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Yolanda Díaz raises her attack on the bench and accuses Botín (Santander) of a lack of “dignity”

The Second Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labour, Yolanda Diazhas raised his attack on the bench this Saturday and has ensured that “The last thing a worker stops paying is his mortgage”in response to the president of Banco Santander, Ana Botinwho has insisted that measures such as the freezing of mortgages proposed by Díaz can generate “a culture of non-payment» and generate the opposite effect: expel from the market the groups that the Government intends to protect.

This is how Díaz expressed himself during an act of Sumar held in Valladolid, where he accused of lack of “dignity” to Botín for affirming that the cap on mortgages for vulnerable families proposed by Unidas Podemos will encourage non-payment of them. The minister has admitted that feel “ashamed” at these statements the president of the bank and other leaders of large companies in the country.

“I have heard someone say that we fostered a culture of defaulting on mortgages. I am the daughter of a family of humble workers and I know all of you very well. And you know very well that The last thing that a humble worker or family stops paying is their mortgage, because he knows perfectly well the consequences it would have for his life. Therefore, I ask those people who make these statements to have dignity and to put themselves at the service of their country,” Díaz declared.

Mortgage ceiling

The head of Labor has once again insisted on her proposal for freeze the increase in mortgages in view of the successive increases in interest rates approved by the European Central Bank (ECB), which has raised rates again this week to 3% and has anticipated further increases in March.

ECB President Christine Lagarde.

Faced with this situation, Díaz has ensured that the working class you cannot afford to pay your mortgage paymentwhich has increased by 250 euros on average due to the increase in the Euribor, the indicator to which most mortgages in Spain are referenced. For this reason, he has insisted on freeze mortgages “now” and situate them at the levels prior to the rise in interest rates.

The banks, in the center of the target

Los extraordinary benefits of the banks have ignited the Government and has put all financial institutions in the country in the center of the target. In this sense, he reiterated this week’s speech by the general secretary of Podemos, Ione Herbinsisting that “Those who have the most should put themselves at the service of their country.”

This week it has emerged that the large entities that operate in Spain such as Santander, BBVA, Caixabank, Sabadell, Bankinter and Unicaja have recorded a joint net profit of 20,849 million euross, which is 27.9% more than in 2021.

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