Citizens demand from the European Commission additional aid for Spain in the face of the drought and the economic impact it is causing

Published 2022년 2월 19일

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Soraya Rodríguez, a MEP for Citizens and environmental spokesperson in the European Parliament, has called for additional aid from the European Commission to address the drought affecting 22 million people in Spain, as the country's reservoirs are on average at 44% due to a 35% drop in rainfall since autumn. Rodríguez criticized the unequal impact of climate change on southern Europe and urged the commission to consider the severe business and agricultural repercussions in Spain, with projections of worsening conditions in the future. She also highlighted the challenges posed by water stress and the potential loss of 80% of Jaén's olive harvest, and criticized the proposed land use emission absorption regulation, which she argues puts an unfair burden on Spain, a country heavily affected by desertification.
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The MEP for Citizens and spokesperson for the Environment in the European Parliament, Soraya Rodríguez, this week asked the European Commission for additional aid to Spain in the face of the drought that the country has been suffering since autumn and not to limit itself to redirecting those that are already exist, because it affects 22 million Spaniards, with reservoirs on average at 44% and the possibility that 80% of the olive harvest in Jaén will be lost. The Plenary of the European Parliament held last Thursday, February 17, a debate on the worrying drought in the Iberian Peninsula, in which the Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, and the Cs Soraya Rodríguez MEP spoke on behalf of Renew, but with the absence of Spanish spokespersons for the PP and PSOE despite the serious situation that is coming and after having used the Spanish field in the recent electoral battle in Castilla y León. The liberal MEP explained to the commissioner that climate change does not affect ...
Source: Castilla

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