The president of Foment del Treball, Josep Sánchez Llibreassured that there was a “ruthless attack” against the owners, who regretted being held responsible for the lack of housing. He said it this Tuesday in statements to … the press during the Christmas meeting of the employers’ association, during which he stressed that the housing problem stems from “the irresponsibility of the administration which did not put enough supply on the market”.
Sánchez Llibre regretted that there was legal uncertainty due to the large number of regulations that have been approved in recent years, but which have failed to “make developable land available” and which have not reduced bureaucracy or administrative slowness.
He criticized the fact that the government had not proposed solutions aimed at economic growthsince he is “prisoner of a series of parliamentary groups” which support policies contrary to those which would interest Foment del Treball, reports Ep.
“Instead of implementing policies to increase supply, which are the big solution, ineffective, ineffective, very dogmatic and very interventionists“, he said.
Sánchez Llibre called on the Catalan parliamentary groups to facilitate the approval of the budgets for 2026 by the Generalitat, as he described them as “necessary”. He asked that these budgets consider infrastructure investments and that there are elements “oriented towards the well-being of the citizens of Catalonia” in the areas of health, education and social services.
“Even though we know that Budgets We will probably not like what the Government can agree on with its partners, we call for solidarity and complicity so that in 2026 the Generalitat has competitive budgets aimed at generating wealth and covering needs in health, education and social services,” he said.
He was asked if the return of the former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont If this can facilitate the conclusion of agreements with Junts, he said it would facilitate the “normalization” of relations between the different formations.
Sánchez Llibre welcomed the Generalitat’s campaign for the population to make responsible use of sick leave and regretted that such sick leave is often due to public health waiting lists. He said it was necessary to make investments to reduce these waiting lists and that unions and employers find solutions to the “picaresque” which would be at the origin of some of these sick leaves.