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Mr President, I should like to start by expressing my wholehearted thanks to all those who played a part in this success story, the final chapter of which should be the adoption of the report. Above all, I am delighted that the petitioners placed their trust in the European Union and in the Committee on Petitions, which I have the honour of chairing. I am also very glad that the Ombudsman for the region of Valencia offered his assistance during the drafting of the report and during our successful search for a solution to this issue. Furthermore, I am delighted that the work carried out by the members of our mission, which visited the region in June, was so productive. This mission was led by Mr Cashman, the Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Petitions, and also included Mrs Fourtou, whom I should like to thank for having drafted the report. Other members included Mrs Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, whom I should also like to thank, and the head of our Committee’s secretariat. The considerable amount of work that was carried out has borne fruit in the shape of this report.
The petitions, which were initially submitted by Charles Svoboda on behalf of the Valencia-based
campaign, and by Mr and Mrs Schuckall and Mrs Perret, were subsequently signed by over 10 000 people. To begin with, one could have been forgiven for asking whether the petitions merited further scrutiny, but it soon became apparent that they did. The reason for this was not only because the principles of environmental protection and the rules for awarding public tenders had been violated, but above all because a fundamental human right had been infringed. By this I mean the right to property, and moreover the right to property of people whose circumstances were frequently very modest, and who wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of their lives in the small homes they had built for themselves.
The conversations we held with the petitioners, both during the fact-finding mission and during our meetings, revealed to us the full extent of the tragedy facing these individuals, who had had so much of their property taken away from them. The experiences of these people, who had discovered that they had been stripped of part of their possessions without their knowledge, and that their fundamental rights had been grossly violated, were truly appalling.
Our Committee adopted the Fourtou report unanimously, with only one abstention. This report was the outcome of a compromise, and of debates within the Committee on the amendments. I therefore believe that this report should now be adopted by the House without any amendments that could distort its meaning. Since it has already been adopted unanimously once, I would be very glad if the House were also to adopt it.
Ladies and gentlemen, our aim is that Valencia should adopt a new law. It has already promised to do so, which is a testimony to the effectiveness of Parliament’s work and that of its Committee. This law should take due account of human rights and of the rules on environmentally-related public tenders. Compensation for the injured parties is a further issue that needs addressing. We are therefore calling on the Valencian Government to keep detailed records on each individual case, and, where necessary, to offer appropriate compensation.
I hope that Commissioner McCreevy, who is here on behalf of the European Commission, will do his best to ensure that no further injustices take place, and that past wrongs are redressed."@en1
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