Ribera affirms that the Government has the necessary support to approve the royal decree on energy saving

MADRID, 24 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The third vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, has announced that the Government has the necessary support to carry out the vote this Thursday in the Congress of Deputies of the royal decree law on energy saving measures.

In statements to La Sexta collected by Europa Press, Ribera indicated that the Executive already has "enough" votes for the royal decree law to go ahead, despite the fact that he would like to "have unanimous support."

"It will be seen tomorrow, but we do have sufficient support to validate the royal decree law," said the minister, who added that she regretted, yes, not having the support of all political forces." "It is a big mistake, but we are sorry," he said.

Ribera insisted that all of Europe is in "a very complicated situation" in the face of the threat of "blackmail" from Vladimir Putin, which is why an "effective and agile" response is necessary to save energy and provide an answer for families and companies .

For this reason, he called on all political groups, administrations or business organizations to propose ideas in a "constructive manner" to contribute to the contingency plan, which will be presented in September and which will be a "most important strategic document."

For this reason, he opened the door for the political parties to present "concrete ideas" and, secondly, affirmed that if they want to address the debate in parliament, "it can be processed as a bill, be enriched and introduce additional measures."

"What cannot be done is to ask the Government to repeal a royal decree law that has been approved and has been effective," he stressed, indicating that this saving and efficiency plan affects redundant measures and was a "win-win".

In addition, he considered that it is "very important" that Spain "is united" in this matter. "What does not make me feel comfortable is a willingness to find problems when solutions arise. We need solutions more than buts to a very complicated situation for families and European society," he added in this regard.

Facing the contingency plan that is being worked on for September, Ribera stated that maintaining or prohibiting Christmas lighting in cities is not something that is currently being valued as "relevant".

In any case, the minister was open to dealing with any proposal that is received, since it is necessary "to understand that the decision is very complicated and that savings are needed."