Friday, January 23, 2009
Spanish political parties unite in light of EU criticism of its lax property development practices
Spain's two main political parties, normally fierce and bitter rivals, have presented a joint front in the face of condemnation in a draft report by Margrete Auken, a Danish MEP from the Greens, commissioned by the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament to report on property and environmental abuse in Spain.Her report includes harsh criticism of 'Spain’s urban planning practices, weak