They have no idea what to expect. For a week now, Catalan companies have been baffled by the erratic strategy of Junz, a party that sees itself as a key partner in correcting the excesses of the law. government of PSOE and their partners addition … and next are unpredictable formations that are seen as solely focused on creating tension and resolving the personal future of the leader. Carles Puigdemont. “The company is looking for stability and a predictable environment, and it is clear that this is not possible in Junz,” business people told the ABC, particularly referring to the former Catalan president’s party, frustrated by a political panorama that is “completely useless, with a dead parliament and parties acting only in their own interests.”
The most recent episode illustrating this confusion occurred in Congress this week, when Jantz surprisingly saved Congress’ face. government In Catalonia, with alarming energy shortages and threats of closure, a veto on the expansion of nuclear power plants is a very sensitive issue and by no means insignificant. Asco I (2030), Asco II (2032) and Vandelos II If there is no change, write (2035) in the table. Officials from Fomento del Trabajo, the historic employers’ association that gives voice to Catalonia’s biggest companies, were baffled and told the ABC it was unfair to place all the blame on Jants when the left continues to have a “nuclear blackout.” This does not mean that other corporate voices are less conciliatory and lament the loss of an opportunity to start steering community energy supply issues in the right direction.
comings and goings
What happened in Congress is a perfect example of the chaos created by Mr. Jantz’s arrival and, generally speaking, all the business voices we spoke to agree that they are choosing to keep things quiet because they are not sure what will happen with Mr. Puigdemont. As explained, for example, they relativize the importance of the pro-independence announcement that they will break completely with the PSOE and ensure that the situation will remain ‘the same’ unless a general election is held. Fomento leader Josep Sanchez Libreafter meeting with Carles Puigdemont in Brussels this week, one of his regular visits and contacts in the regional capital.
The internal turmoil was especially great at a time when they were almost convinced that the Junts, with all their particularities, were returning to the realm of more or less “conventional” politics, driven both by the fear of business organization and electoral collapse, and by the interest in presenting themselves to the people as a useful force, as well as a focus on independence, which was already considered impossible. “It has become clear to us that Junz is not CiU,” laments the veteran businessman, who, like Sánchez Libre himself, misses the days when the coalition’s members in parliament “had no complexes and were the spokespersons for Catalan companies.” madrid».
We agree that this scenario is attributable to the following causes: promotion Part of the benefit is that Puigdemont and Janz were at least temporarily “back in politics” and that the party voted for the first time, along with PP and Box, to block trade union representation on the board, and then voted against a hydrocarbon tax, using the threat to petrochemicals as an excuse. tarragona and, more recently, opposition to the 37.5-hour workday. Sánchez Libre had a friendlier relationship with Puigdemont than organized and knowledgeable sources indicate, and worked behind the scenes to support the pardon. His role is, for example, CEOE It stood tall before them and repositioned Catalan employers as relevant actors in a “post-process” scenario. He has a reputation for building consensus, and he was also in the photo. majestic-, Mr. Sánchez Libre has been attracting attention in Barcelona for “having been a politician for many years, but now using the weapons of that politician for the benefit of his company.”
However, the company’s ability to converge the interests of both parties was not enough to make Junz a reliable ally for the company, even in parliament, as seen in the vote on nuclear power, and in parliament, where Salvador Illa regrets being forced to legislate from the left on matters such as taxation and housing, given his refusal to negotiate on, for example, the 2026 Catalan budget.
“Anti-company”
The same industry voices analyze the specific episode of the alleged “breakdown” between Juntz and PSOE in a vague manner. On the one hand, he regrets the great destabilization this creates – especially when Pedro Sánchez announces that he intends to exhaust Congress at all costs – but on the other hand, he sees it as an opportunity for Jantz to reduce his complex and defeat Yolanda Díaz and her excesses. “Anti-business” proposal. In the medium to long term, it is the same ambivalence with which they analyze hypothetical changes. Moncloabetween hopes that the new PP executive will implement the fiscal and pro-business policies it has long demanded, and concerns that Vox’s relevant role could reignite the fuse of instability in Catalonia or derail regional financial reform.
At a time of solid growth and when the instability of the ‘prose’ era is now only a bad memory, Catalan companies lack a greater consensus and policy from the centre. Let’s do what we need to do together.
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