Sánchez aligns himself with the CEOE and asks the unions for "an income pact" to avoid a spiral of inflation

The

has decided to align itself on this occasion with the employers' association and has launched a campaign to get

despite skyrocketing

, to prevent second-round effects from occurring and the country from falling into a inflationary spiral.

This has been requested by the president himself,

, at the

held this Sunday and will be transferred this Monday to the social agents at the scheduled meeting of the Social Dialogue Table for the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan .

Employers and unions already saw each other last Thursday to address the signing of the fifth

, in which their recommendation on salary revaluations included in collective agreements will be marked from here to the next years , and next

to start sharing specific figures.

The president wants to anticipate that second meeting

and this Monday he will ask for "

" from the interlocutors, in a clear nod to the bosses with whom this time he has aligned positions.

Sánchez wants the income pact to be the "first axis" with which to deal with

on prices.

"An income pact, a great country agreement that provides stability and confidence, both from the perspective of

, and from the

" in a context in which "one of the largest economic risks of the war is the price of energy, of various raw materials and their transfer to the CPI," he said last week.

In exchange for mediating so that wage increases are slight, the president

, since that would also fuel the spiral.

For the time being, the

with this "income pact" which, in their opinion, will impoverish the working class and they demand

, given that prices rose in February 7.4% compared to the same month of the previous year.

sources

, for their part, admit to EL MUNDO that they would be willing to agree to more moderate increases, below underlying inflation, which in February was 3%, that is,

A rise of that level would be in line with the one approved by the Executive to revalue pensions, for example.

The Government anticipates the meeting on Thursday

Although this Monday's meeting is to address the evolution of the Recovery Plan, the First Vice President of the Government,

, has assured that the income pact will be discussed.

In an interview on Antena 3 this week, he recalled "the importance of the Executive promoting this meeting between social agents" to address the evolution of wages, "the evolution of profits and business dividends because the impact has to be distributed as well in the economy as a whole" and support measures for the most vulnerable groups.

In addition to reaching this income agreement,

for which, precisely, the Ministry of Finance has just received the report from the committee of experts with recommendations such as harmonizing the Wealth Tax and reviewing the application reduced VAT on some products and services.

The president of the CEOE,

has defended that, "with or without an agreement",

In addition, he has publicly rejected the 5% figure and has indicated that employers have raised wages by 2.1% this year, because they have to set an "example" of containment in a context marked by "uncertainty" due to inflation and the war in Ukraine.

In addition, the president of the Spanish businessmen has warned of the "risk" that "if we play inflation with wages" a "problem" will be generated by converting inflation into structural.

At this point, the second vice president of the Government and Minister of Labor and Social Economy,

, assured this week that the war in Ukraine derived from the invasion of Russia "is going to have economic and social consequences" in Spain due to the rebound in the inflation and has defended a "sharing of the burden" between employers and workers.

However, although she has recognized that this negotiation "is the responsibility of the bipartite dialogue",

so that the people do not suffer more as a consequence of this war".

Likewise, she has opted for the measures adopted by the Executive "as much as possible" to be "colegial and agreed" with the rest of the political forces.

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AENCCEOE puts as an example of moderation the rise of 2.1% that it has applied to its salaries this year

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