Escrivá announces the approval of Brussels on pensions and summons unions and employers tomorrow to seek an agreement

• Escrivá in Brussels: "We have made great progress and progress in the pension reform, we will conclude in the coming weeks"

The

has announced that it already has

for its proposal for the

and has summoned the

to try to reach an agreement with them based on that document.

This was announced by Minister

this Thursday in a forum in

where he pointed out that there is already "

for the pension reform after the "deep discussion" held with the community institutions, and that It has already summoned the UGT, CCOO, CEOE and Cepyme to try to get their approval.

, he has confided.

Negotiation sources have confirmed to EL MUNDO that

from the Ministry and that they will attend the meeting tomorrow.

The meeting will take place

The Government seeks a consensus as soon as possible in the social dialogue - if it cannot be three-way, at least with the unions - to

and that it can be validated in Congress before Easter, which starts at the beginning of April.

Once the agreement is reached, Escrivá also plans

to inform his deputies, something that they have been demanding for a long time when they feel separated from the reform.

The Executive is in a hurry to carry out the reform since it accumulates

with respect to the commitment it had with Brussels.

In the Recovery Plan, the Ministry promised to approve the reform before December 31 and the next disbursement of European funds - the fourth that Spain will receive - is linked to the fact that this reform is in force.

The problem is that reaching consensus is difficult, especially since the government needs it

.

On the one hand, with the

, which seem to have already given the go-ahead to the set of measures proposed by Escrivá -those already approved, which increased spending, and the proposals now, to compensate for this imbalance-;

the

where they have had to ensure that what has been committed to Brussels has sufficient support to be approved, and finally the

, who must put their stamp on the reform.

At that table, there are two very distant positions.

have

opposed

, which go through guaranteeing the sustainability of the pension system by acting through income, that is,

and without making any containment through spending. .

This opposition has led CEOE and Cepyme to remain practically on the sidelines of the negotiation.

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