The Minister for Digital Transformation and the Public Service, José Luis Escrivá, assured this Friday that the Government “has no intention of making any list of high-risk suppliers nor is there any European framework that requires it,” he stated. Escrivá in his speech at an event organized by Nueva Economía Forum. The possibility of the Executive establishing a list of risk suppliers was an option that could affect some Chinese companies such as Huawei or ZTE.
In fact, in mid-June the European Commission considered that it was “absolutely justified” that several countries in the European Union had decided to exclude the aforementioned Chinese technology companies from the deployment of their 5G networks, considering that they are suppliers that pose risks to the public. National security.
Purchase of 10% of Telefónica by SEPI
On the other hand, the minister has appealed to discretion regarding the entry of SEPI into Telefónica and to allow those who have structured the operation to deploy it at their own pace. Escrivá, who recalled that he had “worked for ten years in a bank”, pointed out that, “regarding this type of operations, those who have structured it must be left to deploy them at their own pace and with maximum discretion.”
Escrivá has not gone into more details on this matter, about which yesterday the president of Telefónica, José María Álvarez-Pallete, assured that he had no news. The event began with a minute of silence for the fire that occurred in Valencia yesterday afternoon in which fatalities were reported.
