The Tenerife employers' association believes that Garamendi's continuity at the helm of the country's main business organization will allow for the maintenance of unity, institutional dialogue, and the defense of business competitiveness.
Garamendi, who has chaired the CEOE since 2018, is seeking a new term during a period marked by significant transformations such as the pandemic, inflation, digital transition, and labor debates.
CEOE Tenerife has particularly emphasized the current president's relationship with the Canary Islands, acknowledging his understanding of the Archipelago's specificities as an outermost region and his closeness to the business demands of the Islands.
The organization highlights the importance of the CEOE leadership maintaining specific sensitivity towards regions far from the mainland, given the dependence on transport and the need to protect unique economic instruments in the Canary Islands.
Garamendi's leadership is positively valued for having helped to unify the organization, integrating diverse business perspectives and facilitating the representation of companies of different sizes and sectors before public administrations.
The Tenerife employers' association stresses that institutional dialogue is crucial for addressing economic and social challenges, prioritizing competitiveness, investment, and job creation.
This support comes amid an economic context of profound changes, including digitalization, artificial intelligence, energy costs, and the evolution of international and geopolitical markets.
CEOE Tenerife argues for the necessity of strong and representative business organizations to defend the productive fabric, which ranges from large corporations to SMEs, self-employed individuals, and sectors strategic to the Canary Islands, such as tourism and the green economy.
It is recalled that the Canary Islands need to maintain an active voice in national business decision-making spaces, given their outermost region status and the differentiated impact of economic decisions on the Islands.
