The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, announced this Thursday that “very important investments are coming to the Valencian Community.” Without going into details, the head of the Consell made this advance during his opening speech at the “Money Meetings: Special Valencian Community” forum that La Vanguardia held this morning at the headquarters of the Business Confederation of the Valencian Community (CEV). , sponsored by Caixabank and Telefónica.
Mazón explained that these will be investments “in biomedical research and energy matters”, and in this regard he has indicated that “we are going to be a reference in green hydrogen.” He has also talked about mobility projects and without giving more information, he has set a date for the announcements: he has said that they will be known between next Monday and next June 24.
The mayor of València, María José Catalá, also spoke at the meeting, expressing her government's will to “recover leadership at all levels” and gave as an example the 100 million euros that the council plans to generate in innovation. in the next three years. On a national level, the first mayor has declared that “in the face of uncertainty, I am going to send a message of stability and I am on the side, I am on the side of work, on the side of public-private collaboration (...) Clear rules and businessmen as allies,” he expressed.
For his part, the president of the CEV, Salvador Navarro, began by saying that “the business strength of the Valencian Community still goes unnoticed to this day.” Navarro has championed the benefits of the Valencian territory and has argued that Valencia is a growing enclave for investment. “Investing in the Valencian Community is a good alternative, because our universities are increasingly better positioned, because we have a great industrial tradition, because we have an innate vocation to go abroad, because we are attracting digital nomads,” he argued.
The meeting was attended by Carlos Godó, CEO of Grupo Godó; with Pere Guardiola, from Grupo Godó and with Jordi Juan, director of La Vanguardia and who opened the event. In his speech, Juan has advanced La Vanguardia's interest in being “the kneecap” so that relations between Catalonia and the Valencian Community turn to the benefit of all in the image and likeness of the good climate maintained by businessmen from both regions. . “There are many synergies and together we can do many things,” the director reiterated.
