The Popular Party of Lanzarote and La Graciosa has been forceful in its opposition to the new blow that Pedro Sánchez's Government intends to inflict on the 12,380 self-employed workers on the island with its proposal to increase the annual fee by 200 to 2,500 euros starting next year. A measure that the president of the PP, Astrid Pérez, describes as "armed robbery against those who create wealth and employment, and sustain the island's economy."
Astrid Pérez emphasizes that 85% of the archipelago's economic fabric is made up of self-employed workers and small businesses, "which are already punished enough to add even more tax pressure." "The insular reality demands sensitivity and specific measures, and not unjustified increases that negatively affect the upward trend in the growth of the number of self-employed workers that the Canary Islands has experienced in the last two years, and that places us even above the national average."
"While the PP is implementing measures from the regional executive to support those who want to start a business, with very positive results, Sánchez's government is intensifying its tax policy against the self-employed, suffocating them even more with this new increase," denounces Astrid Pérez.
In this regard, the leader of the PP highlights the initiatives launched by the Ministry of Economy, headed by Manuel Domínguez, to support the self-employed and small businesses, which have a positive impact on the increase in the number of workers who have also started their activity on their own in Lanzarote. Pérez explains that "measures such as the zero quota in the first year, the plan to eliminate bureaucratic red tape, and the aid for digitalization that have been launched are proving decisive in boosting the business fabric and job creation in the islands."
According to data from the Canary Observatory of Employment and Vocational Training (OBECAN), Lanzarote is one of the islands, along with Fuerteventura, where affiliation registrations have grown the most, specifically 4.1% in the last year.
