12 Amendments of Carlos ITURGAIZ related to 2008/2248(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas there is growing evidence that the judicial authorities in Spain have begun toare responding to the challenge resulting from excessive urbanisation in many coastal areas, in particular by investigating and bringing charges to bear against corrupt local officials who, by their actions, have facilitated unprecedented and unregulated urban developments to the detriment of the rights of European citizens, thereby damaging irretrievably the biodiversity and environmental integrity of many regions of Spain; whereas Parliament has observed, however, that procedures remain outrageously slow and that the sentences handed down in many of these cases are incapable of being enforced in a way which provides any satisfaction to the victims of such abuse; whereas Parliament has observed, however, that procedures remain slow,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas regional ombudsmen have frequently acted, in very difficult circumstances, to defend the interests of European citizens in cases related to urbanisation abuses, albeit that their efforts have generally not been heeded by regional governments,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
W. whereas such considerations compound the abuse which is felt by thousands of Europeanpose problems for citizens who, as a result of the plans of the urbanisation agents, have not only lost their legitimately acquired property but have been forced to pay the arbitrary cost of unwanted, often unnecessary and unwarranted infrastructure projects directly affecting their property rights, the end result of which has been financial and emotional catastrophe for many familibeen forced to pay the cost of projects on the grounds of public interest,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Y. whereas the natural Mediterranean island and coastal areas of Spain have suffered extensive destruction in the last decade as cement and concrete have saturated these regions in a way which has affected not only the fragile coastal environment – much of which is nominally protected under the Habitats/Natura 2000 and Birds Directives – but also the social and cultural activity of many areas, which constitutes a tragic and irretrievable loss to their cultural identity and heritage as well as to their environundergone strong development in the last decade, favoured by the economic boom and comparable with developmental integrity, and all this primarily because of the greed and speculative behaviour of certain local authorities and members of the construction industry who have succeeded in deriving massive benefits from their activities in this regard, most of which have been exported other European regions,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, at the same time, to ensure strict respect for the application of Community law and of the objectives laid down in the Directives covered by this resolution, and to be more exigent vis-à-vis the Spanish authorities when it appears that many local authorities are failing to fulfil their obligations in relation to EU citizensdemand that the Spanish authorities monitor compliance therewith;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Pays tribute to, and fully supports the activities of, the regional ombudsmen (“síndics de greuges”) and their staff, as well as to the more assiduous public prosecutors (“fiscales”), who have recently done an enormous amount to restore the integrity of some of the institutions affected by this issue;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14