Every year at the general assembly of members, the businessmen and women of the Valencian Business Association (AVE) answer an interactive survey on political, business and economic issues. Its results are announced on the same day and this year, "for the first time in a long time" as its president Vicente Boluda has pointed out, AVE partners "approve" of the political situation in the Valencian Community.
With a score of 3.73 out of 5, compared to 1.67 the previous year, this Wednesday they assessed the political situation of the Valencian Community, now led by PP and Vox, while they continue to suspend it at the national level. "A scraped 1 was given because there was no 0 in the machine," said Boluda, not without a certain irony, who explained the other conclusions of the questionnaire.
For example, also in a political key, the survey has revealed that the aspect of the political environment that is most worrying is the polarization of society, "caused by political leaders and political instability in Spain." That is why AVE partners demand policies that "promote the creation of jobs, companies, and economic activity, as well as political and institutional stability."
From the day it is also clear that the associates are more optimistic than last year about the economic situation of the Valencian Community and Spain, since 90% think that 2024 will be equal to or better than 2023 in economic terms. However, they do not hide that the issue of the economic environment that worries them most is the rise in production costs (raw materials, energy, labor costs) and the "persistence" of inflation and high interest rates. The 189 AVE partners invoice the equivalent of 63% of the GDP of the Valencian Community and generate more than 300,000 jobs.
At this Wednesday's meeting, Vicente Boluda began his speech by remembering the victims of the Campanar fire last Thursday and attendees maintained a minute of silence in memory of the deceased.
The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, and the mayor María José Catalá presided over the event accompanied by other members of the Consell. The first, in his closing speech, has valued the figure of the businessman and has assured that the Valencian government is finalizing an Administration Simplification Plan that is "revolutionary and forever, unprecedented in our country" and has highlighted that his The government does not organize "signaling of businessmen", but rather builds favorable environments, a clear allusion to the controversy a few months ago when AVE businessmen were singled out by Podemos in the middle of the electoral campaign.
