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Juan Antonio Pedreño was unanimously re-elected today as president of the Spanish Business Confederation of the Social Economy (CEPES), within the Electoral Assembly held on the day. Four vice-presidencies have also been elected, which will be occupied by José Severino Montes Pérez (representing Agro-Food Cooperatives); Rafael de Lorenzo García (ONCE), Enrique Sanz Fernández-Lomana (Spanish Confederation of Mutualities); and Javier Goienetxea Urkaregi (Mondragon Corporation).

CEPES hosted a working meeting with representatives of the Governments of Spain and France with the objective of strengthening the Social Economy, in addition to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the 2030 Agenda. The High Commissioner for the Economy participated in this meeting Social and Solidarity and for Social Innovation of the French Government, Christophe Itier, the general director of Autonomous Work, Social Economy and CSR, María Antonia Pérez León; the Executive Commission of CEPES and its president, Juan Antonio Pedreño.

The candidate of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE), Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, said that "the Social Economy sector is the future for job creation in these times of crisis." Rubalcaba was speaking during a meeting with the Board of CEPES on the ground of the industrial laundry Madrid FLISA