Secretary of Economy, Juan Bravo, has warned that with the transfer of Ferrovial’s headquarters to the Netherlands, Spain faces the “risk” of a “contagion effect” in other Spanish multinationals and leave the country.
In an interview with RNE, Bravo has denounced the “lack of legal certainty” and, therefore, “concern” that companies find regarding what they are offered in other countries and has asked for a “deep reflection” on the reasons for this march.
Sources from the leadership of the PP consulted by Europa Press emphasize the fact that this transfer occurs with a coalition government of PSOE and Unidas Podemos.
“The companies are leaving the Spain of Sánchez as they were leaving the Catalonia of Puigdemont”, the same sources have indicated, alluding to the flight of companies that left Catalonia as a result of the ‘procés’ in 2017.
