First Vice President, Nadia Calviño, says the deal aims to protect vulnerable families and those who may be at risk
The first vice president, Nadia Calvinohopes to reach “in the next few days” a agreement with the banking sector to protect the most vulnerable families in the face of the rise in interest rates and also to those of the middle class who could enter “at risk of vulnerability” for this circumstance.
This too has been pointed out Minister of Economy and Digital Transformation in an interview with “Las Mañanas” on Radio Nacional, where he explained that they hold daily meetings and a “very intense dialogue” with the sector and that he hopes to reach an agreement “as soon as possible”.
The idea is to protect two types of families. To the most vulnerable, where the mortgage payment represents 40% or 50% of their income, but also to those of the middle class “who could be at risk of vulnerability due to such an accelerated rate hike”.
The first vice president wished to clarify that the implementation of the extraordinary tax on banks “did not hinder the dialogue”, while acknowledging that “I am not happy” and that, obviously, “they defend their interests”.
strike of carriers
With regard to the strike called by the Platform for the Defense of the Road Freight Transport Sector, Calviño stated that «nor there is no justification“, And” it is not clear “that a sector which is particularly” loved, supported and cared for “and which has received more than 1,400 million euros in aid, wants to generate a disturbance that in his opinion” will not occur “. In this sense, she added that “it is excellent news” that the representatives of the employers did not support this appeal.
Calviño also referred to European funds and said that the European Commission is “very demanding” in achieving goals and targets from the outset because they are “amounts that need to be properly controlled” and refused that they could negatively affect Spain.
In addition, he announced that in these days they will ask for the third payment of 6,000 million euros. In addition, it evaluated the investments made in Spain thanks to this Plan, such as that of Seat.