2024-01-22 21:43:28
The Minister of Economy, Commerce and Business, Carlos Body, will begin this Tuesday an individual round of contacts with the presidents of the main Spanish banks, according to the information that appears in the minister’s agenda.
It will begin tomorrow with the presidents of CaixaBank, José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, KutxaBank, Antón Arriola, and BBVA, Carlos Torres. On Wednesday it will continue with the president of Banco Sabadell, Josep Oliu, the president of KPMG, Juan José Cano, and the president of Unicaja Banco, Manuel Azuaga.
On Thursday he will meet with the president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), and former Minister of Economy, Nadia Calviño, as well as with the president of Cajamar, Eduardo Bahamonde. All meetings will be at the Ministry of Economy itself. In addition, on Friday he will present the president of the European Banking Authority (EBA), José Manuel Campa, at an informative breakfast organized by Nueva Economía Fórum.
Economy sources tell Europa Press that Corps has begun its work with contact meetings, after Calviño’s departure to the EIB, both with regulatory bodies, social agents, parliamentary groups and with the main financial entities. They add that these meetings are focused with “a spirit of listening and commitment to dialogue” in the legislature.
In fact, since taking possession of the Economy portfolio, Body has already met with the governor of the Bank of Spain, Pablo Hernández de Cos, the president of the Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC), Cani Fernández , the president of the National Institute of Statistics (INE), Elena Manzanera, the president of the CEOE, Antonio Garamendi, and the general secretaries of CCOO and UGT, Unai Sordo and Pepe Álvarez.
With the banks, Economy has several issues on the table, among them, the Financial Client Defense Authority, whose urgent processing will go to the Council of Ministers tomorrow, according to ministry sources and as reported by the newspaper ‘El Confidencial’. The approval of this procedure will shorten the deadlines for its passage through the legislative chambers.
Body will also address with the banks the implementation of the second phase of the Recovery Plan, with the 12 funds that will convey loans with European Next Generation funds, in which financial entities can play an “important role” so that these arrive. to SMEs and companies.
Furthermore, it is worth remembering that at the end of December, Pedro Sánchez announced the extension for one more year of the taxes on extraordinary profits in both the financial sector and the energy sector, with the intention of making both taxes permanent.
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