Navarrese businessmen celebrate their 40 years between claims

40th anniversary of CEN

The president congratulated the CEN for its four decades "at the service of Navarra society"

Updated on 11/24/2021 at 9:09 p.m. "This is a celebration, not a congress," announced Juan Miguel Sucunza after 11 a.m. before the nearly 700 attendees, especially businessmen, but also politicians and representatives of the Navarran institutions, which attended the event with which the Navarra Business Confederation commemorated its 40th anniversary yesterday at the Navarra Arena and in which attendees were required to present their covid passport. And the truth is that the “party”, which it was, did not leave anyone indifferent. There were musical performances and videos were projected for remembrance and reflection. "This year marks eight decades since Juan Antonio Ibiricu, now deceased, founded what is now the CEN", the current president of the Navarre employers' association wanted to emphasize. There they were to witness the legacy of Ibiricu, president of CEN until 1989, his daughters: María José, Virginia and Olga. Remembering that “tolerant, honest and upright man who did not like to wear a tie” and who was succeeded by “two great presidents”: José Manuel Ayesa (1989-2020) and José Antonio Sarría (2010-2020)” whom Sucunza took the witness. Ayesa went through an "unstable and convulsive" period marked by ETA terrorism that did not prevent the signing of four employment plans. To Sarría, face the previous economic crisis with a "well-made and organized" confederation. He highlighted milestones such as the letter that ETA sent to the confederation announcing the end of the revolutionary tax or the King's visit. Félix Huarte, "promoter of industrial Navarra", and of "jewels" such as Volkswagen Navarra and Javier Ansuátegui, government delegate "in the most difficult years" and who "left a mark of support for entrepreneurs and companies", also were yesterday in the memory. With the chapter of recognitions and family photos, including the representatives of the 49 associations that currently make up CEN, surprises came for the four names that illustrate the history of the employers' association and of the Autonomous Community itself and in which Osasuna, due to the values ​​it embodies, had a special role. For having there was even "applause meter". Or, at least, it was said that there was. But the party, as expected, came accompanied by a long trail of claims. There was talk of the present, of the chaos that "a microscopic devil that we cannot control" has caused in the supply chain and that practically all companies are suffering, and the doubts that the current situation generates and that fully affect to community development. "We have a lot of inertia but the attractiveness to attract companies is in question." Sucunza linked it to "the current fiscal framework." "Companies need a more attractive environment to continue investing and for us to start attracting investments from outside Navarra and Spain." Meanwhile, "we work to help companies anticipate future needs", he concluded before addressing the young people to encourage them to undertake and represent the three flags that waved on stage: "the Navarrese, the Spanish and the European ”. Among the challenges of the CEN is that companies "think differently" and see "that the world has changed".

The claims chapter continued in the discussion tables that were held during the event and in which speakers of the stature of Gerardo Cuerva, president of Cepyme, and Lorenzo Amor, president of the Association of Self-Employed participated. The delicate moment that the negotiation of the pension table is going through was warned, the current difficulties that social dialogue is going through were blamed on "the lack of an approach and a plan" and the Government's proposal to solve the problem of pensions "plundering all of us who are inside and are contributing". "Either we attack the sustainability of the system in a clear and direct way or all that will be raised will be hot cloths, which will not prevent its bankruptcy."

Values ​​and effort that make a quarry

Osasuna boasts a cantera and the Navarra Business Conference (CEN) does the same with its own. Saving the distances, these two 'clubs' embody values ​​such as "honesty, love for the land, perseverance, effort and commitment" in defense of their colors. Values ​​that were highlighted yesterday just before illustrious figures from both teams took the stage at the Navarra Arena and posed together in the same photo for history. It was a recognition of the 40 years of history of the CEN. On behalf of the confederation, the three former presidents were present: Ibiricu, now deceased, was represented by his daughter María José, Jose Manuel Ayesa, who presided over Navarrese businessmen for two decades, and José Antonio Sarría, in addition to its current president Juan Miguel Sucunza. , who had to proudly display the red elastic band serigraphed with the number 40 and signed by all the team's players. Club Atlético Osasuna was represented by its president, Luis Sabalza, captains Roberto Torres and David García, and player Ana Velázquez. That photo was one of the most special surprises of an event that brought together nearly 700 people and in which the requirement of the covid passport for attendees prior to access to the venue barely delayed the entrance by a few minutes, resulting in a slight delay in the time of entry. start that was planned. It was almost three hours in which some of the main keys that mark, and will continue to mark in the coming months, the current political situation in the region and in Spain were reviewed and in which much was said about social dialogue and agreement. The President of the Provincial Executive, María Chivite, highlighted in the opening that Navarra's economic indicators "are doing well". She pointed out that unemployment in October is already at pre-pandemic levels and that in November "will not lag behind". And next, she wanted to record that the studies place Madrid, Navarra and the Basque Country as the most competitive communities in Spain, a consequence, in her opinion, of "a way of understanding labor relations", among other factors. . The president opted for "a horizon of consensus for the future of our land" and defended a "Navarra brand" that generates "wealth and prosperity through agreements with unions and businessmen." On that path, she added, it is necessary to strengthen the sector public, but not as a substitute for the private sector, but as a "lever" of it. "We defend public-private collaboration" to move towards economic growth and social cohesion. He encouraged businessmen to work "from collaboration, co-governance and collective intelligence" to generate wealth and employment and to structure the territory in a way balanced by placing education as "a fundamental pillar" to achieve it. LABELS Comments

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