Garamendi will try this Wednesday to revalidate his position at the head of the CEOE for another four years

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The

association holds an

this Wednesday to elect a

for the next four years, a process in which the current president,

seeks to revalidate his position before

, vice president of the Catalan employers' association

, his only opponent.

The 64-year-old from Biscay, who assumed the presidency of the

in November

to replace

starts as a favorite in the elections, although his rival hopes that there will be members who break the voting discipline of their associations in favor of Garamendi and support her.

A first convocation of the Assembly will be held at 9 in the morning and

o'clock , in the second convocation, the session will open and, after the appropriate procedures,

which will last until

.

At that time the

of votes will take place.

The

at the close of the polls will be a

although they do not correspond exactly to the number of people called to vote, since there are

because they belong to different business organizations (for example, an autonomous one and at the same time a sectorial one).

Each member will have to prove themselves with their DNI and will receive one accreditation for each vote they can cast (if they are entitled to two votes, for example, they will receive two folders with three ballots each: Garamendi's, Guinda's and another blank). .

Since

, those members who cannot physically attend the vote -which will be held at the National Music Auditorium in Madrid- will not be able to cast their vote, with which it is expected that the total

stay between

Of the

that make up the CEOE, most have confirmed

as EL MUNDO has learned, but the Foment vice president is confident that there are members who do not comply with the guidelines of the associations to which they belong and Change your vote to the Catalan.

Once the count is finished, the employers' association will announce

and the latter will meet with the

to decide the

which will have to be held within a month, that is, before December 23.

In that next meeting, the president of the employer's association will

, names that must be ratified by the Board.

Continuity if Garamendi continues

Sources close to Garamendi confirm to this medium that, if he continues in office, the trend will be continuous, since

in the last four years.

However, some

can be expected , especially among those who have shown their direct opposition to the current president, such as

president of

The

-presidencies of the CEOE are distributed to give weight to the

' associations and also to the

, with which the possible departure of Sánchez Llibre would not mean that the Catalan organization would be left without representatives.

Garamendi currently has

.

Some are representatives of certain groups such as

(president of

, the employers' association for SMEs) or

(president of

, the majority association of self-employed workers);

while others represent specific sectors such as

(president of

, the insurance employers' association);

(representative of the

industry when she is president of the Juste Group and former vice president of the Madrid Family Business Association);

(president of

, the Association of Construction Companies and Infrastructure Concessionaires);

(president of

, the Association of Electric Power Companies), or

(representing the

sector as president of Rothschild Spain, former Secretary of State for Economy and Business and former General Secretary of the Treasury).

The other four vice-presidents represent territorial organizations:

(president of

, the Business Confederation of Madrid);

(president of the

, Confederation of Businessmen of Andalusia);

(president of the

, Business Confederation of the Valencian Community) and

(president of

)

In Garamendi's circle of confidence there is also

former Minister of Employment with the PP and architect of the 2012 labor reform;

, director of the Department of Employment, Diversity and Social Protection and in charge of negotiating the latest reforms in terms of employment and pensions with the Government and unions;

or

, director of the Department of Economics and the Institute of Economic Studies.

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