Both central and regional governments in Spain have virtually ignored the report written by Margrete Auken about land law abuses on the Costa Blanca.Margrete Auken visited the Costa Blanca last week to see just what was happening on the ground as the report was almost unanimously endorsed by the EU in Brussels.
The report was hard hitting and it needed to be .It focused particularly on the regional government in Valencia for its abuses against property owners,but both the ruling bodies have failed to implement any changes which were demanded by the report.
She attended a conference organised by the residents association in Alfaz del Pi ,La Nucia ,Parcent and Abusos Urbanisticos No (AUN) last Saturday.Commissioner Auken stated that there was no visible evidence that anything was being done or that the authorities were paying any attention to the content of the report.They were also ignoring the resolution taken by the full parliament on March 26.She feels that as far as Valencia is concerned it is “business as usual”.
It appears that because there are no obvious signs of anything happening then am ammendment of the draft budget for Spain will be tabled.If this ammendment is passed ,185 million euros would be placed in a reserveto show Valencia and other regions in Spainthat the EU parliament is determined to make them respect the principlesupon which the Union is founded.They need to realise that they have constantly committed infringements of community law in the context of urbanisation plans.The 185 million would be withheld until the EU parliament received guarantees that no such plans would be approved and adopted and that existing plans would be replaced by ones that respect the fundamental rights to private property as protected by the European Convention on Human Rights,as well as well as community law in the essential aspects mentioned in the March 26 2009 resolution.
It is about time that someone got tough with the Spanish authorities about the way in which laws are ignored .The land has been abused for gain and people are ignored when they become involved in these land abuses.It as though people just don’t matter,only financial gain.
