The government delegate in Galicia, Pedro Blanco, called on Galician companies to be protagonists in the construction of a future of progress and well-being in Galicia that is being led by the government. He did so in the course of a working meeting with the president of the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Galicia (CEG), Juan Manuel Vieites, in which he was accompanied by the subdelegate of the Government in A Coruña, María Rivas.
Pedro Blanco affirmed that the Government and the Galician business fabric share the same vision and purpose, “which is none other than to guarantee the prosperity of Galicia and the welfare of the Galicians and the Galicians”. In this sense, he highlighted the Government’s effort in the transformation of the Galician industry with the funds of the Recovery Plan, which in this beginning of 2025 exceeded the 3.7 billion euros invested in Galicia through its own programs and those executed by the Autonomous Community, and of which 8 out of 10 euros were intended for Galician companies, of all types and sizes.
In this regard, he gave as an example the more than EUR 350 million in aid to Community companies through the Government’s strategic projects for economic recovery and transformation (PERTE); the EUR 120 million for investments in areas of fair transition; the EUR 145 million in the Digital Kit programme, aimed at the digitisation of small and medium-sized enterprises, or the more than EUR 200 million in aid for the primary sector, badly hit by the effects of the price crisis and the war in Ukraine.
“They are actions aimed at guaranteeing the survival of these companies and boosting their growth and that show that the Government is their best ally on that path”, as are the 4.561 million euros committed for the Atlantic Railway Corridor or the 81.6 million euros per year that the Government allocates to finance the discounts of the AP-9 and the AP-53.
The government delegate also announced that, together with these funds, Galicia will have the largest installments in history, more than 10,000 million euros, hence the importance of having new budgets this year “that can increase this amount and continue to support the growth of the Galician economy and its companies”.
Another of the issues addressed at the meeting was the issue of infrastructure, “a common concern in which we have complementary visions,” said Blanco, who also highlighted the Government’s commitment to new mobility and to the complete connection of Galicia, including that of goods, with the rest of Spain and Europe. This respect, he pointed out that this year the motorway connection of the interior of Galicia and the entire railway route between Lugo and Ourense will be completed, with more than 550 million euros of investment.
“We have many issues and concerns in common that we address about a fluid and collaborative relationship,” said the delegate, who thanked the Galician employers for “the willingness and permanent dialogue” and who opted to continue strengthening the alliance with the business fabric “listening and responding to the demands with facts and investments and from the conviction that this Government has of the leading role of our companies in the construction of a future of progress and in the improvement of people’s lives,” he concluded.