Tension in the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona. The plenary session of the institution was fractured this afternoon when voting on the Pau Relat renewal proposal as president from the Barcelona Fair.
It is worth remembering that in the last chamber elections the independence list Country Eines He did not obtain enough votes to retain the government of the corporation. The alternative platform Va d’Empresa won more seats and its leader, Josep Santacreunow heads the largest chamber of commerce in Catalonia.
The appointment of Relat, also CEO of MAT Holding, was one of the hot spots of the session. The name of the top fair leader, who has been in office since 2018, is agreed upon among the Cambrathe Barcelona City Council and the Generalitat of Catalonia. Traditionally there has always been agreement between the three institutions, and the chamber is the one who takes the first step in this tripartite method.
This time, it was assumed that the members assigned to Va d’Empresa They would support Relat. However, representatives of Eines They have shown their disagreement and have requested to postpone the vote, a point that has been rejected. Its main argument is the presentation of a parliamentary question by Together about the placement of Oriol Sagreraformer high position of ERC in the Department of Business and Labor, at the head of Fair Circuitthe new company wholly owned by the Fira that will operate the congress activity of the Montmeló Circuit.
According to several sources consulted, Eines intended to clarify this matter, which they consider borders the law of incompatibilitiesbefore deciding on the presidency of the Fira. But there is a swell: the vowels of Eines They consider that Sagrera maneuvered against his candidacy in the previous chamber elections.
Finally, Relat’s continuity proposal has been approved by a majority. The other Fira positions to be renewed, councilors Mar Alarcón, Helena Guardans and Manel Vallet, have been voted unanimously.
After this procedure, it is expected that in January the General Council of the Fira de Barcelonaan organ extended chaired by the mayor of Barcelona, ratifies Relat in his position. The businessman faces two great challenges: the large expansion of the L’Hospitalet de Llobregat site, where the Mobile World Congress is held every year, as well as the updating of the historic pavilions of Montjuïc.
2025 Budgets
The rest of the appointments, all of them internal, have been approved without reservations. These are positions on commissions, working groups, delegations or other bodies such as the Dona Observatory, Business and Economy. In addition, the plenary session has approved the constitution of a new entrepreneurship and startups commission.
On the other hand, the business revitalization entity has unanimously voted its budget from 2025.
This Wednesday’s plenary session was constituted as a second call, at 5:00 p.m., and with only 32 of the 60 members present. The delegates of Eines They were unable to arrive on time for the first call at 4:30 p.m. due to a traffic accident. Despite this setback, Santacreu has allowed him access and his vote in the meeting even without having any legal obligation, according to sources from the corporation.
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