Monday, May 25, 2009

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CONCLUDES VISIT TO GALICIA WITH NEIGHBORS AND VIGO CORUXO

United Left's candidate for European elections after meeting with the CCOO union of yesterday noon, went to Coruxo to visit near treatment plant located on the banks of the river Lagares, before meeting with locals and environmentalists and neighborhood associations Vigo.

During the meeting with neighbors, representatives of the Platform in Defence of the coast of Teis, discussed the need to prevent the privatization of the coast, through "boundaries a la carte and the sale of public land for the construction of facilities and private marinas. Meyer promised the neighbors to consider selling the ETEA (Vigo) and the proposed construction of the City of Mar.

Willy Meyer, accompanied by the group of people affected by the treatment plant Coruxo visited the vicinity of these facilities observing the degradation of the area and heard the voice of those affected live the serious consequences for the quality of life and human health that the proximity of the sewage involved. Coruxo neighbors, at war since 1999 against a facility, which they say are "inefficient, leading to direct untreated discharges the Ria de Vigo, are a source of contamination that is destroying an area recognized as a priority by the Habitats Directive, which have devalued their property and are the cause of a high rate of allergic diseases, skin and stomach, among others, " MEP has asked to boost their demands in the European Parliament.

After the tour with neighbors, Meyer noted the degradation of the area and the damage that the current expansion project would, standing a few meters from the houses and door door Coruxo institute, and ending with the forest and the rushes that have always characterized this beautiful area of \u200b\u200bthe Ria Vigo. Meyer recalled "The Court of Justice of the European Union has condemned (the 7th of May) to Spain to detect breaches of the European Water Framework Directive in the laws of Galicia, Basque Country, Andalusia, the Balearic and Canary Islands" and pledged to defend the petition brought before the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament, and his struggle to get through to the national parliament of the United Left group.

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