Seville, (EFE).- The Andalusian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would grow 2.1 percent more than it will grow this year to 4% if there were no drought, the Minister of Sustainability, the Middle Environment and Blue Economy and government spokesperson, Ramón Fernández-Pacheco.
The Junta de Andalucía maintains the growth forecast of 1.9% included in the 2023 Budget. Although all analysts are revising the forecasts for this year upwards.
In a press conference after the meeting of the Governing Council, Fernández-Pacheco has indicated that everything would be different if the hydraulic infrastructures involved were made. And that is why he has pointed out that “there is not a minute to lose” in the fight against the drought.
He has insisted that the Andalusian Government will continue to repeat the need for the “singularities” of Andalusia to be recognized “in Madrid and in Brussels”. And for this, the Andalusian community needs “finalist resources” for urgent hydraulic works, so that the economy continues to grow.
“This is not a whim but an urgent need if all the administrations go hand in hand,” said the government spokesman. Who has been asked if the Andalusian government is considering the possibility of recovering the water charge in order to pay for some infrastructure.
temporary suspension
Fernández-Pacheco recalled that the suspension of the fee was a “temporary” measure. And that in the year 2024 the inflation situation of families will be seen. But he has warned that the need to undertake hydraulic works in Andalusia “passes more through the implication of the administrations than through a fee yes or no fee.”
He has stressed that an investment in hydraulic works like the one that is being done with this Government has never been made in Andalusia. To the point that he leads the public work. And he has insisted that with the “involvement” of all administrations “we will face reality.”
The spokesman has offered the data of the last seven days of the reservoirs in Andalusia. Which show that the dammed water has decreased by 0.42 percent, which means 50 cubic hectometres less. So that the level of the swamps is 25.15 percent, when dry months remain, such as July, August and September.
Stability and security
“Faced with this, the attitude of this Government is that of pick and shovel without rest in our powers,” stressed the spokesman for the Government of the Junta de Andalucía.
On the other hand, he has highlighted that the Andalusian business fabric has achieved the historical maximum in the last 28 years. So that between 2021 and 2022 the number of companies has increased by 14,242. This is 2.7 percent more compared to 1.9 that has risen in Spain, according to figures from the Central Business Directory.
These data show, according to Fernández Pacheco, that businessmen have found “stability and security” in Andalusia and means that the Andalusian economy is “in a good moment”. EFE