"I have to emphasize that we like what they have transferred to us." This is how Salvador Navarro, president of the Valencian Business Confederation, has assessed the meeting that his partners held at the Alicantina Fair Institution in Alicante this morning with the councilors who direct the portfolios most linked to the business community.
Nuria Montes (Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism); Salomé Pradas (Environment, Water, Infrastructure and Territory); and Ruth Merino (Treasury, Economy and Public Administration), have presented their projects and have agreed to answer some questions asked by the attendees in a crowded assembly hall with the air conditioning too strong.
"Now we have to translate these good intentions into reality," Navarro told journalists, pledging the support of the organization he presides over. The employer leader has demanded that the Valencian administration have a voice in Brussels and, "above all, positioning in Madrid; we have to have a specific weight as a territory, as other territories have, and here public-private collaboration is important, in this case the Consell, and the business world".
Regarding the change in the regional financing model, Navarro assured that “we are not going to let the issue disappear from the agenda until justice is done.” The president of the CEV has applauded some of the Consell's measures, such as the fact that the tourist tax or the 99% bonus on inheritance and donation tax for individuals will not be implemented, although he has urged that the bonus be extended to members. third degree within the family business.
Navarro has also requested that those taxes that hinder business competitiveness be eliminated and has shown his opposition to the new environmental tax figures created last year "without a prior evaluation of the additional impact that this new taxation entails."
In her speech, the Minister of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Nuria Montes, announced the creation of a "one-stop shop" in the Generalitat that allows all economic and business procedures that SMEs have to be dealt with in a "quick and efficient" manner. ". "Virtual assistants" will also be introduced to make the most requested procedures easier for citizens."
Next, the Minister of Finance, Economy and Public Administration, Ruth Merino, has outlined some of the main lines that will guide her policy. “Relieve the tax burden on families and companies, simplify bureaucratic procedures, demand fair financing and investments and use public resources efficiently,” she stressed.
The session was closed by the Minister of the Environment, Water, Infrastructure and Territory, Salomé Pradas, who advocated for “effective policies that promote a balance between growth, competitiveness and environmental respect.” Along these lines, she has announced that her department will review the use and management plans of the 22 existing natural parks in the Community. "Protecting is not prohibiting," she said, and she was against the limitation of visitors that has been implemented in some of them, such as in the Sierra de Irta. She has also announced that her team is already working on drafting an Autonomous Coastal Law.
