Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Rajoy announces social measures after years of austerity in Spain – El Universal (Venezuela)

Madrid.- President of the Spanish Government, Conservative Mariano Rajoy, advanced today in the debate the state of the nation improved growth of the Spanish economy in 2015, which amounted to 2.4%, and announced a battery of social measures for workers, employers and families.

Less than a hundred days to the municipal and regional elections in May, which measured support for the government before the general planned to end of the year, Rajoy ripped the most important event of the political year with an optimistic speech and a positive balance of the three year term, DPA said.

“The state we are discussing today is a nation that has left the nightmare and was rescued herself. A nation that begins to spin the wheel of economic activity, is already beginning to grow jobs and reduced the number of unemployed, “he said on the floor of Congress Deputies.

The opposition criticized him for “triumphalist” and considered his message from the truth. “It is the vision of a Spain that does not exist”, said since the main Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) from the opposition.

Rajoy said that the economy will grow by 2.4% this year, four tenths above forecasts announced so far. It also noted that enhance the consumption and investment and grow the construction sector, after seven years of decline.

On employment, advanced to 500,000 jobs in 2015 and one million will be created in two years . Your goal is to win a total of three million to achieve “stability” in the country and continue to grow well.

After three years of cuts in public services and reforms to address the crisis, the chief executive announced Tuesday a series of laws and help to “alleviate” the situation of the middle class in response to its “efforts” and “sacrifices”.

Highlights the approval of a law called “Second Chance” to provide families and entrepreneurs indebted to achieve a restructuring of its debts through a settlement of payments.

Rajoy also announced a special bonus for self-employed with dependents, reduced prices for new permanent contracts and new aid for single parents with two children.

For the chief executive, the “great social measure of the legislature” was to prevent the rescue in 2012 when the financial crisis put Spain on the brink of collapse. “I dread to think what would have been the economic and social consequences of accepting the intervention,” he said.

In a speech in an hour and half, Rajoy congratulated brought to Spain from recession and to fulfill the promises made at the beginning of the legislature, in December 2011.

“Spain has gone from being a country on the brink of bankruptcy to become recovery scenario. It’s not a problem for Europe, nor need a bailout, and will leave the euro, “he added.

In his speech did not lack other hot topics such as corruption, one of the main concerns of citizens, the sovereignty Challenge region of Catalonia and the agreement reached on Friday between Greece and the Eurogroup.

In the final part alluded to emerging games can or Citizens, which currently are not represented in Parliament and providing attend this year first general election.

Rajoy warned of the “magic cures” they offer and the accused without quote them demagogues.

“I could also say the Spaniards, as others do, that the minimum wage doubles this afternoon, that pensions will increase by five percent tomorrow morning, everyone will have subsidized housing after tomorrow … If you also pretend keep my word, it would take six months will return to the starkest ruin “he said.

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