The transfer of melias from Alicante’s Avenida de la Constitución to Sergio Melgares park in Playa de San Juan has sparked major controversy in the city in recent months. This action to carry out Pedestrianization of the Constitución-Bailén axisAnother not-so-controversial intervention did not take place in the municipal campaign ahead of next Sunday’s elections. The United for Alicante nomination met yesterday afternoon with residents who strongly oppose the removal of copies from the Traditional Center to once again express their interest in the issue and offer the opportunity to raise their protest to the European Parliament.
With representatives of United for Alicante presiding over the nomination Manolo Cope and Xavier LopezMember of the European Parliament of Izquieda Unida Sira Rego was present at the meeting with the residents of the neighborhood. “We asked them to put questions to the European Parliament, and so we joined the complaint against the tree massacre by Almeida in Madrid. This is a common pattern that PP has against the legacy our trees create,” he said.
United for Alicante Mayor Manolo Copé emphasized that the action on Avenida de la Constitución was not an isolated case. other identical ones in different parts of the city, as in the area of the stairs of Jorge Juan. As one of the arguments for transferring the protest to the community agency, Copé said, “This is a project funded with European funds, so Parliament needs to monitor their best use.”
“We are suffering the consequences of a city model that goes backwards in protecting people and adapting to climate change,” said Xavier López, number two in the alliance. «We ask the EU to analyze why the ecological transition criteria are not met in Alicante and trees are removed to replace with cement», finished her words by saying number two on the list.