The PSOE regional deputy Pedro Polo has censured this Monday, at a press conference, that for the president of the Government of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, "the Department of Economy be the ugly duckling of the regional government" and "bet everything on a single wager: data centers". His remarks took place after the appearance of the minister of Economy, Competitiveness and Employment, Eva Valle, in the Cortes, where she presented the budget for her Department.
The Socialist parliamentarian has said that, after the Commission of the Cortes of Aragon, "the feeling that remains is that we do not know whether it was the Government of Aragon or the Government of Donald Trump that was speaking, because its only wager for Aragon to grow is to pin everything on data centers and arms, without planning and without clear regulation".
As Polo has emphasized, "conventional industry is not going to come to Aragon with the economic wager of the Government of Aragon, which bets everything on data centers, for which from the PSOE we demand regulation and transparency". As an example, he pointed out that Jorge Azcón has applied a very marked cut to the budget for economic promotion, which goes from 33 million euros to 9.5 million.
The PSOE deputy has reproached that the PP-Vox Executive in Aragon reduces items "where our economic fabric needs it most" and has underscored that, in addition, the Department headed by Eva Valle is "the one that least has executed in the Government of Aragon". In his view, "Aragon needs its own policy that makes use of all its potential, beyond the single bet on data centers".
From the PSOE they have insisted that "Jorge Azcón received a diverse legacy in projects and growth". In Polo’s words, "The PP and Vox Government received more than three years ago an economic Ferrari, which had all the engines running at full capacity and not just a single engine, the one of data centers". He added that "they have been loafing for three years and doing nothing" and he lamented that "and now we have found ourselves with a Department of Economy that is the one that makes the most budget cuts".