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The Commissioner for Regional Policy of the European Commission, Corina Cretu, confirmed spokeswoman Union, Progress and Democracy in the European Parliament, Maite Pagazaurtundua, that the Government of Spain has not requested any help for using EU funds in relation to the AVE works to Murcia.

As listed in the response of Cretu UPyD, "in 2013, Spain informed the Commission of its intention to submit an application for EU funding for the project 'New railway access high speed line Madrid Castilla-La Mancha Valencia Region of Murcia. Section: Monforte del Cid Murcia Platform In the region of Murcia Phase I "....

To date, it has not received any requests. "

For the council of training magenta in Murcia, José Antonio Sotomayor, the response of the European Commission "could derive an irregularity in the works."

"If you have not requested financing even with the loss of money that entails, is because it is subsidy would have a requirement necessary to perform a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which greatly hinder the arrival of the High Speed surface ".

For the mayor of UPyD, "the Ministry of Public Works, with the complicity of the City of Murcia, prefer not eligible for co-financing in order not fulfill its obligation to conduct an EIS that would force him to comply with the 2006 agreement and bury pathways ".

On the question of UPyD, emerged after the meeting held by MEP Maite Pagazaurtundua with spokesman Pro-Soterramiento, Joaquín Contreras Platform, the need for an environmental impact statement for the semi-underground part in level crossing stressed Santiago el Mayor of the capital and the arrival of the High Speed ​​Surface Station El Carmen.

The Cretu Commissioner notes that "Directive 2011/92 / EU requires that projects listed in Annex 1, as the construction of roads for through traffic, are subject to a process of assessing the impact on the environment. A Spain Once the application for EU co-financing, the Commission will monitor compliance with all environmental requirements. "

Pagazaurtundua stated in your question whether the European Commission was considering conducting an investigation into the possible use of ERDF funds under construction without proper environmental impact statement, and its possible consequences demonstrated this point.

Source: UPyD Murcia