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Carlos Mazón: "The Valencian Community leads job creation in this last year in Spain"

 

 

• He assures that the data from the Labour Force Survey "are a springboard to redouble efforts to encourage economic activity or reduce fiscal pressure"
• He emphasises that the Council will continue to advance to "reinforce education focused on employment with actions such as the reform of Vocational Training"
• It highlights "the good behaviour of female employment and that of all sectors, especially that of tourism"
• The president attended the Alicante Forum where he presented the intervention of the minister for Education, Culture, Universities and Employment, José Antonio Rovira

 

The president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, has stated that "the Valencian Community leads the creation of employment in this last year in Spain". This is what he said at the Alicante Forum organized by Club Información with the title 'Education in Freedom'.

 

During his speech, Mazón referred to the latest data from the Labour Force Survey (EPA) which reflect 97,600 more employed people in the last year in the Valencian Community, as well as the drop in unemployment in the second quarter of the year in 42,000 people, which places the unemployment rate in the region at 11.7%.

 

Mazón emphasised "the good behaviour of female employment, which leads both the growth of employment and the decrease of unemployment" and pointed out the good data in all the productive sectors "especially in tourism".

 

In fact, according to EPA data, 78,800 jobs were created in the second quarter, bringing the number of employed people to 2,376,700, which is the highest employment figure in a second quarter since there are records. Employment has increased, above all, in the services sector, with 43,800 more employed people, but also in the construction sector with 24,000 new jobs and in the industry sector with 11,100 new jobs.

 

The head of the Council assured that these figures "are a springboard to redouble efforts to encourage economic activity, reduce fiscal pressure, simplify administration, attract investment and strengthen education focused on employment with actions such as the reform of Vocational Training”.

 

On this subject, Mazón has stated that "we are committed to this stage of growth because as long as there is a person in unemployment we will continue to work without rest".

 

For this reason, he emphasised that these data put the value in "our commitment to continue working on sustainable and balanced growth and offering an environment of trust, security and stability to create new opportunities for Valencians, Castellonians and Alicante".

 

Alicante Forum

Mazón made these statements during the Alicante Forum in which the minister for Education, Culture, Universities and Employment, José Antonio Rovira, spoke.

 

The head of the Council highlighted Rovira's role in the Council's policies for "the depoliticisation of classrooms, freedom of choice and the universality of education", at the same time that he highlighted "the free education from 0 to 3 years and defence for family reconciliation".

 

The president was accompanied by the Minister of Health, Marciano Gómez; the Minister of Innovation, Industry, Trade and Tourism, Nuria Montes; the president of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Toni Pérez, and the mayor of Alicante, Luis Barcala.