Autonomy begins the race to host the new state health agency

And Catalonia? Various sources of government, departments and presidencymatches what they say, and in the power with which they express themselves: “We know nothing, and we haven’t talked about it. Neither among presidents nor among CEOs. It is a debate of great importance to the PSOE, because it gives a natural autonomy to a situation that is not normal”, asserts Voice From the Palau de la Generalitat. Another ‘success’ on the reunion agenda, A sentence with irony.

Another voice from the party suggests that this fledgling agency could become “the transfer of the Senate to Barcelona”. “It’s something the socialists call it, but there is none,” he says.

At Moncloa they don’t want to say when the site decision will be made as they see “Premature” Start the discussion about the headquarters of this new government agency. Spokesperson for Minister Isabel Rodriguezwho emphasized that before determining the location, it is necessary “Some previous work”, To analyze the “indicators” that determine the best place to “generate jobs”.

Rodriguez emphasized that now “there is room for competitive competition that is opening up that the state’s public administration has the presence of the largest & rdquo; s generate ‘synergy it improvement & rdquor. The cohesion of Spain “from a social point of view”.

This agency has been under construction since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, and they saw it The Spanish health system has failed, in which the competence of health was transferred to the Autonomous Communities. Through this new center, it is expected that the different levels of management will be coordinated effectively and operationally and include other bodies operating independently (such as university centers, and Carlos III Health Institute and the Coordination Center for Health and Emergency Alerts and mldr;) and as a main link with international entities, not only World Health Organization (WHO)but also the European Agency HERA . Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Agency and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

Needless to say, even for the reason that led to its creation, one of the main tasks of the Spanish Agency, which began its public consultations in September of last year, will be Anticipate new health crises Improving and expanding the existing monitoring network.

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If you don’t know any position Barcelona city hall, The precedent for Barcelona’s potential nomination to host the agency can be found further in the transfer of the CMT (Committee for the Telecommunications Market) in 2005, by the design of a government Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. This action sparked widespread controversy, encouraged by the then regional president of Madrid, Hope Aguirre, that reached justice.

Thus, in 2006, the Supreme Court heard the complaint from the Community of Madrid and held that the royal decree authorizing the move from Madrid to Barcelona was “against the law” due to its defects in “form and procedure”. In general, the CMT ended up landing in Barcelona, ​​although, yes, in 2013 the PP government included it, along with National Energy Authority (CNE); National Competition Commission (CNC); National Postal Sector Authority (CNSP) and Railways and Airports Regulatory Commission (CRF) in the newly made organism, the National Competition Market Committee (CNMC). It is located on Calle de Alcalá in the capital of Spain.