Garamendi accuses the Government of "inaction" and "neglect" in the face of the housing crisis in his re-election as head of the CEOE

Antonio Garamendi has just been re-elected president of the CEOE for another four years. And in the first speech of his new mandate, he did not miss the opportunity to refer to the management of the housing crisis. And he has done so by accusing the Government of "inaction" and "neglect", of "invasion of private property" and of offering "a shameful image of the country" with its decrees "against the clock" and "chopped up."

Strong words spoken before the hundreds of businessmen who have once again given him their trust. After his election by acclamation at the National Music Auditorium in Madrid, the Basque gave a speech that began in a markedly institutional tone, but became vindictive when he referred to a specific issue: housing.

Garamendi has admitted that "the problem of access to housing is real", but has criticized the "inaction" and "neglect" of the Government in recent years, later warning that "the obligation to respond to society cannot be placed on the shoulders of private savings." In this sense, the re-elected president of the national employers' association has stressed that the problem must be resolved "from the Administration" and "never lead to an invasion of private property."

Regarding the Government's response to the social demand that has exploded after Maricarmen's eviction, the Basque businessman has criticized that the Executive has drafted some decrees "against the clock" and "in pieces" to "resolve something so complex." "It is difficult to adjective," he stated, later asserting that "it offers a shameful image of the country." "Some are Robin Hood and actually represent the Sherrif of Nottingham," the business leader has come to express.

Likewise, and in reference to the call made by the second vice president of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, for citizen mobilization due to the housing crisis, Garamendi has described it as "grotesque, not to say sad, that the Government calls for demonstrations against the Government itself." "The never seen before," he concluded.