SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, March 31. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Deputy Minister of the Presidency of the Government of the Canary Islands, Antonio Olivera, said this Thursday that the royal decree-law with the measures to respond to the effects of the war in Ukraine is “a good first step” to mitigate the rise in prices, but does not rule out taking “additional measures” if the economic situation worsens.
At a press conference to report on the agreements of the Governing Council, he pointed out that many of the measures proposed by the Canarian Executive are “embodied” in the document, such as aid to companies, families and vulnerable groups or bonuses in port fees for ships and freight traffic.
For this reason, it has announced that the regional government is going to complement the measure with lower rates in the ports owned by the autonomous community.
Olivera has commented that the royal decree-law is aimed at resolving the most urgent aspects, such as maritime traffic, which is why for now the measure has not been taken to lower airport taxes given that the demand for air seats has grown and the Ticket prices have not increased significantly.
As for the measures that the Government of the Canary Islands can take, it has said that it will continue in coordination with those of the EU and the central government, and has advanced that the Governing Council next week will approve the update of the prices of the works included in public awards to prevent the tenders from being void.
This measure is added to others already in force such as the refund of 99.9% of the fuel tax to carriers, ranchers and farmers and the updating of contracts to the CPI for school transport.
Against the “fundamental problem”, he pointed out that “the only way” is to act on international value chains and look for new suppliers of raw materials, substituting gas, oil, minerals and cereals that came from Ukraine and Russia.
