SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, September 13 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Plenary Session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands approved this Wednesday, with Vox voting against, resuming the study commission on the demographic challenge that was left unfinished in the last Legislature after eight work sessions.
Raúl Acosta (AHI) has indicated that the demographic balance marks the “future” of El Hierro, the same as the rest of the ‘green islands’, compared to the “overpopulation” of the rest of the islands, and therefore calls for specific measures to promote economic development and thus establish population in the territory.
Jesús Ramos (ASG) has pointed out that it is necessary to address the demographic challenge of the archipelago in a “deeper” way and understands that special emphasis must be placed on the double insularity and the solidarity fund between islands so that “there is no two-speed Canary Islands.” “.
He pointed out that “the same recipe does not apply” for all the islands and “singularized” responses are needed, even from the migratory or tourist point of view although without “demonizing” it because it is the “economic engine” of the Canary Islands.
Nicasio Galván, spokesperson for Vox, does not see the creation of the commission as necessary because it means “increasing political spending” and can be included in other existing ones, but in any case, he has warned of the low birth rate due to the “persecution” of families. , the predominance of individualism in society and the lack of help for people who decide to have children.
The spokesperson for NC-BC, Luis Campos, has indicated that the commission could not be “falsely closed” in the last legislature because many issues remained pending, highlighting that in twenty years, the population has increased by half a million people. “We need to clearly define our model, but it is not Shanghai,” he commented.
Luz Reverón, spokesperson for the Popular Group, has pointed out that demographics on the islands are an “unprecedented challenge” and has indicated that this legislature will put the future model for the archipelago “white on black.”
For the Nationalist Group, Diana Lorenzo has warned that the “imbalance” of population between islands and between rural, coastal and urban areas is evident and has said that we cannot “look the other way” and work in search of demographic balance and guaranteeing “equality of opportunities” to the entire population.
Manuel Abrante (PSOE) has commented that we must look for “alternatives” in the face of the aging of the population, the demographic imbalance and the effects of tourism, which is why he has proposed studying land uses or fiscal measures in a “roadmap” for the future.
