Calviño asks political groups and social agents by letter for proposals for an addendum to the Recovery Plan

MADRID, 29 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño, has sent a letter to the parliamentary groups and social agents in order to encourage their participation in the preparation of the addendum to the Recovery Plan that the Government will present at the second half of the year.

In the letters, the vice president invites the groups, employers and unions to send their proposals before September 15, in order to identify the sectoral priorities and strategic projects to be reinforced with the transfers and credits available from European funds, as reported by the Ministry through a statement.

These letters are added to those already sent this week by the first vice president to the regional presidents so that, within the same period, they can send their proposals for the preparation of the addendum to the Recovery Plan.

According to the Government, this addendum will reinforce the impact of the Recovery Plan from 2023, and will include the reforms and investments that will be financed from the Next Generation EU mechanism loans corresponding to Spain --70,000 million--, as well as the definitive allocation of transfers to Spain, known on June 30, and the additional transfers of the REPowerEU regulation project.

Following the guidelines of the European Commission, the addendum to the Recovery Plan will give continuity to the reforms and investments of the Plan, in line with its strategic objectives on ecological transition, digital transformation, social and territorial cohesion and gender equality and with the focus on strategic autonomy.

The Government has launched a reinforced process of dialogue with parliamentary groups, social agents, autonomous communities and local entities for the preparation of the addendum to the Recovery Plan in order to continue strengthening co-governance and ensure a visible impact of investments in all territories.

In addition, this process makes it possible to ensure a broad social consensus regarding the investments and reforms implemented, which in turn guarantees their transparency and improves their monitoring.

With the letters, the vice president follows up on the meetings and exchanges regarding the deployment of the Recovery Plan investments maintained with the groups, especially through her quarterly appearances before the Joint Congress-Senate Commission, as well as with the social agents through of the bilateral meetings and the more than 10 social dialogue tables held.

The vice president has informed in the letters to the parliamentary groups that meetings will be organized in the coming weeks to be able to deal in detail with the elaboration of the addendum.

In the current phase of acceleration of the investments of the Recovery Plan and the design of the addendum, it is essential to concentrate efforts on ensuring a visible impact in all territories, sectors, companies and citizens, thus reinforcing social and territorial cohesion .

"Faced with the new geopolitical challenges, this addendum will make it possible to reinforce the transformation of our country into a green and digital key that is already underway and to advance in social and territorial cohesion and gender equality, with a reinforced focus on strategic autonomy", highlights the vice-president.

Given the current geopolitical context, the investments must reinforce the strategic projects under way and concentrate the investments on reinforcing the strategic autonomy of Spain and Europe in terms of energy, agri-food, technological and digital security.

To this end, an adequate financial management framework will be established by the different administrations and the proposals received will be compiled for both sectoral priorities in strengthening the Perte and investments in the territory, guaranteeing fiscal sustainability, given that they will be financed mainly through credits.