The President of the Junta, Juanma Moreno, has emphasized the support being provided in Andalucía to key economic sectors, facilitating and expediting strategic investments and providing all possible facilities to companies, while also highlighting the boost to projects that are important for the present and future of the region.
During his intervention in the question time in the Andalusian Parliament, Moreno stated that the Andalusian Government has implemented a useful and proactive policy over these six years to support various productive sectors, promoting industries such as manufacturing, mining, aerospace, and renewable energies.
In this regard, it has been mentioned that in the manufacturing sector, the Crece Plan has been launched, which includes incentives to support the industry amounting to 1.8 billion euros until 2027, in addition to the first call for 16 million euros to encourage industry participation in the development of 100% Andalusian «satellite systems» and the Just Transition Fund, endowed with 157 million to promote reindustrialization in Almería, Cádiz, and Córdoba following the closure of thermal power plants.
Regarding renewable energies, it has been noted that the Andalusian Energy Strategy for 2030 has been promoted with the aim of leading decarbonization in Europe and generating growth and employment.
Additionally, it has been pointed out that there are currently significant projects such as green hydrogen, mobilizing an investment of over 5.3 billion euros and creating more than 16,700 jobs, as well as the biogas project, mainly in Jaén. «There are around fifty biogas facilities that would entail an investment of 1.4 billion euros and the creation of 3,500 jobs.»
As for the mining sector, it has been assured that policies are aimed at enhancing the region’s leadership as a mining region in Europe, considering that Andalucía accounts for 90% of metallic mining production in Spain, is the second largest copper producer in Europe, and possesses a valuable wealth of mineral resources.
«Our goal is to increase metal production capacity by 20%. We have authorized the exploitation of major mining projects such as the expansion of the Riotinto mine and the Masa Valverde mine, and the results are evident, as the industry’s turnover increased by an average of 6.9% in the Andalusian region in 2024, which is 6.6 points above the national average.»
The Andalusian President has highlighted that, since 2019, industrial employment in Andalucía has increased by 35,600 people, with significant growth in Almería, Cádiz, and Málaga in 2024.
He has also referred to the aerospace sector and the exports that reached 2.8 billion euros in 2024, a 34% increase from the previous year.
Thus, it has been pointed out that Andalucía closed last year registering a new historical record in renewable energies for the second consecutive year with the addition of 2,670 new megawatts, a 23% increase compared to 2023. Additionally, renewable energies already account for 66% of the electric power in the region, energies that, as mentioned, have grown by 137% in the last six years, with an associated investment of 8.5 billion euros and the creation of 25,000 jobs in their construction.
Moreno, in one of his interventions in the Parliament Plenary.
«In short, we are giving a boost to investment and strategic projects. And for this, we have launched the Accelerator Unit that currently drives 140 projects.»
Moreno has emphasized that the Andalusian Government is working to make Andalusian companies increasingly larger and more international, and has added that Andalucía closed 2024 setting a record in exports with a figure of 40 billion euros.
In this regard, he has referred to the US tariffs and stated that from Andalucía, action is being taken in advance through the mobilization of 2.875 billion euros, including aids and financing instruments, for export companies affected by these, 615 million in incentives from the TRADE Agency and 2.260 billion for financing at competitive conditions resulting from an agreement with banking entities.
A transformation based on serious and planned reforms
In another vein, Moreno has stated that the transformation taking place in Andalucía is based on serious and planned reforms that have set the necessary conditions for growth, such as six tax cuts, the elimination of bureaucracy, simplification and digitalization, legal certainty and investment attraction, support for companies and self-employed individuals, commitment to productive sectors and new strategic drivers, and the advancement of social policies.
In relation to this matter, he has emphasized that with these tools and thanks to the effort and talent of Andalusians, positive changes have been achieved as evidenced by the data. He mentioned that from 2019 to 2024, Andalucía has grown by 6 tenths more than the Spanish average, forecasts indicate that in 2025 it will continue to grow above the national average, and new companies registered with Social Security in 2024 represent 80% of those created in Spain.
He also highlighted that Andalusia is creating more jobs than ever before, with nearly 3.5 million employed, having reduced year-on-year unemployment for 47 consecutive months and surpassing Madrid and Valencia in the number of companies.
Moreno pointed out that public education has 6,800 more teachers than in 2018, they earn 22% more than in 2018, the school dropout rate has decreased by 6.5 points, the health budget has increased by 55%, public health has nearly 28,000 more professionals than in 2018, and health expenditure per inhabitant has increased by 45.3%.
In conclusion, he assured that everything indicates that the path of trust, stability, transparency, and closeness undertaken in Andalucía six years ago is the right one, and that the recent electoral processes and surveys reflect a lack of alignment with past policies. Therefore, he added that «conquering the future with formulas, lies, and leadership from the past is very difficult.» «Andalucía is a community today prepared to compete and lead, and also a community that is advancing the well-being of Andalusians.»