The visit made yesterday by the King to the Seat plant in Martorell (Barcelona), accompanied by the President of the Government, can only be described as timely and providential.
Just at a time when violence is once again taking over the streets of the main Catalan cities, and in the midst of a political negotiation that may put the Generalitat at the service of the radicals, Felipe VI sent all the citizens of Catalonia an unequivocal message of endorsement.
He did it, in addition, with a clear signal about what the priorities of the moment should be in a community especially hit by the economic crisis generated by the pandemic.
The important thing is not to continue sliding down the slope of the perennial conflict and the challenge to the State, but to focus on recovery and job creation.
And that is why the monarch, in the presence of the president of the Volkswagen group (VW), Herbert Diess, redoubled his commitment to a business group that is a bastion of productive activity in Catalonia.
In this context we must insert the trip of Felipe VI to the Seat plant, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the automobile company.
In this context, the trip of Felipe VI to the Seat plant must be inserted, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of a car company that was financed by the State until well into the 80s. Acquired by the VW group, it is currently the only one firm that designs, develops, produces and markets vehicles in Spain, through the Seat and Cupra brands.
The separatist process, which scared off private investment, put the viability of this company's plans at risk.
However, the heads of VW and Seat signed yesterday the commitment to produce electric vehicles from the facilities in Martorell.
The first electric battery factory in our country will also be located in this enclave, thanks to the alliance between Industria, Seat and Iberdrola. This accolade, the result of an active public-private cooperation, is backed by an investment of up to 5,000 million euros. 2025. In this way, Spain consolidates its enormous potential to become an
electromobility
hub
in Europe.
The King took advantage of this occasion to promote Spain and also to underline the relevant role that innovation must play in economic recovery.
This objective is especially relevant in Catalonia, the autonomy with the most businesses in bankruptcy.
Hence, it is embarrassing that the independence movement tried to boycott the visit of Felipe VI and that the acting president Pere Aragonès did not deign to appear in an act boycotted by the independence movement.
The Catalan government puts marketing before the CUP despite the explicit support of this party for extreme violence and street riots.
The scorched earth policy of the independence movement contributes to instability and is lethal for the productive fabric, as the businessmen have denounced.
The message sent by the King, therefore, renews the breath of the Crown to a citizenry fed up with so much irresponsibility and negligence.
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