Arantxa Tapia considers the APR "a priority"... And Idoia Mendia?
- The Basque Government Economic Development Minister has insisted that the High-Speed Train is "strategic" for the Basque Country. The president of the PSE-EE, government partner Idoia Mendia, has also pointed out that it is important for economic recovery, “but” to reach those who “are going wrong” in these times.
The works of the Basque “Y” are being carried out almost uninterruptedly in many sections, while many other companies have closed it due to the risk generated by COVID-19. The Basque Government has again put the work of the TAV on the front lines, and the delegate to meet with the Vice-President of the Government, Teresa Ribera, will be Arantxa Tapia.
Tapia reiterated in Onda Vasca that for the Urkullu Executive the construction of the High-Speed Train is “a priority” because Europe also considers it “strategic”, making it clear that it can be a fundamental issue in de-escalation and in budgetary negotiations.
In an interview with Euskadi Irratia, Idoia Mendia has also been asked about this issue. The lehendakari of the PSE-EE considers that the TAV “is good for the competitiveness of our people” and also for the economic sector because it “moves public work”. But then it became deeply repugnant. “Budgets must be prioritised and money taken to help people who are going wrong, as well as to strengthen the health system,” he said, adding: “New needs arise with the COVID-19 crisis.”
Precisely, the movement against the High-Speed Train has recently made a joint request for the money spent on these works to be invested in health care and not in “unnecessary infrastructures”.
We have been with the "summer snake" over the TAV for a few weeks and with the possibility of linking the "Basque Y" from Pamplona, from Ezkio or Vitoria.
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