Villegas: 'We will put everything in our power to mitigate the damage because help has to come as soon as possible'


09-14-2019 | Cs

The Secretary General of Citizens (Cs) regrets that Spain faces 'a problem of blockade and governance called Pedro Sánchez'

"We will put everything in our power to mitigate the damage because the aid has to arrive as soon as possible," said Secretary General of Citizens (Cs), José Manuel Villegas, who has traveled to Níjar (Almería) to meet the effects of the storm in the province. There he has accompanied the work areas of several farmers who have been affected by the cold drop. "We wanted to assess the destruction of the storm in Almeria, trying to encourage those who have lost all their work in a lifetime, in a few hours," Villegas explained.

The deputy in the Congress for Almeria has thanked the emergency and rescue teams for their work as well as has sent their condolences to the relatives of the person killed by the floods. "The important thing, when there is a catastrophe like this, is that you have to work as soon as possible to mitigate the effects, but also learn so that the same does not happen again," he added. Villegas has asked the administrations "to work together as they are doing so that this does not happen anymore."

He has been accompanied by the president of the Parliament of Andalusia, Marta Bosquet, who also highlighted "the collaboration between administrations to act quickly and care for those affected, a situation that must continue."

On the other hand, Villegas has underlined the situation of paralysis that Spain suffers. "Our country faces an important challenge, with a significant economic slowdown, with the threat of Brexit and the territorial challenge, because Torra continues to threaten everyone, judges and Spaniards," he said. In addition, he recalled that the acting president "has demonstrated his inability to move forward, nor those he considered preferred partners give his support." Finally, the secretary general of Cs said, "we can have a problem of block and governance called Pedro Sánchez."



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González Pons: “The EU will only survive if it really involves young people” In Valencia, during a meeting of young people of the European People's Party


The vice president of the European People's Group in the European Parliament, Esteban González Pons, has defended the need to have much more intense young people so that the European project advances and continues to consolidate.
"The European Union will only survive if it effectively and decisively involves the new generations of young Europeans," González Pons said during a meeting of the YEPP (the youth of the European People's Party) held in Valencia.
"The current world poses challenges – such as digitalization, climate change or the management of migratory flows – that the EU can only face with success in the short and medium term if it incorporates the gaze and sensitivity of young people," explained the Vice President of the popular Europeans.
González Pons has stressed that it is not only about launching specific initiatives for youth such as the Erasmus program, although “they are undoubtedly very positive and have contributed decisively to European integration”, but above all “to incorporate the priorities of the young generations in all community policies ”.
González Pons has also insisted on the need for History to be known so as not to repeat past mistakes: “Many of those who are here today were not born when the Berlin Wall fell, but it happened only 30 years ago, so it is good remember what this has meant, to understand that freedoms, security and peace can never be considered guaranteed but instead we must work every day to maintain and strengthen them. ”




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Pablo Casado: “Today neither the parties nor the acronyms fit. Today is not a day to do politics " The president of the Popular Party has visited the area affected by floods and storms in Ontinyent.


Holders of their statements before the media:

  • Casado expresses his solidarity with the families of the people killed by the catastrophe, shows his gratitude to the emergency services and points out that today is a day in which “we all go together”.
  • “Today neither matches nor acronyms fit. Today is not a day to do politics, ”he emphasizes.
  • Ensures that the PP will request that all help lines and the declaration of severely affected or catastrophic areas be implemented.
  • Remember that the State Pact for Infrastructure that he proposed to Sanchez included those related to water and specifically those that affect pipes and rafts so that the effects of these floods can be alleviated.
  • Appreciates the involvement of municipalities, councils, autonomous communities, acting Government, EMU, and many other institutions "because we all paddle in the same direction."




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The PP asks to declare catastrophic zone the CC.AA affected by the cold drop Today, in a motion presented in the Senate for debate in plenary


The Popular Parliamentary Group in the Senate has presented today in the Upper House a motion, for discussion in plenary, in which the declaration of “area seriously affected by a Civil Protection emergency” is requested, the municipalities of the Autonomous Communities affected by an Isolated Depression in High Levels (DANA), also known as cold drop.

In addition, the popular Senate regret the damage caused by DANA and transfer their solidarity to the affected people and show their condolences to the families of the victims.

As explained by the Popular Group in the text of the motion, during September 12 and 13 different provinces of the Autonomous Communities of Murcia, Valencia, Andalusia and Castilla-La Mancha, have suffered real damage from the cold drop, especially the areas near the Segura river.

It must be remembered that, according to data from the State Meteorological Agency, cities such as Alicante, Orihuela, Santa Pola, Onteniente, Almería and Murcia, among others, have registered rainfall of more than 200 liters per square meter in just 24 hours, which It almost equals the rain that usually falls in a whole year.

Likewise, the popular ones in the Senate highlight “the tremendous effort” that the emergency bodies are making: Emergency Military Unit, State Security Forces and Bodies, Firefighters, Local Police, Civil Protection, Emergency Service 112, as well as all those people who are contributing to alleviate the damages suffered by the population of said Autonomous Communities.

The motion of the PP has been signed by the senators of Murcia, Violante Tomás and Domingo Segado; the Andalusian senators, Javier Arenas, María Teresa Ruiz Sillero and Rafa Hernando; the senators of the Valencian Autonomous Community, Alberto Fabra, Pablo Ruz and Fernando de Rosa; and the Castilian-La Mancha senator, Antonio Serrano.




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The GPP presents a Non-Law Proposal to mitigate the damage caused by the cold drop Signed by Álvarez de Toledo, García Egea and deputies from the affected areas.


The Popular Parliamentary Group has registered a Non-Law Proposal in the Congress of Deputies to mitigate the damage caused by the cold drop in different areas of Spain. It requests the Government to urgently launch special actions, pending the evaluation of the final impact in all regions affected by the DANA (Isolated Depression in High Levels).

The GPP conveys its condolences to the families of the deceased, their solidarity to all those affected, and thanks their work and total dedication to the EMU, State Security Forces and Bodies, Firefighters, and relief, emergency and rescue services. At this time, the work of safeguarding people affected by DANA is a priority.

GPP spokeswoman Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo; the general secretary of the Party, Teodoro García; the deputy general secretary of the Group, Isabel Borrego, and the deputies of the affected areas request that the real extent of the damages caused by the rains, storms and floods from 11 to 13 of this month be determined and quantified as soon as possible September in the Mediterranean area.

The Proposal reflects the need to declare the area as “an area seriously affected by a civil protection emergency” and, consequently, grant the corresponding aid for death; for absolute and permanent disability, and for damages in habitual housing and essential necessities.

In addition, the GPP urges the Government, among other issues, to approve the corresponding aid to industrial, commercial and service establishments; as well as those derived from damages in municipal infrastructure and provincial and island road network and in agricultural, livestock, forestry and marine aquaculture productions.

The Official Credit Institute could open subsidized preferential loan lines, and the Executive, apply the necessary fiscal, labor and Social Security measures. It should also enable the necessary resources to repair affected road or rail infrastructure; expedite the payment of compensation of the agricultural insurance system of 100% of the real damage, and provide the municipalities and neighbors with the necessary support for the processing of any aid and receive it quickly; as well as creating a Coordination Commission for the follow-up of all initiatives that are launched.




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Cuca Gamarra: "when a politician puts his personal and political interests before those of his country, he does not deserve to be the president of all Spaniards" Today, during the celebration of the Basque PP Convention


Holders of his intervention:

  • He affirms that, since April 28, Sanchez "has dispensed with the obligation that the polls gave him to seek and form a government", putting his personal ambition first.
  • "We are all hostage to his desire to repeat elections, thinking about his ego and personal ambition, under the siren song that he may have a better result."
  • He points out that "when a politician puts his personal and political interests before those of his country, he does not deserve to be the president of all Spaniards."
  • Stresses that the PP is based on "firm principles and convictions" that have their roots in the Basque Country, "where they have fought for life and freedom."
  • The Popular Party has been instrumental in the Basque Country in defeating ETA terrorism and being a "brake" on nationalism.
  • Recommends to the PSOE to take note of the “generosity, the height of sight and the sense of state” of the PP, which facilitated that Patxi López was lehendakari, with the aim that “nationalism did not continue in power and demonstrate to the Basques that there was another way of doing things. ”
  • He commended his colleagues in the Basque Country and stressed that the result of this Convention will mark the project of a “great party” such as the PP.




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The PP asks the European Parliament to evaluate the functioning of the euroorder Today in Brussels


The Popular Party has requested in the European Parliament that this institution make a report on the operation of the Eurorden (European order for the arrest and delivery of alleged criminals) to identify the problems encountered in its application in recent years and also to raise improvements to this instrument of judicial cooperation between EU member states.

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament will decide on the preparation of this report in the coming weeks.

The MEP of the PP and member of this parliamentary commission, Javier Zarzalejos, recalled that "as a result of cases such as the escape of the Spanish justice Carles Puigdemont, the PP has been asking to consider the revision of the euroorder."

"Now, with the start of the new European legislature, and the imminent beginning of the mandate of the new European Commission, it is time to do this review and evaluation work," he added.

“A poor application of the euroorder can cause cases of impunity, which we should try to avoid. The elimination of the internal borders of the EU is a great achievement to facilitate the mobility of citizens, but it cannot become an escape door for those who in any European country try to avoid the action of justice, ”he said.

"We have to strengthen the principle of mutual trust between European judicial systems," concluded Zarzalejos.




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The Autonomous Executive Committee approves the new structure of the Popular Party of the Canary Islands Australia Navarro sets the objectives of the PP "to be the dam to contain waste on the left and consolidate as its main alternative in the center-right of the Canary Islands"


The Executive Committee of the Popular Party of the Canary Islands has unanimously approved today, at the proposal of the regional president Australia Navarro, the new structure of the popular in the Archipelago, which has been made up of men and women from the eight Islands.

In the opinion of the leader of the popular, this new Directorate (with about 40 organic positions plus 22 elected members and born members), “opens the doors to knowledge and participation, and balances the solvency that talent brings with the working capacity".

In this sense, Australia Navarro emphasizes that the youth organization of the popular, New Generations, “will have a prominent presence in the Regional Directorate, since modern political action requires both experience, as well as the thrust and critical vision of young people” .

Containment dam

During the press conference after the meeting, the president of the PP of the Canary Islands said that the main objectives of his political training are "to be the dam to contain the waste of the left and consolidate as its main alternative in the center-right Canary" .

Navarro stressed "the demagogy and goodism of the left-wing governments in the Canary Islands, and that lead to the crisis, unemployment and failure in the management of essential public services."

In this regard, the popular president stressed during the Executive Committee that “the PSOE and its populist partners return to the streets with the usual recipes on the left: greater fiscal pressure, interventionism, family control by the Administration and less freedom for the whole of the canaries, to those who want to touch the pocket again ”.

Therefore, Navarro announces that the Popular Party "is going to do a very intense job in each neighborhood of the Canary Islands, and a firm, constructive and relentless opposition to this government that has become a threat to the welfare of the Canaries."

Structure and appointments

The new structure approved today has 5 Deputy Secretaries on which 6 Secretariats depend on each of them. A) Yes, Pedro Suarez, has been appointed general secretary and Assistant Perez regional coordinator

– Deputy Secretary of Organization: Carlos Esther.
– Deputy Secretary of Sectorial: Reverón light.
– Deputy Secretary of Social: Josefa Luzardo.
– Deputy Secretary of Participation: Francisco José Aparicio.
– Deputy Secretary of Studies and Programs: Jorge Rodriguez.

In addition to the 30 executive secretaries (six for each Deputy Secretary) he has also been appointed Manuel Dominguez as president of the popular group in the Parliament of the Canary Islands and Poly Suarez as spokesman-deputy of the same, as well as Gabriel Mato as president of the Electoral Committee and María del Mar Arévalo as president of the Rights and Guarantees Committee. For his part, the president of New Generations of the Canary Islands, Alejandro Sánchez, remains a born member of the Steering Committee and the Executive Committee of the popular.




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Álvarez de Toledo: "You cannot defend the Nation by making a policy of identity segregation" Today, in the Conference "Spanish in defense of the common"


Holders of his intervention:

  • "Spaniards in defense of the common is an act against the old Spanish Cainism, an act in favor of coexistence, which is only possible if we recognize what we have in common."
  • “Together the different is the path of constitutional defense. It is the moral path and, in addition, it is the effective path. ”
  • This is not an exclusively recast project of the right center, it is broader. It is for all of us who defend the law, freedom and equality. ”
  • "The wave of fragmentation is evident, but the regrouping of the space of reason will end up happening because it is good for Spain and the Spaniards."
  • “You cannot defend the Nation by making a policy of identity segregation. The left has undertaken a reactionary drift that has divided the political community into groups, destroying the criteria that unite us as citizens and that make possible a policy for the entire community. ”
  • "Sanchez has broken the dikes of the constitutional defense with important milestones such as the motion of censure, which allows him to govern thanks to a fugitive and another leader imprisoned for the crimes of rebellion, sedition or embezzlement."
  • “We still have to see, if there are sentences in the sentences, if the PSOE would also be willing to govern with criminals in exercise. He already does it with exdelicuentes in Navarra. These things transcend what is acceptable in a democratic system and place the PSOE outside that constitutional block. ”
  • “Less assistance in the Diada should not lead us to complacency. Complacency is what has brought us here. ”
  • "If there is tiredness in separatism, we must take advantage of it to set up a regrouping and mobilization project based on the spirit of October 8".
  • “Let no one interpret acts as Spaniards in defense of the common as electoral tricks. This is serious. It requires generosity, demands greatness, long vision, state vision, and we also offer all that. ”
  • “We are militants of democracy, the Constitution and Spain rather than militants of any political party. The defense of democracy comes before the defense of any acronym. ”
  • “When a democracy needs civil heroes it is because something is not going well. You have to defend them, protect them, protect them and there is no better way to do it than by giving them the word, voice and prominence. ”
  • “The discrepancy can never be synonymous with dissent. Disagreement, debate, is fundamental within a political organization to be able to expand it to much wider spaces. ”
  • “Broadening our base and openness of spirit is synonymous with strength. Freedom does not weaken, but strengthens. ”




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Casado: “Spain does not need to be built as a nation; it already is ” Today, in the act "Spanish in defense of the common"


It praises the national loyalty shared by government and opposition that allows common ground. "It is impossible to make democratic politics without a nation"

The president of the Popular Party, Pablo Casado, claimed on Thursday the Spanish nation and said that "there is no room for a Spanish nationalism opposed to various peripheral nationalisms because Spain does not need to be built as a nation: it already is." “It is not only about avoiding the secession of a territory. It is about preventing the definitive denationalization of Spain, preventing its national disarticulation and preventing that, in order to satisfy the atavism of a few, we take away the citizenship of all. This is what we play and for what we need to add all the wills that think so and feel it, he added.

Pablo Casado has closed the act “Spain in defense of the common”, A day organized by the Popular Party, open to civil society and in which the GPP spokeswoman, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, participated; the one that was the founder of UPyD, Rosa Díez, the writer and academic, Álvaro Pombo, Ana Losada, president of the platform for a bilingual school in Catalonia and Alejandro Fernández, president of the PPC.

The popular leader has explained that “democracies find their foundation in national loyalty, loyalty that is supposed to be shared by government and opposition, by all political parties and by the electorate as a whole. Without national loyalty, the dispute between parties becomes an irreconcilable challenge, and political disagreements do not create any common ground and discussion becomes impossible, ”he reflected.

In this regard, he stressed that “even to discuss you have to put yourself on a common plane. It is impossible to play chess without a board, football without a field, tennis without a court. Therefore, it is impossible to make democratic politics without a nation. It is the national loyalty, what we call patriotism, which allows concord without the need for agreement. ”

THE STABILIZING ROLE OF THE MONARCHY

The president of the PP has defended the Spanish nation as "subject of sovereignty, holder of the constituent power and foundation of the Constitution itself." “The Constitution does have insurmountable material limits. Those who affirm their unlimited plasticity do so thinking about their liquidation to give rise to self-determination, to a Confederal State or directly to the rupture, ”he explained.

He also regretted that the left, as of 2004, has been dedicated to courting “the nationalists as new constituent partners” by launching “a process of galloping deterioration”. “It is not uncommon for those who try to break our coexistence to attack one of the pieces that has made it possible, the monarchy. More than ever in these times of uncertainty the stabilizing role with which he performs his task is revealed. In recent months he has demonstrated once again the responsibility with which he performs his task, a responsibility that others lack, he has added. "

CLOSED COMPETENCE MODEL

The popular leader has highlighted the two major attacks suffered by the Spanish constitutional model: the Ibarretxe plan and the Catalan secessionist coup. Pablo Casado recalled how since 2006 he has been talking about "closing the model"; "The device principle First and then, the power attributed to the Autonomous Communities to reform their Statutes of Autonomy indefinitely in an expansive sense, when not openly unconstitutional, could not lead to a permanently open model, ”he added.

“Since 2010 the question must be taken as a ditch. The Judgment of the Constitutional Court on the Statute of Catalonia outlined the limits of the autonomous State. After it, it cannot be argued that the distribution of competencies remains open or indeterminate, ”he said.

Finally, the president of the Popular Party, Pablo Casado, said that “the continuity of the historical existence of Spain is the guarantee that freedom, equality, justice, solidarity can be maintained and, if possible, improved. and the prosperity of all. ” “The Constitution is not the problem. The extremist struggles that seek to erode it pay the best tribute. But it does not defend itself. Freedom neither and national coexistence either, ”he insisted.

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