The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, was now confident macroeconomic recovery, in the beginning of the last year of the legislature, as the next election is scheduled for November.
After the last meeting of his Cabinet, Rajoy (PP, center-right) took stock of the year and said some prospects for 2015, which -vaticinó- will be the “final takeoff of the economy” and may even “very good” if conditions remain favorable in terms of the euro and oil prices.
“A year ago I predicted a better 2014 and has more than fulfilled,” Rajoy said, adding that the year about to end has been “substantial” on net job creation after seven years of crisis, with 550,000 new jobs work and an increase of 338,000 contributing to Social Security.
In late September unemployment affected to 23.67 percent of the Spanish workforce.
For the chief executive where before there was “mistrust”, now there is “security”, and has gone from an economic contraction of 1.2% in 2013 to “a dump half points” to an increase of 1.3% if GDP forecast Government- or 1.4%, as the Bank of Spain says is true.
Measures year end, the Executive today approved an increase of the minimum wage of 0.5 percent, to place it in 648.6 euros and a 0.25% increase in pensions, the minimum legal.
For Rajoy, it is “modest” increases, which do not detract purchasing power as inflation for the whole year will be around zero percent.
The next May elections in thirteen of the seventeen regions of Spain and in all municipalities, while in November legislative are planned.
The various surveys in recent weeks point to a marked decrease in the inte ntion to vote for the Popular Party (PP) which, however, would remain as first force.
In this context Rajoy today ruled out early elections because he favored exhausting four-year term, which began in November 2011, and aware that 2015 will be a “very important” for economic recovery year.
The Chief Executive avoided commenting boom party we, denouncing the way politics of the two major parties (PP and PSOE) and defended as “a value” “stability” has lived Spain since 1978 with alternating in the popular and socialist government.
With the socialist Rajoy sees possibilities of understanding on some points, such as judicial reform and anti-corruption measures.
One of the issues that marked 2014 in Spain has been the desire of Catalan nationalists to promote avenues for sovereignism of that region, the PP and the Socialists reject considering it unconstitutional.
Today Rajoy again advocating dialogue with Catalonia in the new year but never to speak against national sovereignty, in which context has complained, referring to the regional president, Artur Mas, who has rulers whose priority is creating problems rather than solve them.
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