The greater weight that the new Government intends to give to the economy assumes that the Delegate Commission for Economic Affairs of the Government becomes of greater relevance. The Executive Committee (identified with the economic, but there are many others, such as cultural affairs, the science policy, the equality…) has now opened a new stage that will be characterized precisely by addressing the economic challenges that are presented, starting with the reform of the labour market reform, trufados with the obsessive Agenda 2030, and to settle the disputes and differences that inevitably occur before reaching the Council of Ministers.
The Executive Committee formed by the ministries, investors and those who have skills in economics, more Health. Your forehead is usually, except in the stage of Mariano Rajoy the minister of Economy. That is to say, the responsibility falls to the third vice-chairman and minister of Economy, Nadia Calviño , already occupying the same responsibility in the 19 months of Government of Pedro Sanchez (almost eight-in functions).
The return to the political arena Elvira Rodriguez
Elvira Rodríguez, former minister of the Environment, with Aznar and former president of the CNMV in the stage of Rajoy, has returned to fight politics as mp and as coordinardora of the Commission of Economy of the Popular parliamentary group. Rodriguez is responsible for Economy of the PP, as deputy secretary sector as a substitute of Isabel García Tejerina, and is incorporated in this way the hard core of the party, with a presence in the Executive. The also former president of Tragsa has already begun to exercise in the Congress of Deputies in the first exchange and sharing in the tasks of spokesman with Mario Garcés.
It seems certain that in the new Commission, the already large number of ministries will experience a fattening as a result of the splitting of portfolios and the creation of new ones which has caused the coalition Government. Occurs by the separation of Labour and Social Security or of Health and Consumption, although it is possible that Health is left out when they lose, precisely, the powers of Consumption.
Also, it is quite feasible that the group is a Foreign Affairs given the commercial vocation with that comes the new owner, Arantxa González Laya , and the impulse that wants to give. In fact, the previous minister, Josep Borrell , it was usual in the weekly meetings, although not to be part of the Commission, by the economic implications in what has been called economic diplomacy.
Expert in climate change, stemming to direct energy
The new vice-president and minister for the Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, has placed the frented and the Secretary of state for Energy Sara Aagesen, a former coilaboradora yours from the top trusted expert in climate change. Aagesen, which until now was an advisor to the minister in the department and has coordinated the plan of Energy and Clñima, has had the opportunity to become familiar with the energetic reality that has run José Domínguez Abascal. You will now have to grapple with the changes in the sector that pose the circulars issued by the CNMC.
Also form part of the Commission to the Secretaries of State of Budgets, Finance and Economics, a position which continues to Ana de la Cueva and that is what makes the role of secretary. It also occupies a seat, the director of Economic Affairs of the Presidency of the Government, a position that repeats Manuel de la Rocha Vázquez , which has the important role of alert the president of what is fired and decides on the Commission. The change of date to Tuesday, does that Commission meetings are moved to Friday.
During the previous stage, there have hardly been any disputes that are known. However, the proliferation of ministries implies that the overlapping of tasks in different departments, which will require the work of coordination and dialogue is very intense and tricky. For example, in commercial matters is divided between and the own Economy, Industry, and Foreign affairs, with the danger of that expression to the everlasting mess between the technical and commercial diplomats. Or between Work and Social Security.
Escrivá: from the muses to the theatre
After so much preaching how they could solve the problem of pensions, José Luis Escrivá, the new minister of Social Security, you will need to download the muses at the theatre. Its approach to reform has two phases. One way is to close the deficit of the pension as soon as possible, in part by transferring some costs to the State. The other is a reform over the long term to tackle the problem of ageing and the retirement of the generation of ‘baby boom’, that is to say, for people to actually retire at 67 years including the factor of sostenilibildad and throughout the working life.
Then there is the Agenda 2030, which affects all ministries. The Executive has developed a programme of action focused heavily on social issues, which have in part fallen into the representatives of United we Can (Work and Consumption), and Calviño should coordinate in a panorama of economic slowdown that are not exactly inviting to euphoria. That is to say, you are not going to speak only of those items of expenditure and income, but also pensions or revaluation of the minimum wage and other measures such as active employment policies and training.
There are some who suggests that it can form a mini-committee comprising reduced (in the style of the executive of the company) to the left of the most burning issues. However, it will depend on the attitude of the members of the Commission. Government sources insist that the representatives We have come up with a good tone and like to do and contribute and that such a possibility look remote.
Perhaps the good understanding of Calviño with the Finance minister María Jesús Montero, has led to that there have been no rubbing egregious worthy of note as happened in the previous stage, in which Rajoy has assumed the presidency of the Commission Delegated in order not to provoke a clash between the holders of the Treasury ( Cristóbal Montoro ) and the Economy ( Luis de Guindos ), who opted to chair. In fact, it was to issue a decree that gave him the presidency to Montoro by having the Treasury prevailed over Economics in the ranks in ministry. This led to a inidisimulado bounce de Guindos, that was solved with the assumption of the presidency by Rajoy, although in reality, he was the vice-president, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria , which held the position in laying hold of the decree of substitutions and protocol.
