Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002547/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Mireia Borrás Pabón (PfE)
On 3 June 2025, hundreds of people gathered in la Vega de Mestanza (Málaga) to protest against the start of the construction of a wastewater treatment plant (the Málaga North WWTP).
If the WWTP is built, more than 20 000 orange and lemon trees will have to be felled and one of the last local farming areas, capable of producing between 1.5 and 2 million kilos of citrus fruit, will disappear.
The project – strongly opposed locally because of its agronomic/environmental impact and because it is being built in an area at high risk of flooding – is an attack on nature with irreparable consequences.
In the light of the above:
- 1.Is the Commission aware of the dangers of building a WWTP of this nature in a flood-prone area like la Vega de Mestanza?
- 2.Does it share the view that the Regional Government of Andalusia may be in breach of the Water Framework Directive with regard to flood risk assessment and management?
- 3.Is it aware that competition for land and the loss of fertile farmland is pushing the farming community to the brink?
Submitted: 25.6.2025