The municipality of La Laguna has received this Monday the visit of 70 councilors with responsibilities in environmental matters from the Permanent Representations of the Member States before the European Union (REPER). The appointment is part of the official Working Group of the Council, which has traveled to the municipality on the occasion of the Spanish presidency of the EU.
The Councilor for the Environment, Ángel Chinea, was in charge of receiving the European delegation in the premises of the former convent of Santo Domingo, where he presented the main challenges and advances of the municipality in matters such as waste management, sustainable mobility, energy efficiency in public lighting or the management of its natural spaces. The councilor for Culture of the Consistory, Dailos González, also took part in the meeting.
After the official reception, the REPER representatives carried out a guided tour of the main streets of the city, adapted to different languages and making use of the audio guides that were recently acquired by the Tourist Office and that have meant a leap in quality for this type of route.
The event was attended by participants from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Estonia, Greece, Malta, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Cyprus, Slovenia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Croatia and Romania.
The Permanent Representation (REPER) has 27 Member States, including Spain with its own embassy in the European capital, Brussels. These entities represent an official diplomatic representation of each country to channel their relations with the EU institutions.
