PUERTO DE LA CRUZ (TENERIFE), June 2. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, was optimistic this Thursday that the archipelago will finally be exempt from the ‘green tax’ on maritime and air transport in connections with third countries.
In statements to journalists, he assessed that an amendment has been presented, through the European Socialist Group with the endorsement of 40 signatures and eight other groups, so that the Canary Islands are left out of the measure, a vote that will be held on June 6 .
“We are optimistic that we can be exempt,” he stressed, given that the amendment is “legal” in nature and is based on the fact that the EU Treaty states that the Canary Islands, like the rest of the ORs, have “political and legal uniqueness” because it is a remote and fragmented territory that can only be reached by sea and air.
Torres has linked this exception to the fact that it has already been achieved until 2030 in the case of connections between islands and with the Peninsula and has also highlighted the “firm commitment” of the Canarian Government with the decarbonization included in its ratified 2030 Agenda against climate change in the ‘Pacto de los Jameos’.
