Calviño defends the salary increase for civil servants, because it helps to "recover consumption and activity"

The economic vice president,

, has shown "surprise" at the criticisms of the governor of the Bank of Spain,

, of the generalized increase in salaries for civil servants and has defended the measure because, among other factors, it will favor this Collective, seeing themselves with more income, will increase their consumption and help recovery.

"It is an important gesture to recognize the importance it also has from the point of view of sustaining the income of society as a whole and therefore

" he stated in the

program

of Antena 3. For Hernández de Cos "in a situation of job destruction and deterioration of public accounts", it should have been "prudent" and focus the increases only on groups such as health personnel.

"It is very important to keep in mind that it is not only the health workers, it is also the Police, the Army ..." replied the vice president, who has adopted another attitude opposed to the coldness that she showed with raising salaries on September 12.

Then he left the door open to the freeze and stressed: "We have to take into account that, in the last three years, since we have been in government,

.

Calviño has also been critical of Hernández de Cos for questioning the rise in pensions with the CPI with a lack of empathy with the elderly.

"I am surprised that someone can question the increase in pensions. It is absolutely justified. The group of our elders has been particularly damaged by the pandemic," he said.

Nor does he share the view expressed by the governor in the Congress of Deputies that the Budget Bill is based on calculations that are too "optimistic", which reduces their credibility.

"It is an extremely prudent government with the economic forecasts," Calviño responded.

However, he has been against going to a total lockdown against the virus.

"We are going to continue controlling the outbreaks

. We have seen that it is possible in the third quarter," he said.

And it has not announced new measures, despite the fact that the tightening against the virus means closures of bars and restaurants.

"We have not stopped adopting measures to support the affected sectors. I want to send a message of support and also encouragement."

The vice president has avoided confirming a confrontation with Pablo Iglesias on the new law to contain the price of rents and has said that "most" of the crashes that are spoken of "are false."

But it has slipped that on the subject of rentals "

."

And it has been claimed: "In this I have been tremendously consistent, the rental situation is a complex issue, so we have taken a set of measures."

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