Prohens defends the European Green Deal in Brussels, which is rejected in the Balearic Islands.
The Prime Minister has defended a report on sustainable tourism before the European Committee of the Regions.
PalmThere are positions that are difficult to maintain in all contexts, as demonstrated this Tuesday by the President of the Government, Marga Prohens, who traveled to Brussels to defend the ruling. Towards sustainable and resilient tourism in the European Union: a strategy for balanced and adaptive management before the European Committee of the Regions. Point 10 of the text states that "tourism must align itself with a circular economy, in accordance with the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan, promoting responsible production and consumption, waste reduction, energy efficiency, resource reuse, and ecosystem protection."
This is the same European Green Deal that Prohens publicly rejected on May 30, following the agreement with Vox to approve the budget. At that time, the president expressed her "rejection of the European Green Deal, especially with regard to its effects on the primary sector" in the Balearic Islands. Furthermore, Prohens asserted that rejecting migrant minors from other regions and the European Green Deal had not been "an obstacle at any time in the negotiations" with the far right. One need only watch the video of that day's press conference to confirm that the president rejects the Green Deal she brandished this Tuesday in Brussels, where she also presented Palma's candidacy for European Capital of Culture.
The government's opinion is structured around five pillars: flow management to grow in value, not volume; participatory governance to involve economic and social stakeholders in transformation processes; a transition toward sustainability; a commitment to innovation and talent; and financing and taxation mechanisms.
The government has presented this document while the proposal phase (the second phase) of the Sustainability Pact has not yet begun. This initiative, despite its advocacy of co-governance, was abandoned by civil society organizations due to its lack of transparency and participation.