Felipe VI held this Wednesday with representatives of businessmen, banks, insurance companies and with the main trade unions. The King wanted to know and analyze with them the impact that the passage of the DANA has had on the economy and the business fabric.
Don Felipe, as well as Queen Letizia, has modified his agenda this week to focus primarily on following up on the consequences of the DANA and the attention that is being provided to the victims. This is the context of the two hearings held this Wednesday.
In the morning, the monarch received at the Palacio de la Zarzuela the representatives of the main business organizationsincluding those representing businessmen from the Valencian Community and Castilla-La Mancha, the two regions hardest hit by the storm. The meeting was attended by the President of the CEOEAntonio Garamendi; that of CEPYME, Gerardo Cuerva Valdivia; that of the Confederación Empresarial de la Comunidad Valenciana (CEV), Salvador Navarro; that of CEV Valencia, Eva Blasco García; that of the Confederación Regional de Empresarios de Castilla-La Mancha (CECAM), Ángel Nicolás García, and the president of the Fundación CEOE, Fátima Báñez.
Also, to the audience representatives of the self-employed, insurance companies and banks were also present.. The president of the Association of Self-Employed Workers (ATA), Lorenzo Amor Acedo; the president of the Spanish Union of Insurance and Reinsurance Entities (UNESPA), María Aranzazu del Valle Schaan; and the president of the Spanish Banking Association and the AEB Foundation, Alejandra Kindelan, participated in the event.
As explained by Garamendihas been transferred to the king the commitment of the companies to help get things back to normal. in the areas affected by the DANA through public-private collaboration. They have conveyed the message that companies are on the side of the institutions to help the affected areas in a process that will last “a long time”.
He also pointed out that they have also discussed the effects of the insurance after DANA, credits or the reconstruction of thousands of small companies and businesses. Garamendi has called for “unity”. and to put politics aside in order to get down to work and comply with society. “There is no one left over,” he said.
Meeting with trade unions
In the afternoon, the king received in audience the general secretary of UGTPepe Álvarez, and that of CCOO, Unai Sordo. With them also had the opportunity to discuss the impact that the DANA is having on workers.
In addition to these two audiences, Don Felipe received in Zarzuela to the iberoamerican secretary generalAndrés Allamand, with whom he discussed next week’s Ibero-American Summit, which the monarch will attend. The King was accompanied for the occasion by the Secretary of State for Ibero-America, Susana Sumelzo.