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MADRID, 1 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, questioned this Wednesday whether the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, is sure that raising the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI) “is not going to destroy employment.”
Sánchez announced this Wednesday that the Government’s will is to address this rise “immediately” and continue with the electoral commitment that it reaches 60% of the average salary by the end of the legislature.
Asked about this at the press conference after the Governing Council, the Madrilenian leader has stressed that the Bank of Spain presented a study before the summer “where it was collected that the previous increases had caused the loss of 180,000 jobs and that those increases pulverize especially youth employment “. For this reason, the Executive has requested that “before making these announcements” ensure that this measure will not cause “more unemployment.”
“Can the Government of Sánchez, can the President of the Government, guarantee that the increase in the SMI will not destroy employment? When it does, we will comment on it. Of course the Minister (Nadia) Calviño was against this rise for something “, has declared.
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