The president of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE), Antonio Garamendi, considers that a possible general strike for housing would not be "within the legality," as he understands that "it is not within a labor conflict."
Garamendi has expressed himself in these terms before the media, when asked about the proposals that suggest calling a general strike as a protest against the current situation of access to housing. His statements have been made in the context of the La Toja Atlantic Link Forum, which takes place until this Saturday in the Pontevedra town of O Grove.
In his opinion, the housing problem is "real" and "complex," which is why he rejects that it can be addressed with "simple approaches," since, as he has emphasized, this type of recipe "does not solve absolutely anything."
The leader of the employers' association has insisted that, if there are people who wish to take to the streets and demonstrate, business owners "have nothing to say," but he has reminded that the strike "is regulated by law" and only proceeds when there is a "labor conflict."
"I think it is very bad for Spain and I also say something that I do not understand. Is it a strike against the opposition, against the companies? It is the first time I see it. I believe that it is the governments that have decision-making capacity and that must act," he has stated.