He says that if there is precarious work it is because there are companies "that are not competitive"

BARCELONA, 19 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The second vice president and acting minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, has assured that maintaining the bank tax is one of the points that is being negotiated between PSOE and Sumar to reach an agreement to form a Government and that the proposal of His party is that he "stays."

He said this this Thursday at a press conference together with the European Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, during the conference 'The European Pillar of Social Rights and the new active employment policies', which is being held in Barcelona within the framework of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU.

"There is still no agreement, but we will continue to insist that the tax on banks and energy companies remain in Spain," he said, adding that the tax on banks responds to article 31 of the Constitution, which states that taxes must be proportional and progressive.

He has assured that the current inflation is caused by "extensive business profits" and that if this tax did not exist, in his words, banking profits would be even greater.

Díaz has said that it is "fiscal injustice" that banks have extraordinary profits and that the sector's forecasts are that they will increase in 2024.

The vice president said that "if there is precarious work, it means that there are precarious companies, which are not competitive" and explained that one of the objectives of the Spanish presidency is to move towards the "eradication of precarious work."

Díaz celebrated that so far milestones have been reached, such as the first recommendation on social economy or conclusions on mental health at work.

"For the first time, the European presidency addresses issues that are of enormous centrality in the world of work and that have to do with the lives of European citizens," he added.