Saturday, February 24, 2007
EU FIGHTS FOR COSTA HOMES
Costa Blanca News 22.02.07
Homeowners called to meetings with MEPs next week By Roy Wickman Euro MPs are coming to the Costa Blanca next week to investigate Valencia's land-grab laws for the third time. The MPs have a packed agenda visiting many areas with planning law problems and they will attend public meetings in Benissa and Valencia city. This is the third fact-finding mission dealing with Spanish land law and urban development projects conducted by the EU's Petitions Committee. It follows a flood of complaints from householders who face losing some or all of their land and homes, especially in the provinces of Castellón, Valencia and Alicante. British conservative MEP Sir Robert Atkins believes 7,000 property owners could have their land expropriated without compensation under the Valencia Region laws. He stressed: "Without quick action damage will be done both to those owning property in Spain and to the environment there. "The only way that change will occur is for the EU to prevent the flagrant breaches of human rights that are being perpetrated in Spain by enforcing European law with maximum determination and speed. "The latest visit was finally agreed by the Bureau of the European Parliamenton February 12, despite efforts by Spanish conservatives to hold it up until after local elections in May. The mission will meet with petitioners and national, regional and local authorities. It plans to visit Madrid, Galapagar, Almería, Albox, Orihuela,Alicante, Torrevieja, Rojales, San Miguel de Salinas, Catral, Tibi, Parcent, Benissa, Mestrets, Oropesa and Valencia. On Thursday March 1 the group - including Petitions Committee chairman Marcin Libicki and vice chairman Michael Cashman - will meet with residents fighting huge development plans in the Marina Alta village of Parcent. That evening they will attend a public meeting in the Benissa annexe of Alicante University. The meeting will be held on the top floor of the annexe in Calle Purísima (near the town hall). Seating is limited and interested homeowners and residents are advised to arrive by 18.45. On Friday March 2 the mission will hold another public meeting in the mainhall of Valencia polytechnic university from 19.00 to 21.00.
Costa Blanca News 22.02.07
Homeowners called to meetings with MEPs next week By Roy Wickman Euro MPs are coming to the Costa Blanca next week to investigate Valencia's land-grab laws for the third time. The MPs have a packed agenda visiting many areas with planning law problems and they will attend public meetings in Benissa and Valencia city. This is the third fact-finding mission dealing with Spanish land law and urban development projects conducted by the EU's Petitions Committee. It follows a flood of complaints from householders who face losing some or all of their land and homes, especially in the provinces of Castellón, Valencia and Alicante. British conservative MEP Sir Robert Atkins believes 7,000 property owners could have their land expropriated without compensation under the Valencia Region laws. He stressed: "Without quick action damage will be done both to those owning property in Spain and to the environment there. "The only way that change will occur is for the EU to prevent the flagrant breaches of human rights that are being perpetrated in Spain by enforcing European law with maximum determination and speed. "The latest visit was finally agreed by the Bureau of the European Parliamenton February 12, despite efforts by Spanish conservatives to hold it up until after local elections in May. The mission will meet with petitioners and national, regional and local authorities. It plans to visit Madrid, Galapagar, Almería, Albox, Orihuela,Alicante, Torrevieja, Rojales, San Miguel de Salinas, Catral, Tibi, Parcent, Benissa, Mestrets, Oropesa and Valencia. On Thursday March 1 the group - including Petitions Committee chairman Marcin Libicki and vice chairman Michael Cashman - will meet with residents fighting huge development plans in the Marina Alta village of Parcent. That evening they will attend a public meeting in the Benissa annexe of Alicante University. The meeting will be held on the top floor of the annexe in Calle Purísima (near the town hall). Seating is limited and interested homeowners and residents are advised to arrive by 18.45. On Friday March 2 the mission will hold another public meeting in the mainhall of Valencia polytechnic university from 19.00 to 21.00.
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