PNV sees Bildu's Venezuelan-style economic policy as "nonsense" and rejects the meeting points it offers

PSE calls for strengthening the industry, PP and Vox criticize the evolution of the Basque economy and Podemos and Sumar influence the quality of employment

BILBAO, 17 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The PNV candidate for Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has reproached EH Bildu for proposing a "nonsense" economic policy in which it is decided "a la Venezuelan" and has rejected the "meeting points" that the candidate of the sovereign coalition has offered you in this area.

This exchange of statements has occurred within the framework of the electoral debate organized by ETB, in which the candidates for Lehendakari of the PSE-EE, Eneko Andueza, of the PP, Javier de Andrés, of Elkarrekin, Podemos-Alianza Verde, have also participated. , Miren Gorrotxategi, that of Sumar, Alba García and that of Vox Amaia Martínez.

Pradales has pointed out that Euskadi is "a great country" that has a "solid and fair economy", where it is almost close to "full employment", with world leaders in different sectors and with one of the lowest poverty rates in the State.

After defending that everything done cannot be "put at risk" and ensuring that "it is one thing to do politics behind a banner and another to govern," he stated that there are things to improve but there is "a good economic model."

Pradales has opted "to pay young people well" to promote a Basque strategy for talent, but has denied that the Basque Country is not attractive and has recalled one of its proposals "3,000 million" to "root and grow the company."

Furthermore, he has expressed concern about what EH Bildu proposes about the intervention because the Basque company "must be accompanied, it must not be controlled, it must not be singled out." "And I believe that what happens to Sortu, which is the party to which Mr. Otxandiando belongs, is that it does not trust the Basque company," he added.

For his part, Otxandiano has assured that the economic situation is not "catastrophic" but there are "worrying" data because positions have been lost in different areas and there are trends that must be reversed, with a Basque Government that assumes the "directing role." " of the transition to another economic model.

The EH Bildu candidate believes that there is the possibility of a "meeting point" when analyzing his program and that of PNV because "we all agree that a proactive industrial policy is needed by the public sector, which marks a directional push" and believes that the instrument for economic policy is a sovereign fund, which is also "a very important meeting point."

Pradales has disagreed with Otxandiano and has assured that one cannot agree with a program that says that taxes in Euskadi must be increased by 5,000 million on the middle and working classes and he also does not share his approach to the sovereign fund because "what he is talking about is of public control of Kutxabank",

"You want to control the payroll and your savings to decide in Venezuelan style what to do with a bank like Kutxabank. You need to control the company, intervene in the company, and I do not share your diagnosis or your purpose. In fact, "His economic policy seems absurd to me," he said.

Given these words, Otxandiano has indicated that what they propose is the "politics that today is avant-garde in the European context", because "the liberalism of the PNV is a liberalism of the book, which liberals do not even apply today in the European context."

"It is absolutely shared that in the face of the economic transformations we are experiencing, a managerial push from the public sector is needed, not to publish anything, but to launch public or private collaboration, yes, but balanced and responsible," indicated the sovereigntist candidate, to whom Pradales has asked if he knows how a company works and assured that his recipes are "from the last century."

For his part, the candidate for Lehendakari of the PSE-EE, Eneko Andueza, has indicated that the economy is "resisting" and in Euskadi there are "extraordinary" employment data but there is no need to "conform."

Likewise, he has defended strengthening the industry and strengthening the roots of companies, in addition to betting "firmly on decarbonization." In his opinion, a "strong economy" is needed that is based on "the best conditions" for workers.

Andueza recalled the different proposals they put forward, including creating an investment fund with banks and savings banks with Basque capital to promote industrial projects, especially of a green nature.

The Elkarrekin Podemos candidate, Miren Gorrotxategi, has indicated that the main cause of concern is the quality of employment and has criticized the loss of purchasing power and the problems in accessing housing.

In addition, it has demanded a sovereign fund to publicly participate in strategic companies and provide facilities to SMEs to generate quality employment.

The Elkarrekin Podemos candidate has assured that it is not the environmental policies that have caused the industry to lose 6% of its work, but that it has to do "with the Government's neglect to support companies", among which she has cited Euskaltel or Ibermatic. Likewise, she has criticized that the PNV demonstrates "against strikes and all collective conflict measures."

The PP candidate, Javier de Andrés, who believes that PNV and EH Bildu "have faked a discussion" because "they have the same policy on this matter", has demanded a tax reduction and has stated that the PNV has already applied the intervention public that the sovereigntist coalition proposes.

Javier de Andrés, who has defended taking advantage of self-government "to grow", has stated that we must be "more attractive" to attract and retain companies and has denounced the "pressure" of taxes and the loss of purchasing power.

Some words that have provoked a response from Andueza who reminded him that the PP voted against the revaluation of pensions, the increase in the SMI or the labor reform, which "has brought more rights and better conditions." "You are the only ones who prevent people from having better quality of life," she told the popular candidate, to whom I asked her not to be "such a demagogue."

Javier de Andrés, who has stated that the economic policy carried out by the PSOE is "the worst that can be done", has indicated that the evolution of the economy "is not good." "We no longer have the power we had before and we have to recover it," he said.

Sumar's candidate, Alba García, has taken advantage of this rafe to remind Andueza that the success of the labor reform is "joint" and that "it has a name: Yolanda Díaz."

Alba García has called for a change in the model and putting "people at the center of the economy" with "better salaries and quality of employment." She has also defended a "fair" energy transition and has criticized the fact that access to housing is not guaranteed, which is why she has called for a "brave" policy in this area.

Likewise, he has called for a firm commitment to a "just ecological transition" with a new Basque strategy and more progressive taxation, in addition to addressing the housing problem, which is "a drama."

Vox candidate Amaia Martínez has criticized the "harassment and abandonment" of the countryside by all parties and has also denounced the climate policy that "harasses the countryside" and also "attacks the industry and forces the closure of factories." "Under this effect of this environmentalism the only thing that is hidden is their fanaticism, which unfortunately costs all Basques very dearly," she pointed out.

After criticizing the 2030 Agenda, he criticized that, "while families and workers are tightening their belts, more than ever", the administrations in the Basque Country "have broken the tax collection record."