Pablo Iglesias: "The balls and urban speculation have put the safety of citizens at risk"

The vice president of the Government and Minister of Social Rights and Agenda 2030, Pablo Iglesias, together with the secretary of the State of Agenda 2030, Ione Belarra, the mayor, Vicent Grimalt, and several councilors of the City Council, have traveled this morning the beach of Les Marines to see first hand the extent of the damage caused by the temporary Glory on our coast.

This morning, the representatives of the City Council have received Iglesias and Belarra, also accompanied by the Head of the Coastal Provincial Service of Alicante, Rosa de los Ríos, in the park of les Bassetes, next to the regatxo of Calle de la Mussola, before a great expectation of national media gathered there.

Iglesias has toured the beach where work is still being done to return the sand to its original state, which currently invades roads and private plots. The mayor has taken the opportunity to explain the problem we have on the beaches, showing a dossier of photographs of the damage caused in other parts of the Dianense coast.

The 2030 Agenda to mitigate the damage of the spaculation

Iglesias has expressed his commitment and that of the Government to move towards a sustainable development that seeks to mitigate the damage suffered today, according to the vice president, for years of real estate speculation and uncontrolled construction. "I think what we have seen with this storm should force us to reflect on what climate change means. As you know, my vice presidency is vice president of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda."

"Many people do not know what the 2030 Agenda is. The pin of the mayor is very clear: they are the objectives of sustainable development. What we are seeing is the failure of a development model that relied on urban development and speculation. ", declared the representative of the Government.

"What is not ecologically sustainable is not economically sustainable"

Along these lines, Iglesias has pointed to the years of real estate boom as one of the main causes of what is happening on our coast today. "It must be said that what is not ecologically sustainable is not economically sustainable, nor is it sustainable for tourism. We need to implement as decided with a Climate Emergency law that proposes a country development model that addresses the climatic emergency that citizens are suffering in their own meats. "

"In a little while the cameras will go away but the problems will continue in front of us and I think it is key what sustainable development means. That we understand what it means as a country strategy to face climate change and that we are able to finish at once with a development model and a growth model based on balls and urban speculation that has put citizen safety at risk. This Government is committed to it and we will carry it out. "

Actions of the Government and the City Council

In addition, after thanking all the workers, security forces and emergency services for their work, he announced that the President, Pedro Sánchez, has given orders to expedite the procedures of all the ministerial departments so that aid is expedited and executed immediately. .

Grimalt, for his part, thanked the Government's interest and concern for Dénia and all the affected areas, sharing with the Vice President the objective of his criticism: speculation. "The issue of affections due to bad constructions and other things that have been going on for a long time is very clear to them. The situation of the here everything is worth and Spain is developable because then what happens happens. The damage is now done and must be recovered by the time Easter arrives to have the best beaches possible ", has underlined the mayor.