The Government will go to the TC if Andalusia does not withdraw the proposed irrigation law from Doñana and will make it pay penalties

   MADRID, 24 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The third vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, has warned the Junta de Andalucía that if it does not withdraw the proposed irrigation law in the area of ​​Doñana, it will go to the Constitutional Court and the possible European sanctions will affect it. that in its case Brussels imposes on the Kingdom of Spain for not maintaining the good condition of the Doñana National Park.

"The Government demands that the Andalusian government and Parliament withdraw the Bill. I ask Moreno Bonilla and Núñez Feijoó to stop putting the future of Spain at risk," Ribera demanded at a press conference held this Monday in Madrid, after concluding the meeting of Andalusian authorities this Monday in Brussels with the European Commissioner for the Environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius.

Ribera has insisted that there is no discussion or interpretation, the irrigation plan increases the risk in order to comply with the ruling of the European High Court of Justice, and therefore it is only possible for Andalusia to withdraw the bill.

Therefore, it has reiterated that if this bill goes ahead, the European Commission will use "all the means at its disposal" including the possibility of going back to the Court of Justice requesting the imposition of fines against the Kingdom of Spain. "He has already done it on other occasions and insists that he will not have the slightest doubt regarding the need to do so in this case," he warned.

In addition, in the event that the bill goes ahead "obviously", the Government would go to the Constitutional Court and it does not rule out that in the event that there are coercive fines, the Executive will think "how can this coercive fine be transferred to whoever knows that this is a real threat that he has left in writing" at the meeting with the European Commissioner.

"The message is clear. There is no room for amendments, there is only room for withdrawal," said Ribera, who insists on the "full return of this law to the place from which it should never have left."