The grass of the Nou Camp of FC Barcelona received 1,200 businessmen to celebrate, through dinner, the awards ceremony of the Pimec employers’ association, where a good part of the small and medium-sized companies of Catalonia are grouped. Few organizations in Spain are capable of bringing together such a size of politicians of all colors and identities. The President of the Government, the President of the Generalitat, the Mayor of Barcelona, ministers and councilors use these forums to greet each other, smile and cross hands. In the usual cycle of speeches granted to public representatives, some take the opportunity to launch political rallies and lengthen themselves excessively by repeating the same concepts in different ways. With how easy it is to apply the basic theorem: subject + verb + predicate. Who broke the stopwatch record was There’s Colau, unable to adjust to the time they had asked for. The mayor was very satisfied that Barcelona had renewed until 2030 the concession to celebrate the Mobile fair that, in the past, she never viewed with sympathy. The timid approach Colau has been making to the business world has been gradual.
In that setting of the Pimec party, under black clouds that frightened with an early downpour, a masculine figure stood out above all, heavier and very tanned. No one competed with him when it came to wanting to take pictures. Adults and young people, men and women, came to touch him, examine him and receive his everlasting smile. Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, was in his element and as host of the Pimec event, he asserted his credentials right and left. That same week, Barça received a miraculous economic injection by announcing the sale of 10% of the TV rights to the Sixth Street fund -it has also invested in Real Madrid- for 207.5 million. A temporary relief for a club in technical bankruptcy.
The door triumphed on the pitch ‘selfie’ after ‘selfie’ while the president of Pimec, Antoni Cañete, took advantage of his speech to launch serious warnings about the evolution of the economy. He asked the cast of politicians there to present two demands of pure common sense. First: reduce the bureaucracy that swamps all administrative procedures and prevents accelerating business growth. Second: forget about short-termism and look for state agreements necessary to undertake the structural reforms that have been talked about for years. These agreements are urgent and are vital today to face the complex geopolitical and economic situation.
We have entered a critical period that lacks historical comparisons. Some telegraphic messages:
– Inflation has skyrocketed to above 10%, driven by energy and food prices.
– Nothing predicts that the war in Ukraine will change to positive. The designs of Putin they are impossible to predict.
– The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have already begun to make their citizens aware that the coming winter is going to be harsh and the gas supply may be scarce.
– Let’s get ready to consume less and think about lowering the thermostats to less than twenty degrees when the cold arrives.
– Worse still is the food crisis resulting from the effects of the war. Its consequences can be devastating in poor countries.
– Central banks will continue to try different magic potions to combat inflation.
– A sudden rate hike to curb prices is unfeasible as it could collapse the economy and put the most indebted families and companies on the ropes. They have the option of continuing to buy debt, feeding their balance.
– Governments, by giving checks and subsidies, generate more money. In the short term, they alleviate the wear and tear on consumers’ pockets, but they only add fuel to the inflationary fire.
– And the European funds, which everyone hoped would be the salvation of the country to transform us? They begin to be a mystery as difficult to understand as that of the Holy Trinity.
– A hot autumn is expected due to claims regarding the rise in salaries and pensions.
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– We are lucky, for giving good news, that there are 90,000 million accumulated – another thing is how they are distributed – in family savings due to the reduction in spending caused by the pandemic. From 7% of normal savings it went in 2020 to 15.5% and in 2021 to 11.4%. Therefore, the spending euphoria that is perceived in this summer in which we have entered.
Does anyone give more? always remains Joan Laporta that, in the midst of the whole scenario in which we are living, he appears to be the happiest person in the world, photo goes, photo comes. Merit, without a doubt, has.