The President of the Government,

Pedro Sánchez

, not only has not avoided, but has offered a longer meeting than expected in the

Pischa

room of the Davos Convention Center to the heads of the Ibex, the same ones that he usually dismisses as "economic powers dark".

In it, the President of the Government himself has avoided the clash and sources from Moncloa assure that it has been a calm dialogue.

The President of the Government himself has framed the meeting as normal and has assured in an informal conversation with journalists at the exit that taxes have not been discussed.

The president of Telefónica,

José María Álvarez-Pallete

, the president of BBVA,

Carlos Torres

, the president of Naturgy,

Francisco Reynés

, the president of Cepsa,

Martin Wetselaar,

the president of Siemens Gamesa,

Jochen Eichholt

and the CEO of Repsol,

Josu Jon , attended.

Imaz

, among others.

The expectation was centered on two personalities that Sánchez has personally pointed out as being contrary to his fiscal policy: the president of Banco Santander,

Ana Botín

, and that of Iberdrola,

Ignacio Galán

.

The banker has come to the appointment, although the last one has arrived with the meeting already started and the first one has left.

She usually has a busy schedule at the World Economic Forum.

On the other hand, the president of Iberdrola has not even attended.

He has declined Sánchez's invitation and has sent his usual collaborator in the Davos debates, the electricity director of innovation,

Agustín Delgado

, in his place .

Iberdrola sources have justified Galán's absence due to the priority he gave this Tuesday to the agreement with the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund Norges.

Its top executive,

Nicolai Tangen

, is present in Davos and has agreed to what Iberdrola calls "a strategic alliance."

The Norwegian fund is incorporated as a partner for the development of renewables in Spain.

According to Sánchez's version, the political situation was not touched on at the meeting, nor what he himself usually presents as a plot by the economic powers to bring it down. He has pointed out the importance that Ibex businessmen give to the international situation and, in Specifically,

the impact of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act in the United States

, with a massive package of subsidies that can cause relocations in Europe.

In a previous interview on CNBC, the socialist leader defends avoiding confrontation with the US and pleads for "dialogue and agreement."

In his opinion, in the EU "we must learn" from the US and facilitate more business and industrial implementation.

"We have to learn [from the US] and reform some internal aspects of our industrial policies, such as state aid

, reduce bureaucracy and try to send a message to the industry around the world that Europe, and of course Spain, is a good place to settle

"

The President of the European Commission,

Ursula von der Leyen

, announced this Tuesday at the Davos Forum an investment plan to deal with the impact of the new US regulations.

It includes, according to the German, expediting permits to facilitate investment in crucial sectors throughout the entire supply chain.

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