Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001197/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Estrella Galán (The Left)
On Friday 14 March 2025, the Official Journal of Galicia published a favourable environmental impact statement (EIS) for Project Gama[1], a large-scale cellulose plant promoted by a consortium of the Portuguese company Altri and the Galician company Greenalia.
The Xunta de Galicia is thus completely ignoring the numerous complaints, studies and expert reports requested by official bodies, which show that the Altri plant will have serious environmental and socio-economic effects.
Similarly, the government headed by Alfonso Rueda is also ignoring the outright rejection by the public[2], who have organised historic demonstrations and protests against this project.
In its answer E-001598/2024[3] to my previous question, the Commission stated that it was ‘too early to verify compliance with the applicable EU law’ because the environmental impact assessment had not yet been published.
In light of the above:
- 1.Will the Commission now investigate the infringement of EU legislation – in terms of industrial emissions, environmental impact and public participation – that this project entails?
- 2.Given the serious impact and potential dangers of the project identified by numerous independent scientific studies, does it intend to apply the precautionary principle and request the suspension of the project?
Submitted: 20.3.2025