• Minimum wage: The Government cuts by half, to 950 euros, the rise of the SMI promised by Podemos for 2020
  • Government: Yolanda Díaz, the tanned minister in labor struggle and local politics

He has just agreed with unions and businessmen the increase in the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI) to 950 euros and, nevertheless, recognizes that it is an insufficient figure. " You can't live with 950 euros, " said Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz, in an interview with Ana Rosa's program .

"The big problem of the Spaniards has to do with housing, it is the drama that many people live (...) In Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Seville it is impossible to live if you do not share a flat, and it cannot be, " Díaz has affected, which has made it clear that the objective of the Government of Sánchez and Iglesias is to continue raising the smi but that, at the same time, it has underlined the fact that the last increase has been agreed by agreeing to all parties.

"The relevant thing is not the how much, it is the how. Greatness is the rebalancing of social dialogue," the minister said, adding: " In one year we have increased the SMI by almost 30%. We are still far from European averages but we are walking . "

Regarding the labor reform, Díaz has acknowledged that the Executive will not completely repeal the labor reform despite the fact that both the government agreement and the first statements of the minister pointed out that this legislation would be terminated. Without nuances " We cannot make a law in which the counter-reform is completely repealed . There are aspects that we are going to repeal technically and politically, and there are aspects that we are going to review and adapt to the times that are running. There are aspects in matters of conciliation that even improved" , he explained today.

"You have to pay taxes"

The minister from En Marea has also wanted to do fiscal pedagogy and has indicated that it is vital that citizens pay taxes. " We have to understand that we have to pay taxes so that we can have quality public services such as Health, which is the jewel in the crown. For us to have equality and public services, we have to pay taxes," he said.

Likewise, Díaz has stated that taxes in Spain are lower than those of the European average and that these levels must be advanced. In other words: it is necessary to raise taxes .

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