2023-12-29 18:25:13
The new Minister of Economy, Carlos Body, received the economic portfolio from Nadia Calviño in an act in which he confessed to feeling “very excited”, something that has been seen repeatedly during much of his speech. After thanking the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, and Calviño for the trust placed in him, he acknowledged having experienced a “wonderful roller coaster” in the last few hours.
In a very personal tone, he has confessed a family anecdote related to his appointment, remembering that just yesterday, December 28 and the Day of the Holy Innocents, he called his mother to inform her that he would be the new Minister of Economy. Amidst the laughter of those present, he explained that he was not able to convince her that it was not a joke. “I spent more time telling him it was true. I think December 28 was not the best day to tell him, clearly.” Between smiles, he wanted to give one more wink to his family to remember that “I have the immense fortune of sharing a house with four women, it is a very intense home, but also very fun”, to also point out the efforts of his grandparents and parents. to give their children the best education. “I am sitting on the shoulders of giants,” he said, visibly moved.
The new minister has reiterated on several occasions in his speech his intention to follow Calviño’s path, putting “heart, head and effort” into it. Regarding the first, he has assured that the heart is the “core” of all economic policy, because people’s lives depend on it, and as his main “ambition” he has proposed achieving full employment in this legislature. Along with the ‘heart’, Corps has also promised “head” to apply an “efficient” and “rigorous” economic policy, with a “high level of self-demand”, a “dialogue” attitude and “effort” for the degree of commitment that the position demands, thanks, he said, to the understanding of his family.
Body, who has been accompanied by other Government ministers such as José Luis Escrivá, Teresa Ribera, Elma Saiz, Fernando Grande Marlaska, among others, has promised “commitment” to the fair distribution of progress and fiscal “responsibility” to reduce the debt and the deficit; and has expressed his “pride” in Spain’s role in the international context.
For her part, Calviño, who handed over the baton to both Cuerpo and María Jesús Montero, who will occupy the first vice presidency, also appeared very emotional at various moments during the event, and wanted to share three feelings with all attendees: ” Gratitude, pride and trust.” After thanking Pedro Sánchez for the trust and the work of his teams in the Ministry, his colleagues in the Council of Ministers and the efforts of all Spaniards to move the economy forward, she assured that it has been a “pride” for her to lead carry out an economic policy based on fiscal responsibility, social justice and structural reforms.
“I am leaving with the mission accomplished and passing the baton to two extraordinary people, María Jesús Montero, who is my twin, my sister, and together we have managed the economic policy that will remain in history,” stressed Calviño, who has assured that the harmony between the two has been “total”, denying that the Ministers of Economy and Finance are fighting.
Regarding Carlos Body, he has indicated that he is a “brilliant colleague”, who enjoys “great prestige” outside and within Spain, who is “strong, honest and committed” to the general interest, in addition to transmitting “confidence” in the markets and institutions. “I’m not saying goodbye, I’m saying goodbye,” she concluded her speech, visibly moved.
Finally, Montero, who has also acknowledged having “very intense feelings”, has stated that she will be one of the people who “misses” Nadia Calviño the most, and that her example, along with that of other vice presidents such as Carmen Calvo or María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, will guide your way of proceeding.
The Minister of Finance has highlighted the “absolute complicity of the women in the economic area of the Government” – she has asked the third vice president, Teresa Ribera, to go up to the state with her – and has highlighted the “empathy and sisterhood” that they have practiced between them. “That women fight is absolutely false,” she indicated, causing laughter from the audience. “I am going to be one of the people who will miss Nadia Calviño the most, we understand each other just by looking at each other,” she assured, after indicating that “true friendship is the one that is forged in the trenches.” And to finish, she sent a message to Calviño: “Spain is going to need EIB funds to develop the addendum to the Recovery Plan and the Next Generation funds.”
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