An amendment by MÉS is introduced to modify the law on strategic industrial projects
PP and Vox vote against the final provisions on budget control introduced through PSIB amendments
PALMA, 9 (EUROPA PRESS)
The plenary session of the Parliament approved on Wednesday the Law on the management and modernization of industrial promotion areas with the favorable votes of PP, Vox, and non-affiliated deputies, and the abstentions of the left.
The regulation, pushed through by PP and Vox, aims to promote business associationism since, according to the Minister of Business, Employment, and Energy, Alejandro Sáenz de San Pedro, «very few» of the 53 industrial estates in the Balearic Islands have associations that oversee coordination among companies to add value and generate improvement opportunities.
He also emphasized that one of the «great values» of the regulation is, in his opinion, that it is a «flexible law, providing tools, not creating obstacles or imposing. It allows each industrial estate to find the management model that best suits its needs,» he summarized.
The objective of the law is to regulate the establishment of measures aimed at achieving the modernization and proper management of industrial promotion areas in the territory and establishes, among others, the Autonomic Plan for Competitiveness and measures to promote public-private collaboration.
Unanimously, the text has incorporated an amendment by MÉS per Mallorca to introduce an additional provision to the law on strategic industrial projects, establishing that in renewable energy projects, the law only applies to those intended to energetically supply a project for industrialization or modernization of an industrial activity.
With this amendment, as celebrated by the ecosovereigntists, the law on strategic industrial projects will stop being «a sieve» for solar parks in rural areas.
Vox’s deputy Manuela Cañadas argued for the need to «eliminate climate dogmas» in the law through the only live amendment from the party related to repealing any rule regarding the implementation of climate policies, which was rejected by the Chamber.
According to Cañadas, the «real obstacle» is the «ideological» regulation in climate, urban, and bureaucratic matters. «The amendment is a wake-up call to not forget the root of the problem,» she said, urging PP to «eliminate the trace of the left.»
The ‘popular’ Jordi López highlighted the number of amendments introduced in the text during the parliamentary process. «In addition to approving an important law for the industrial future, this Parliament demonstrates that when there is political will, dialogue, and collaboration among groups are possible, and there are results,» he emphasized.
POORLY WORKED LAW
The left-wing groups criticized the law for presenting «inconsistencies and incoherences» and also for lacking courage and falling short. According to MÉS per Mallorca, Més per Menorca, and PSIB, the law is «poorly worked» and entered the Parliament «poorly drafted.»
«I have the feeling that someone has not done the work that was supposed to be done to follow up on the law,» said the Minorcan deputy, Josep Castells.
Also, deputies Ferran Rosa (MÉS) and Marco Guerrero (PSIB) referred to inconsistencies in the text, among others, mentioning a type of collaboration that was later eliminated through a Vox amendment.
They also criticized the removal of a Commission for Competitiveness of the Industrial Promotion Areas, also through an amendment by Santiago Abascal’s party. «They create new concepts without defining what they are,» warned the ecosovereigntist.
REMOVAL OF PSIB AMENDMENTS
During the parliamentary process of the industrial estate law, several socialist amendments were introduced, with the support of Vox, to establish control mechanisms in cases where the regional budgets are extended.
Santiago Abascal’s party had voted in favor of these amendments during the committee stage when there was no budget agreement yet, a situation that drew criticism from the Government and the ‘popular’ party, considering that they were «blocking» around 400 million euros.
Finally, after the agreement between PP and Vox, these two parties voted against the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth final provisions.
Also, article 29 was removed from the text, which, among other things, promoted the use of renewable energy in industrial areas.