Foment estimates the deficit of investment in Catalan infrastructures at 49,543 million euros
According to the entity, the lack of investment in the last 16 years has been aggravated by "a disastrous" public management
BarcelonaA study by Foment del Treball estimates the investment deficit in Catalan infrastructures at 49,543 million euros between 2009 and 2025. "It is alarming, profoundly indignant, and absolutely intolerable," stated the president of the entity, Josep Sánchez Llibre, this Monday during the presentation of the report. And the trend is not reversing: according to the president of the employers' association, the situation has been aggravated by a "disastrous" public management that "is not corrected, but rather becomes more serious each time."
In a press conference, Sánchez Llibre warned that the lack of investment directly impacts the competitiveness of companies and the well-being of citizens. Faced with this, the entity has urged the Government and all parliamentary forces to find "a definitive solution" and create a body capable of ensuring that this does not happen again. The data arises from the difference between observed tenders and a threshold of 2.2% of Catalan gross domestic product (GDP) which, according to the study, should serve as a reference.
