Interview with Vice President of Idoia Mendia and Minister of Labor and Employment of the Basque Government, January 12, 2024

The Spanish government, together with the social actors, is finalizing the increase Minimum interprofessional wage (SMI), and the Second Vice President and Advisor of Labor and Employment Idoia Mendia He is confident that an agreement will finally be reached in which entrepreneurs will also be involved. According to him, “businessmen should not miss the opportunity to get involved in the agreement.”

In an interview in the program “Boulevard” on Radio Euskadi, Mendia pointed out that the increase in the SMI will benefit most women and young people. In this sense, he believes that it is a “very important” issue and that the Spanish government will raise the SMI, with or without businessmen. “The government’s commitment is to increase SMI and this will happen,” he added.

Likewise, he has defended that a European SMI It would “represent enormous progress, not only for Spain but for many countries that have recently joined the European Union, bringing regulation and security.”

He was asked about him agreement between the Spanish government and the Junts for transfer in the field of migration “It won’t happen overnight.” As he explained: “What we need to do now is translate that promise into an organic law to be negotiated with the rest of the groups.” Mendia has warned that “it is not easy” and that “we are all aware of how long it takes to transfer a competency.”

In the same way, he has emphasized that Pedro Sánchez does not prioritize any autonomous community, with regard to Catalonia, over the rest.

Regarding the three transfers that Euskadi expects to receive in the coming weeks (commuters, title authorization and immigration management), Mendia has assured that “the commitments are being fulfilled in a timely manner” in a way that they are “reasonably advanced”. and certainly the Let’s See Soon.”