Aragon is experiencing one of the most promising economic moments in recent decades. The influx of significant industrial and technological investments has placed the community in the national and international spotlight, but this scenario demands strengthening competitiveness to turn opportunities into sustainable growth. This was the main message delivered by the Minister of Economy, Competitiveness, and Employment, Eva Valle, during the inauguration of the Ordinary General Assembly of CEOE Aragón.
The Aragonese economy must become more competitive, more innovative, more productive, and more capable of generating opportunities, the minister stated during her first institutional visit to the headquarters of Aragon’s business association, where she shared the opening of the meeting with the president of CEOE Aragón, Benito Tesier.
Aragon Faces a Historic Opportunity
During her speech, Valle emphasized that Aragon is in a particularly favorable moment for attracting investments and advocated for the necessity of cooperation between government and businesses to seize this context.
The community is in the economic spotlight for attracting investment, and this represents both an opportunity and a responsibility that both the government and businesses must capitalize on, she noted.
The minister also underscored that one of Aragon’s key distinctive assets remains social dialogue. She recalled that the community has accumulated four decades of agreements between the government, business organizations, and trade unions, an element which, in her view, provides stability and confidence to investors.
Social peace is one of the major intangibles of the investment-attraction potential of the Aragonese economy, she stated, assuring that this institutional collaboration will continue to be a priority for the regional executive.
The Role of Business as an Economic Engine
Eva Valle similarly defended the need to strengthen the Aragonese business fabric as an essential condition for maintaining economic growth.
Businesses are the ones who create jobs and wealth, and together with the workers, they make us all stronger, she pointed out during her address focused on competitiveness, innovation, and productivity as the pillars of Aragon’s economic future.
Benito Tesier’s First Assembly at the Helm of CEOE Aragón
The Ordinary General Assembly was also the first chaired by Benito Tesier since he took over the leadership of CEOE Aragón last January. The meeting gathered business representatives from across the community, along with the Director General of Labor, Jesús Divassón, and the organization’s vice presidents, Avelina Bellostas, Jesús Blasco, and José Carlos Subirá.
In parallel to the institutional message, the business association reported a positive assessment of the first half of 2026. Aragonese companies have managed to maintain their activity despite an international context marked by geopolitical uncertainty, rising energy costs, and logistical challenges. However, Tesier warned of concerns regarding the potential impact of inflation on consumption during the second half of the year.
Among the priorities of the new presidency of CEOE Aragón are the reduction of absenteeism, administrative simplification, the attraction of qualified talent, and the strengthening of business competitiveness, challenges that the organization considers essential for consolidating the economic growth of the community.
With an unprecedented volume of investments and an increasing capacity to attract industrial and technological projects, the message shared by the government and businesses points in a unified direction: seizing this moment requires reinforcing innovation, boosting productivity, and maintaining a framework of collaboration that transforms the current investment cycle into sustained economic development for Aragon.
