The PP is unmarked from the decree on tariffs with an alternative plan that requires nuclear to extend | Spain

The Government has practically assured validation on Thursday of the week that comes in the Congress of the Decree approved three weeks ago by the Council of Ministers to combat and counteract The aggressive tariff policy imposed by Donald Trump with the majority that supported him in the investiture of Pedro Sánchez. The PP confirmed Wednesday that it is unmarked from the measures raised by the Executive because none of its alternative proposals have been accepted and, above all, because its New demand on the lengthening of the life of nuclear plants In Spain, they have an already agreed closure calendar. The majority of leftist and Junts partners have anticipated their support.

The Deputy Secretary of Economy of the PP, Juan Bravo, gave Wednesday, at the exit of his two -hour appointment With the Minister of Economy, Carlos Body, By concluded and failed the negotiations with the Government of Pedro Sánchez on the possible measures to be taken in front to the flood of tariffs applied by the administration of Donald Trump To the countries of the European Union and Spain. The Government announced an economic plan valued at 14,100 million euros with the objective of cushioning the coup to the most exposed sectors and take advantage of the crisis to relaunch and modernize the country’s productive structure.

Juan Bravo confessed that he left the face -to -face encounter with Carlos body « worse » of how he had entered and blamed « the blockade » of the coalition executive on a return to the strategy of the « wall » for not accepting any of the proposals or ideas that the PP presented 23 days ago in an alternative plan. « We are not the crutch or part of this government, they do not want to continue with the PP, they leave us out, » concluded the PP leader.

From the Ministry it was valued, however, that most meetings with all the less Vox parliamentary groups had been « very productive and positive. » The minister took the opportunity to communicate the advances made in the first phase of response to the tariff conflict, with special attention to the Icex Plan, which is being prepared jointly with the autonomies, and then commented on the following stages of the Plan, delimiting possible areas of action. The groups have offered to continue collaborating. The PP was the only one that was unmarked and economy interpreted him as he had come with « maximum » approaches and « conditioning his vote favorable to the expansion of the useful life of nuclear power plants. » The government regretted that the PP « puts its electoral interests before the support that companies and workers need » and reiterated their « hand laid » to return to that negotiating table with the rest of the parties.

Juan Bravo, however, thus gave excluded to the PP of this negotiation and, therefore, will vote against the validation of the decree with the anti -bar measures when the government takes it on Thursday to the Plenary of Congress. The Economic Vice Secretary of the PP stressed that the Government has not accepted or considered any of its alternative proposals, that this party says there is previously agreed with some of The sectors affected by Trump’s tariffs And he regretted that they only put them on the table to deepen the increase in debt, loans and guarantees. « That is not what the affected sectors ask for nor can the response to citizens be, » Bravo riveted.

The PP economic spokesman confirmed that for his party, in addition, it is of the maximum relevance to now take into account the prolongation of the activity of nuclear power plants in Spain, which have an agreed closing calendar with the companies, and stressed that this claim is still More important after the blackout suffered throughout the country this last Monday. But Bravo did not say that this demand is a red line for the PP, although he stressed that for the popular « it has been revealed » to extend the operation of the nuclear after the great blackout « is to ensure the supply and a stable price of energy. » The PP is in this thesis since the arrival at its presidency of Alberto Núñez Feijóo and especially since September 2022.

The alternative PP plan was included since the creation of a National Fund, with what is collected from tariffs to help companies, an industrial competitiveness plan with decreases in social contributions to affected companies and incentives, eliminate or leave zero the tax on the production of electricity, simplification and reduction of administrative and bureaucratic obstacles.

At the last minute of the day, Sumar loaded against the position of the Popular Party, which called « absolutely irresponsible, opportunistic and antipatriotic. » « The PP only cares in its wear strategy to the government and reinforce its alliances with the most ultras sectors, » said Group of the Group that leads in the Yolanda Díaz Executive. It was in this case his spokesman, Verónica Barbero, who met with body. The minority partner of the Coalition transferred to the Minister the need to « find new roads of cooperation » with other countries and « strengthen trade with other areas of the world such as Latin America, Africa or Asía », reaching agreements that are governed by « respect for human, labor and environmental rights, » reports Paula Chouza.

The Junts spokesman, Miriam Nogueras, He reaffirmed in his talk with the minister that the seven deputies of the formation led by Carles Puigdemont will support on Thursday the validation of the decree and that they consider something “logical” and not “no privilege” that takes into account the importance of Catalonia at the level of exports of their companies to the United States, which is estimated at 25% of the total Spanish signatures with businesses in that country. Body already specified in its day, when the decree was approved in the Council of Ministers, which would be facilitated by a mechanism for companies to have the aids that correspond to them according to their export volume, something that was interpreted by the PP and Vox as a more assignment to the Catalan partners of the coalition government.

From the PNV, ERC, BNG and EH Bildu, who had already advanced that they will endorse The actions scheduled by the Executive before the US tariff threatthey chose to go to the meeting with the perspective of receiving information but without subsequently making statements. We can, on the other hand, did not tell anything about the meeting, but in this case they specified that because they wanted to focus their message on the statements of their national spokesman, Pablo Fernández, asking the government with various initiatives involved in the electric companies to offer all the details of the causes that caused the blackout on Monday.