SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 30 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, has announced that this Monday or Tuesday the unemployment data for the month of April will be known and announced that the Islands will drop below 200,000 unemployed, thus becoming one of the autonomous communities that creates the most employment .
Speaking to the media during a visit to the municipality of Puerto de la Cruz, Ángel Víctor Torres highlighted that, according to the latest data from the Active Population Survey (EPA), the Canary Islands have created 120,000 jobs in one year, double than the Community of Madrid, so the Islands have an “attractive” job market.
The Canarian president has also highlighted that the Government has been able to carry out the Royal Decree of measures against the impact of the war, which will allow these aids to also reach the Canary Islands, and believes that 2022 will be “the year of the comeback” .
Regarding the request for a reduction in fiscal pressure that businessmen are raising, Torres indicated that a general reduction in taxes “is not supported by anyone” who sees that we are facing a temporary crisis due to non-monetary inflation, and assured that this would not mean a price drop, but quite the opposite.
The president pointed out that what needs to be done, as proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is to implement direct aid as the Canarian Executive is already doing, for example, for carriers, ranchers or farmers. “That is the way we have to respond to this crisis caused by inflation and aggravated by war,” he added.
