PSOE and Unidas Podemos will defend today in the Congress Reconstruction Commission the approval of an opinion for the economic reactivation of the country after the coronavirus pandemic that contemplates the imposition by the Government of important conditions for companies that receive aid, subsidies or are rescued.

This is one of the new points included in the document, after the debate and approval of amendments carried out in the economic working group, which will be submitted today to the vote of the plenary of the Commission and will subsequently be submitted to the plenary for consideration. congressional.

Thus, according to the text to which EL MUNDO has had access, it is established that "any rescue, aid or loan will be linked to fair and sustainable ecological, social and economic conditions", so that "the rescued or subsidized companies may not operate or have subsidiaries in tax havens ", they will have to" comply with the Paris Climate Agreement and commit to biodiversity ", as well as" the closing of the wage gap between men and women "and, in addition," not pay dividends during two years".

This section has been added to the first resolution proposal of the document in which it is committed to continue with the support measures for companies in the short term and adapt to the de-escalation the crash plan that was approved during the state of alarm to mitigate the economic and social effects of Covd-19.

The added point refers to any aid or loan of public money, both from national and community coffers.

In addition, a new section is included in which it is announced that the Government "will review the collaboration of the public-private sectors, so that the former gains weight" and the regulation of energy distribution networks will be approved "immediately" closed electricity and the Statute of the Electrointensive consumer.

The initial document prepared by PSOE and Unidas Podemos and which has served as the basis for the drafting of the opinion already contemplated the elaboration of a Green Recovery Plan to favor the just ecological transition and the improvement of environmental quality. Now added to this objective is the purpose of "complementing the traditional monetary national accounting with a new welfare index as well as with biophysical indicators regarding carbon footprint and ecological footprint".

In this way, resolution 26 establishes that "two complementary indicators to GDP will be introduced in national accounting: on the one hand, an alternative development index capable of measuring social welfare (...) and rigorous biophysical accounting parallel to monetary accounting. "

Likewise, new resolution 46 establishes the elimination of all government programs aimed at the investigation, exploration and exploitation of new fossil hydrocarbon deposits, or the expansion of existing ones.

Regarding the ERTE, the document leaves its possible flexibility to the dialogue between employers and unions, but adds that this should be "sufficient" to "accommodate the effects of new localized or generalized outbreaks that affect economic activity of companies. " In the field of the labor market, the text also includes a point that includes the commitment to study a reduction in the working day.

Lastly, in the field of taxation, the opinion includes the revision of the taxes that are imposed on wealth and specifically mentions the Heritage and Succession and Donation taxes; the suppression of the SICAV's fiscal privileges; the development of a harmonized green tax system throughout the national territory and the revision of the figure of the fiscal crime to toughen penalties and limit the cases in which these can be reduced through payment. Likewise, it is proposed to include in the academic curricular content matters of tax awareness and tax social awareness and the obligation that all companies and entities that receive public aid have to declare the amount of taxes they pay and to which tax administrations it is implemented. make.

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