Spain: the head of the employers’ organization is being questioned within the CEOE because of managing difficulties in his businesses

The difficulties of the Air Comet airline, owned by Mr. Diaz Ferran, led to its bankruptcy and to aircraft grounding on December 22 at the request of a British judge. According to Mr. Diaz Ferran, these problems should impact his leadership over the employers’ organization: “As long as entrepreneurs trust me, I will keep leading the CEOE” he declared.
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=”text-align: justify;”>The difficulties of the Air Comet airline, owned by Mr. Diaz Ferran, led to its bankruptcy and to aircraft grounding on December 22 at the request of a British judge. According to Mr. Diaz Ferran, these problems should impact his leadership over the employers’ organization: “As long as entrepreneurs trust me, I will keep leading the CEOE” he declared.

Criticism within the CEOE. And this is precisely the problem. While unions denounce practices of a pirate rather than of a

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