Spain has been very naughty says EU Parliament
This morning the European Parliament voted on a report slamming Spain for all manner of evils in the country’s property sector.
The report, by Danish MEP (Greens) Margrete Auken, paints a depressing picture of developers and corrupt politicians trampling over private property rights and the environment in pursuit of their own enrichment, whilst the authorities look the other way.
Spanish coast gets it in the neck
I read in the Spanish daily ‘El Pais’ that Spain’s once beautiful coastline – arguably the country’s main tourist asset – disappeared under cement at the fastest rate ever during the credit-fuelled property boom of recent years, now turned to bust.
Building paradise in Valencia