Majority of Congress refuses to suspend military activity in Bardenas
EH Bildu, PNV, Podemos y Supre have brought to the lower house a non-legislative proposal to repeal it and establish a plan to refurbish the area.
On Wednesday, most congressional spokespersons opposed a non-legislative proposal promoted by EHBildu, PNV, Podemos and Sumarre, which called for the cessation of military activity at the Bardenas Shooting and Bombing Site .
With their initiative, the investiture partners sought not to renew the lease of the area , which expires in 2028 , to repeal the declaration of a Priority Interest Area for the Defence of the Polygon and to establish a plan for the refurbishment of the area.
Sincethe PSOE, MP Caridad Rives, although she has supported the message "no to war", has explained that this does not mean "giving up the defence", so she has stressed the need to "have the best armed forces to never need it "and believes that the polygon does not harm the environment.
EHBildu's MP, Isabel Pozueta, has denounced that the Bardenas case was a "forced lease" of Francoism and has continued to this day with an activity " incompatible with the values of defending biodiversity that define Navarre society. "
According to the PNVspokeswoman in the lower house, Maribel Vaquero, "a large part of Navarre society" wants the military activity in the area to end and the environment to be "fully" a natural park from 2028.
"In the midst of the Franco dictatorship, it was decided to turn a part of Navarre into a military bombing zone," said Lander Martínez, a member of parliament at Sumar, adding that local neighbours "have the right "to an economic alternative.
But their arguments have not convinced the PSOE, let alone the PP, UPN and Vox.
UPN criticizes the "hypocrisy" of the nominees
PPCongressman Carlos García Adanero has considered the polygon "essential" for the training of the armed forces and has said that the initiators of the initiative "hate" the army, not because of its activity in the area, but because it is "Spanish".
For his part, UPNMP Alberto Catalán has criticized the "hypocrisy" of the proposed parties because, according to him, EH Bildu does not renounce the revenues due to him from the Bardenas in the municipalities in which they govern, Sumar is part of a government that has increased military spending and the PNV "supports" the arms industry in the Basque Country.
VoxMP Francisco José Alcaraz has described what was presented today as an initiative to "expel the army from Navarre" and dismantle a "critical" infrastructure for Spain's security.
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